This is a shot at an opening chunk of 'Par la bande' written for Nigel
North. The complete piece lasts for over 10 minutes. It is based on the
first few bars of a Bach sarabande but in a 'roundabout' way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HgUn0kCjGE
Howard Skempton is usually described as a miniaturist and some of his
pieces are shorter than a minute. For some reason, for this piece,
Skempton wrote at much greater length. The music is in standard notation
with bass and treble clefs. The music goes down to a low A and is
presumably intended for the D minor, 13-course lute. Putting the music
up a fourth brings it back to its original D minor and fits a
Renaissance lute (with at least one extra bass) surprisingly well.
Stuart
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