The year 1600 saw the publication of "Le Trésor D'Orphée" by Antoine Fracisque.
It's a very beautiful print so I made my own book and played through it. That is one great album! Apart from the innovation of alternate tunings, the music itself is amazing. I thought I'd steer the attention to it. It hardly comes up, I don't know how popular it is. It's playable with a 7c lute comfortably, and the difficulty is moderate if you consider the great effect, so don't be afraid. Francisque managed to make even the folksiest dances into harmonically interesting pieces that are great and easy fun to play. The Fantasies, Preludes and "Passemaises" offer some extremely colorful and inventive harmonies. The variations are very innovative too and feature beautiful style brisé parts. One of my favorites now. Unfortunately, one page is messed up in my scan. So if anyone has 21v, I'd be happy to receive a clear picture. Thanks! To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
