Hi Peter, There are the divisions on vocal repertory from the latter half of the 16th century. Either lute or organ could play the original chanson and the other could take the fancy bits. The London Pro Musica editions work nicely - for example #13, Divisions on Vestiva i colli (Palestrina), includes simple reductions for lute and keyboard plus 4 variations. Though a bit of work, they aren't as difficult as the Terzi duets. They, too, would be fair game for the duo but you might be doing your own editing.
Sean On Nov 2, 2015, at 10:28 AM, Peter Kwasniewski wrote: Geoff, Many thanks for your note. I can see that the real solution for my children is simply to forge ahead with the figured bass, otherwise it won't be possible! Meanwhile, Arto Wikla sent me a PDF of the Robert Dowland score, for which I am very grateful. Peter On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Geoff Gaherty <[1][email protected]> wrote: On 2015-11-02 11:56 AM, Peter Kwasniewski wrote: I am looking for repertoire for organ and lute -- either purely instrumental, or in accompaniment of solo or choral voices. I am wondering if there are some scores that combine lute tablature with a fully realized keyboard part, as my children are not able yet to read from figured bass. If any of you has seen or produced something like that, I'd be excited to see it. Hi Peter, Lute and small organ together was a very common continuo combination, especially in England in the 17th century. It works really well because the two instruments compliment each other perfectly: the lute has a precise attack but can't sustain, while the organ sustains but lacks a precise attack. Unfortunately there are very few if any written out realizations. A particular question: Has anyone seen Caccini's "Amarilli, mia bella" written out in tablature for a 6-course lute? Robert Dowland published a tablature edition of this song in his 1610 book "A Musical Banquet," available in a modern facsimile. It's probably also at [2]imslp.org, but their web site seems to be down today. Geoff -- Geoff Gaherty Foxmead Observatory Coldwater, Ontario, Canada [3]http://www.gaherty.ca [4]http://starrynightskyevents.blogspot.com/ To get on or off this list see list information at [5]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- Peter A. Kwasniewski Wyoming Catholic College 306 Main Street, Lander, WY 82520 College offices: (307) 332-2930 My direct line: (307) 335-4418 Websites: [6]Wyoming Catholic College [7]The Aquinas Institute [8]Catholic Social Teaching [9]Sacred Music -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. http://imslp.org/ 3. http://www.gaherty.ca/ 4. http://starrynightskyevents.blogspot.com/ 5. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 6. http://www.wyomingcatholiccollege.com/ 7. http://www.theaquinasinstitute.org/ 8. http://www.thomasstorck.org/ 9. http://www.ccwatershed.org/kwasniewski
