Dear Lute Friends, Not too long ago I arranged Orlando di Lasso's "Bicinia cum textu" for alto and tenor recorders to play with my duet partner. Since I have recently become interested in the subject of intabulation, I decided to try intabulating these twelve two-voiced pieces for the lute as well, ornamenting them where the texture seemed a bit thin because of the lute's inability to sustain longer note values or where I thought it stylistically appropriate. I invite you to listen to both the recorder and the lute versions here: [1]http://www.verseandsong.com/song/recorder/orlando-di-lasso-bicinia-c um-textu/ . (Please click on "Recorder" or "Lute' under each title to listen to just one piece, or use the playlist at the bottom of the page to listen to all the pieces successively.) The recorder scores and the lute tablature are also available on the same page, if any of the list members or their recorder-playing friends would like to try them.
As always, I would appreciate any feedback or suggestions on my amateur efforts. Please feel free to leave a comment on my website or to send me a private e-mail. I would also like to thank the list members who either sent me articles on intabulation or references to works dealing with that topic and also to David van Ooijen the for excellent articles on his website. Best regards to all, Stephen Arndt -- References 1. http://www.verseandsong.com/song/recorder/orlando-di-lasso-bicinia-cum-textu/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
