Dear Bill, There are indeed a few sources for songs accompanied by lute: one such which is readily vailable (tho' 18th century) is Beyer's 1760 setting of some Gellert odes. See this:
[1]http://petrucci.mus.auth.gr/imglnks/usimg/c/c2/IMSLP204541-PMLP34546 6-Gellert.pdf And there's also things like the intabulated accompaniment for lute to a few Hasse songs in Leipzig III.11.46 'Opern Arien auf die Laute versezet Ao.1755 di R'. I've an old microfilm somewhere but believe Tree has published a facsimile edition recently. However I think in the 17th century the generally simple bass lines of many songs and relatively straightforward harmonies would have meant most reasonably accomplished players were able to play lute continuo from staff notation. Look at the engraved frontespiece of Playford's First book of Select Ayres and Dialogues (specified for a 'theorboe-lute' ) showing such an instrument being played. Songs by Lanier, Lawes, et al. I'll send you a scan from my own copy. Along the same lines, it's interesting to see the number of late 17th/18th century paintings showing singers accompanied by a small 7 or 8 course lute (18th century made examples extant). Other than Dalla Casa's Ms I'm not aware of any Italian lute intabulations from the mid 18th century so I presume these lutenists are playing from staff notation too. rgds Martyn --- On Mon, 27/8/12, William Samson <willsam...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: From: William Samson <willsam...@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] 'Baroque lute' songs To: "baroque-lute mailing-list" <baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Date: Monday, 27 August, 2012, 21:03 I notice that there are quite a number of 17th century paintings of lutenists accompanying singers using an 11c or 12c lute. Does anyone know if there is a published repertoire of pieces like this, or were the lutenists playing a continuo without using a written-out accompaniment? I hope that makes sense. Bill Samson -- To get on or off this list see list information at [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. http://petrucci.mus.auth.gr/imglnks/usimg/c/c2/IMSLP204541-PMLP345466-Gellert.pdf 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
