I'm working on To plead my faith by Daniel Bathelar from The Musical Banquet with a singer and a gambist and am wondering about the intended tunings of the instruments.
The cantus line gives one flat and starts on a D; the lute part starts on a Cminor chord w/ the singer's first note given as 'd' on the 3rd course. Ok, it appears to be for an A lute which is not uncommon. The bassus line (with lyrics) however clearly starts and ends on C and has 3 flats in the signature as though for a G lute. We had a discussion lately on A lutes and songs but this doesn't seem to line up w/ the conclusions there. Any ideas on the intentions here? much appreciated, Sean Smith
