Wonderful stuff, Bernhard. His is a new name to me, and I like what I hear. The whole Accords Nouveaux is an interesting area, with some good, and some not so good pieces. I think Lawrence wrote some fine music, so thank you for bringing it to our attention. And well played too!
Rob > On 5 Jan 2017, at 12:48, Fischer BE (Aon) <fischer...@aon.at> wrote: > > Dear lute friends, > > I have completed my home amateur recordings of a suite in g minor composed > by Mr. John Lawrence. The four pieces are written in the lute tablature > manuscript MS Egerton 2046 (British Library, London). All pieces are in the > Accords Nouveaux ’Tuning Lawrence’ (g’,d’,b,g,d,A,G,F,Es,D,C) as it is named > in the manuscript (the manuscript dates from 1615 to 1635 and is known for > its famous renaissance lute pieces). > The four pieces are: A Ballat (https://youtu.be/L9aYxKsh9GU), a Coranto > (https://youtu.be/0r917fCRjaI), a Sarabande (https://youtu.be/HqJVrMH4mQo), > and a Pavane (https://youtu.be/iXbCMmhuv-E). > Between 1625 and 1634, John Lawrence has been a musician for the lutes and > voices at the English court of King Charles I in London. It is known that > Lawrence’s position in the ’Symphony’ at the court of King Charles I was the > treble lute, and his salary was £10. > I look forward to your comment and suggestions. > > Happy New Year from Vienna, > Bernhard. > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
