Dear Tom, I would advise using the lute to double the notes of the recorders, not for the lute to take an independent voice line. If that means the lute would have too many notes to play, play just the lowest parts. I don't think Dowland's Lachrimae would work well.
There is much music to choose from, but a good starting place would be the 3-part songs published by Pierre Attaingnant in 1530. There is a modern edition edited by Bernard Thomas and published by London Pro Musica (LPM PC10). There is a supplementary publication (LPM PC10a) where the lowest two parts of some of these songs are intabulated for the lute. These intabulations were originally published by Attaingnant in 1529. You could also try the 3-part fantasies of William Byrd. There are some intabulations of these - the lowest two voices (more or less) of three - in Lbl Add MS 29246, one of Edward Paston's five extant lute books. You can always make your own intabulations, of course. Best wishes, Stewart McCoy. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: 09 September 2012 18:12 To: [email protected] Subject: [LUTE] Consort Suggestions Please I have some friends who have had a recorder ensemble for many years. Formerly 4 players. They lost one of their main players some years ago, and they would like to re-group as a trio with me playing Renaissance lute. They inherited a fine collection of Renaissance and Baroque recorders, in all sizes including Bass, crumhorns, zincs, and even a sakpipa and a cornemuse from the founder of the ensemble. Does anybody have suggestions for composers and / or specific pieces that would fit well with 3 recorders, etc. and lute? Dowland's Lachrimae, perhaps? (I know that's 5 parts - but ... leave one out maybe ... ? ) Thanks in advance, Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists/tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
