Stephen, you continue to amaze and inspire me. Yes, you are not Nigel
North or some other name player, but you are a good player with
laudable humility, and I am very happy to sit here doing my emails and
Facebook rants ;-) while listening to your playlist. It is reminding me
what a fine composer Francesco was. It's a beautiful morning, 6.50am.
The sun is shining, and the birds are chirping, as is Francesco. Thank
you for your efforts!
Rob MacKillop
On 13 May 2016 at 22:13, stephen arndt <[1]stephenwar...@verizon.net>
wrote:
Dear Lute Friends,
A number of years ago, I checked out Arthur Ness's edition of
Francesco
da Milano from a local university music library and made myself a
French tab version of the fantasies and ricercars (Ness 1a91)
since,
like many people, I find French tab easier to read than Italian
tab.
(Dick Hoban kindly proofread my work and made corrections. If any
errors remain, they are entirely mine.) I have played through
these
pieces every so often and finally decided some five months ago to
try
to record them. Today I finished that project and invite you to
listen
here:
[1][2]http://www.verseandsong.com/song/renaissance-lute/francesco-da
-milan
o-fantasie-e-ricercari/ (to hear an individual piece, click on
its
title; to listen to the entire collection, use the playlist at
the very
bottom of the page).
It was my intention to record the easier and shorter pieces first
and
then to proceed according to the level of difficulty and length.
Although I did not fulfill that intention as well as I would have
liked, and though the two categories overlap (some shorter pieces
are
rather difficult, and some longer ones are fairly easy), that
approach
still served as a kind of lute tutor, and I feel that my overall
skill
level improved as I made my way through the collection. It is a
method
I would recommend to anyone.
After years of subscribing to this list, I recognize the names of
most
of those who post here and assume that most people recognize
mine, even
though I do not post very frequently. Nevertheless, if anyone is
new to
the list, I feel obligated to add that these are the home
recordings of
an amateur, self-taught musician. Please do not expect
professional
quality of either the recordings or the playing. Bearing that in
mind,
please feel free to leave a comment on my website or to e-mail me
with
your feedback. I would love to hear from anyone who is kind
enough to
listen. It might make nice background music while you are reading
or
going through e-mails.
Best regards,
Stephen Arndt
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