Hello, Well, I think Danzig 4022 is a really wonderful collection of early 17th c. lute music, mostly dances and arrangements of songs and some German hymns. It is truly international in its character, with Hungarian and Dutch dances among others, though the largest group dances constitute of 41 Balletti Polachi. It is a perfect blend of European lute music of that time. :) Some pieces are easy to play, some are rather difficult. I played all pieces on 8-course lute, though some pieces require 9- or 10-course lute. Not too many, though. From all 222 pieces written in Danzig 4022 only 25 of them should be played on 9-course lute. What is fascinating for me is the fact, that in this collection we have pieces in renaissance style as well as pieces written in early baroque style, using "style brise", like almost all pieces by Robert Ballard. His pieces are among my favourites. :) It is also very interesting time in the history of Gdansk, with its cultural blend, Polish and German, and with English theatre performing there almost every year from 1601-1619 and 1636-1655!
Some well known pieces, like Monica or Est-ce Mars are here in unique arrangements. Overall - making a research (it is printed in the facsimile by Tree Edition) and recording the CD - it was enjoyable, though sometimes stressful, adventure. Magdalena > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LUTE] Gdansk (Danzig) tablature 4022 > Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 23:33:20 +0100 > > Hello Magdalena, > > Nice to hear you playing, a very fine performance, what type of lute is it, > an 8 or a 10 course? > I recognise some tophits like La Monica and Est-ce Mars, but also the other > pieces remind me of the lute music from the Low countries where I live. > Of course Antwerp was trading with Danzig in that age, so they had some > music in common as well I suppose. > Can you tell us more about the Danzig lute book? > > Best wishes > Greet Schamp > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Namens > Magdalena Tomsinska > Verzonden: donderdag 19 maart 2015 20:31 > Aan: [email protected] > Onderwerp: [LUTE] Gdansk (Danzig) tablature 4022 > > > Hi, > > I just want to inform you that my new CD Pieces from the Gdansk > (Danzig) Lute Tablature 4022 has been realised and is available on > cdbaby: [1]http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/magdalenatomsinska2 > > and dux.pl: > [2]http://www.dux.pl/wyszukiwanie_pelne/wyniki/podglad/?pidy0 in Polish > [3]http://www.dux.pl/catalogue/results/details/?pidy0 In English > > Here is a video on the you tube from the recording session: > [4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4bLWz1_cD4 > > Enjoy (hopefully :)) > > Magdalena > > -- > > References > > 1. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/magdalenatomsinska2 > 2. http://www.dux.pl/wyszukiwanie_pelne/wyniki/podglad/?pidy0 > 3. http://www.dux.pl/catalogue/results/details/?pidy0 > 4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4bLWz1_cD4 > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > --
