Hi Chris, There is indeed a published facsimile of the Novus Partus, but I don't have access to it right now. If this helps at all, I transcribed 3 pieces from that book - see [1]http://musickshandmade.com/lute/collections/view/160 . I particularly recommend the Gallinus et gallina piece that is a lot of fun (and an early example of the Baroque dialog genre...), and the Campanae Parisiensis, (the bells of Paris). The Novus partus also has toccatas by M. Galilei, and a lot of other interesting pieces, including a version for several lutes of Dowland's Lachrimae that no one so far has been able to understand fully. Alain On 09/30/2012 06:37 AM, Christopher Stetson wrote:
Hello, friends, I'm no novice, but I find myself having to ask if anyone knows of an online source for J. B. Besard's Novus Partus in facsimile. I've looked in all the usual places, IMSLP, Bavarian Library, Musick's Handmaide, etc., to no avail, so I turn to you all. Obviously I'd rather get it for free, and a modern edition with tablature would be acceptable, but any source would be appreciated. We're trying to put on a memorial program for Julia Sutton (one of us is a former student), so I have access to her transcription, but I'd rather not take the time to back-transcribe it. Thanks in advance, Chris. -- To get on or off this list see list information at [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. http://musickshandmade.com/lute/collections/view/160 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
