Very lovely, Stuart, and I'm happy to have this site. The ensemble I play with plays mainly 14th and 15th century music (in early notation, which I'm slowly learning); it will be nice to have some lute intabulations of this music. On May 21, 2011, at 2:36 PM, Stuart Walsh wrote:
> I tried to send this a while ago but it never showed up. Maybe someone was > censoring my some slightly dodgy tuning. Anyway: here is a shot at a couple > of arrangements of fifteenth century songs. The music is a lot earlier than > the earliest known lute music but very attractive and not difficult > technically. > > (Probably the lute should be in some arcane temperament...and played with a > plectrum etc etc). > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-L_GXq78QY > > > > Anyone interested can find these ,and similar pieces, here: > > http://medievallute.info/pdf/ > > In an FAQ, Trystero Montevideo (aka Eric Redlinger - thanks to RT for that) > says: > > .. the elegance of the counterpoint comes through even in a simple rendering > of these songs, > and in fact this is the primary reason I have chosen to make them available > in this (non-historical) way. > The intabulations included here contain most of the cantus/tenor structure > and incorporate notes from the > countertenor when they are "essential" to the flow of the song (as in > imitative passages, for example).... > > > > > Stuart > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
