Dear ones,
I have been asked by a professional choir to play along with a
Christmas Carol, Blessed be that Maid Marie. There are modern choral
arrangements of this piece, and they all attribute that it is from the
William Ballet Lute Book. Here is a link to the book in digital
format, from a library in Dublin, of the Ballet Lute Book:
[1]http://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/content/1297/pdf/1297.pdf
I looked through it, and I could not find a piece with this title, and
it is also not listed in Julia Craig-McFeely's thesis, and she doesn't
list any piece by that name in any English source. I looked at the
pices in the book, and could not find any of the tablatures that seem
to match the melody of this piece.
Allan Alexander did a beautiful adaptation years ago with variations
(published in the LSA November 2004 Holiday newsletter, page 44), but I
am unable to find the original.
Does this piece exist in the book under a different title?
Any assistance is appreciated!
Happy luting,
ed
--
References
1. http://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/content/1297/pdf/1297.pdf
To get on or off this list see list information at
http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
