Since I haven't seen any other public responses to your questions, I'll just add a few words. I believe you are asking for music proper to the 40 days before Easter, which is not exactly a simple question in and of itself. Even though the Lenten period lasts for 46 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter, it is counted as 40 days through the typically creative math we associate with historical administrative practice. (We think, for instance that Hildegard's 11,000 virgins may have actually been 11.) This time, it's because of differences between the Julian and the current calendar, as explained via [1]this link. So, it seems you are asking for music proper to Ash Wednesday. "Exaltabo te Domine" works, and there is a nice setting by Giovanni Croce. "Inter vestibulum" by Estevao de Brito also works, but the text in the Liber Usualis begins "Juxta vestibulum" rather than Brito's choice, for which we must assume he had his reasons. Of course, the Marian antiphon "Ave Regina caelorum" is proper for Compline from the period of the Feast of the Presentation (February 2) through Wednesday of Holy Week. Of course, you may be looking for Protestant music, for which you can track down Psalm settings proper for the Lenten period - there are many collections available. As for free downloads, informed lutenists who wish to perform the proper music for the proper occasion are still required to either do their homework and create their own scores or buy performing editions of the original research from us "content creators." Best of luck, RA o > Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 01:49:00 +0100 > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Subject: [LUTE] 40 days > > Dear friends, > > Does anyone know if there existA any renaissanceA music,A in french > tablature, around the 40-days preriod befor eastern. It could be > songsA or pure instrumental music. I'm very interested at links where I > can download that music. > > Thanks inAdvance, > > A Wim Loos > > , > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
-- References 1. http://catholicism.about.com/od/holydaysandholidays/f/Counting_Lent.htm
