There are many great songs by Hugo Wolf - the piano score would need to be reduced in ambitus to fit in the range of any lute.
Johann Kaspar Mertz is the only "real" guitar composer of the romantic period AND often (not all of it) is fairly hard to play. What is even more interesting about Mertz is that all of his work is online on the Swedish academy of music and drama. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- “There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.” Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rumi ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On 16 March 2018 7:22 AM, Tristan von Neumann <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Let's collect some ideas what late 19th/20th century music to play on > > the lute :) > > I suppose many pieces of Erik Satie would sound great on the lute. > > Ravel's "La Vallée des Cloches" is probably nice for Baroque lute, > > though you would need an expert to transcribe this adequately. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnTmtjO6IKI > > This song deserves a lute version: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih6UCcIvE18 > > Am 16.03.2018 um 00:07 schrieb Dan Winheld: > > > I TOTALLY support that- also, maybe the occasional transcription of a > > > > post-l historical lute era piece? Obviously some guitar stuff, but > > > > perhaps others. I have an archlute version of Debussy's "Lafille aux > > > > cheveux de lin" made years ago, I forget which lutenist. I made my own > > > > transcription of Piazzolla's "Triston". I'm sure there are a few more > > > > worthy things that could fit on a page or two, now and then... > > > > "Lutemags devote 1 page or half a page in their issue to contemporary > > > > lute music and related topics ?" > > > > Dan > > > > On 3/15/2018 3:38 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > That has been my argument for the last 20 years. > > > > > > RT > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > On Mar 15, 2018, at 1:38 PM, Ron [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > > The very idea of not composing for the lute is an anachronism. > > > > > > > > RA > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > > > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
