I tried to send this a while ago but it never showed up. Maybe someone
was censoring my some slightly dodgy tuning. Anyway: here is a shot at a
couple of arrangements of fifteenth century songs. The music is a lot
earlier than the earliest known lute music but very attractive and not
difficult technically.
(Probably the lute should be in some arcane temperament...and played
with a plectrum etc etc).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-L_GXq78QY
Anyone interested can find these ,and similar pieces, here:
http://medievallute.info/pdf/
In an FAQ, Trystero Montevideo (aka Eric Redlinger - thanks to RT for
that) says:
.. the elegance of the counterpoint comes through even in a simple
rendering of these songs,
and in fact this is the primary reason I have chosen to make them
available in this (non-historical) way.
The intabulations included here contain most of the cantus/tenor
structure and incorporate notes from the
countertenor when they are "essential" to the flow of the song (as in
imitative passages, for example)....
Stuart
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