Very helpful. Thanks very much to you and all who responded
> On Jan 22, 2018, at 4:43 PM, Josef Berger <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Perhaps the baroque song collection "Loutna ceska" ("Czech Lute") by
> Michna z Otradovic (c.1600 - 1676) might qualify to fit this
> description?
>
> Read here about the composer:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_V%C3%A1clav_Michna_z_Otradovic
> His music is usually sung by choirs or performed on other instruments,
> but I guess that you might transcribe/reduce it for one singer and a
> baroque lute...
> (I wonder whether this has perhaps been done already...)
>
> Read here about the song collection: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Lute
>
> Youtube recordings of the entire collection:
> https://youtu.be/cOO1mmagUCs
>
> or here:
> part 1: https://youtu.be/fFVAjRiTQA0
> part 2: https://youtu.be/NJQj8miqCAY
> part 3: https://youtu.be/4_2252FMoy0
>
>
> For several of these songs, sheet music is accessible on the internet.
> Examples:
> Predmluva: http://www.collegium.cz/noty/ukazky/loutna.pdf
> or here:
> http://www.collegium.cz/waldorf/hudba/sbor/michna%20predmluva/michna%20predmluva.pdf
>
> Povolani duchovne nevesty:
> http://www.collegium.cz/waldorf/hudba/sbor/michna%20povolani/povolani.pdf
>
> Nebesti kavalerove with continuo:
> http://www.collegium.cz/waldorf/hudba/sbor/michna%20andelske/michna%20andelske.pdf
> Recording of specifically this song: https://youtu.be/cb86fVwf3aw
>
> Some other songs by the same composer:
> http://files.farnost-strelice.webnode.cz/200000458-299332a902/Michna%20-%207%20p%C3%ADsn%C3%AD.pdf
>
> Best wishes from Josef (born in Czechoslovakia)
>
> 2018-01-22 16:21 GMT+01:00 Daniel Shoskes <[email protected]>:
>> Dear collective wisdom: has anyone encountered baroque songs with lute or
>> continuo accompaniment (suitable for plucking) that is either in Czech, is
>> by a Czech composer and/or is found in a Czech sourced manuscript? Could
>> stretch to include Silesia given the overlap with modern Czech lands.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Danny
>>
>>
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