Hello Dan It is a large manuscript in the Nederlands Muziek Instituut in the Hague with the call mark NL:DHgm Ms.4 E.73. It has always been known as "Princess Ann’s Lute Book” although all the music in it is for 5- course guitar. It belonged to our Queen Anne before she became queen in 1702. She was an accomplished guitarist and had Corbetta for her teacher. It was previously erroneously thought to have belonged to the Princess Anne who was the daughter of George II who married one of the Staddholders in the Netherland - can't remember which one. How it came to be in the Netherlands is a bit of a mystery - some Dutch collector purchased it in the 19th century and it was just assumed to be Dutch. Hope that is enlightening.
Monica ----Original Message---- From: [email protected] Date: 01/10/2016 16:03 To: "[email protected]"<[email protected]>, <mjhodgson@hotmail. co.uk> Cc: "LutList"<[email protected]> Subj: Re: [LUTE] Re: Purcell Hello Monica- I have never heard of Princess Anne's Lute Book- could you please enlighten me a little further? Thanks, Dan W. On 10/1/2016 1:25 AM, [email protected] wrote: > And if you have access to it, Princess Anne's Lute Book includes > arrangements of about 20 pieces from Purcell's stage works of the 1690s > including one piece that might just possibly be one of those played > during a performance of Dido. > Monica > > > ----Original Message---- > From: [email protected] > Date: 01/10/2016 8:04 > To: "Bruno Figueiredo"<[email protected]>, "List LUTELIST" <lute@cs. > dartmouth.edu> > Subj: [LUTE] Re: Purcell > > If you play the 5 course (baroque) guitar then you'll see that Purcell > asks for a couple of dances for this instrument so this will best > fit > the composer's intentions - as well as having audience appeal. > Select > a chaconne and another piece by, say, Corbetta and this will work > very well in performance. > > Peter Holman, with whom I've frequently played continuo in D&A, > believes Purcell expected guitar continuo for much of this > particular work. > > MH > __________________________________________________________________ > > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on > behalf > of Bruno Figueiredo <[email protected]> > Sent: 30 September 2016 14:18 > To: List LUTELIST > Subject: [LUTE] Purcell > > I have been asked to play on Purcell's Dido (modern orchestra at > 442 > with my little 8 course - ok, we can skip this part) and the > conductor > asked for a solo lute piece by Purcell or someone in the same > style. > Is > there any dance tune of him transcribed for renaissance lute? I > thought > that maybe a saraband by Puccinini might work... > Any advice is welcomed! > -- > Bruno Figueiredo > Pesquisador autônomo da prática e interpretação > historicamente informada no alaúde e teorba. > Doutor em Práticas Interpretativas pela > Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. > -- > To get on or off this list see list information at > [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > [2]Frequently Asked Technical Questions about the lute mail list > www.cs.dartmouth.edu > Frequently Asked Technical Questions about the lute mail list. > getting > on and off the list; How do I get on the lute mail list? How do I > get > off the lute mail list? > > -- > > References > > 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > >
