Dear all, just to add my two pence, I want to share with you two of the 21 duet settings of Dowland's music I arranged about six years ago. They will eventually (finally) be published next year, together with some other things that might interest you :-) Without going too much into the discussion, I, like others, think that we have most authoritative sources with the song books and the Lachrimae publication, which are open for our more or less informed creativity. There are other instances where one might to try out some things, and it has been done quite often before, I think: fragmentary ensemble pieces, otherwise hard to play "intabulated" solos, freaky divisions, no divisions at all, sketchy pieces, accompaniment to existing solos, you name it. Most interesting is the process itself, seeing for example what Dowland changed in his lute parts compared against the pitch-notated parts and re- or deconstructing this technique for your own purpose. Maybe other people like the result, too, and that is of course great. There have been most successful attempts to reconstruct ensemble music recently by Stewart McCoy, Ray Nurse, on stage by ensembles like Pantagruel and others, and I hope there will be many more. So here's the link: http://www.mediafire.com/view/?7ww362jo9ladi7d (can look messy in the preview, but downloads nicely)
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