Hi Edward, Negri and Caroso are excellent sources and should easily keep you covered for two 30 minute sets. Feel free to play the repeats with a couple of extra passing tones here and there. All are quite playable, Italian and enjoyable. Many are quite easy, to boot.
Additionally, there are hours worth of Romanescas (_hundreds_ of variations) and very nice saltarelli in the Vincenzo Gallilei ms. of his Libro d'Intovolatura di Liuto, Firenze 1584 (reasonably priced from SPES). Not quite as easy but a fascinating source. Imho, you may not need any English pieces. Once you present yourself and get comfortable in the Italian idiom the English will feel out of place. Lots of nearly everything (incl. Negri & Caroso) here: http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~lsa/links/Digital-Facsimiles.html Sean On Jun 20, 2014, at 10:44 PM, Jörg Hilbert wrote: Didn’t John Dowland visit Florence, too? Am 21.06.2014 um 07:22 schrieb Christopher Stetson <christophertstet...@gmail.com>: > Hi, Edward and all, > Personally, I doubt if anyone who just happens to decide to go to that > restaurant will know whether you're playing Italian music or English.A > It depends on the clientele, however.A Are there a lot of early music > aficionados in town?A Will your performance be advertised, and might > that attract some knowledgeable friends?A If you have enough Italian > repertoire, why not go authentic anyway (and don't forget that > Greensleeves is a setting of the Romanesca).A On the other hand, so > much of the late 16th century repertoire is truly international, IMO.A > From a cost-benefit standpoint (the third hand), how much will you get > for the gig?A If nothing or tips, I'd say definitely 58 pieces.A > Heck, bring it all and decide after you get the feel of the place. > BTW, where is this restaurant?A I'd love toA play there with my > mandolin trio! > Best to all, and keep playing, > Chris. > > On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 1:03 AM, Edward C. Yong > <[1]edward.y...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi fellow lutenetters! > So I've been asked to do an Italian restaurant gig in July, two sets > of thirty minutes each. > Should I bother selecting Italian music appropriate for a specific > time period - e.g. dances from Negri and Caroso? Or should I just > play through '58 Very Easy Pieces for Renaissance Lute'? > Does anyone else get into these struggles for 'authenticity'? I > doubt anyone would even notice if I played an all-English repertoire > of Greensleeves, Packington's Pound, and Fortune my Foe on repeat, > but I'd like to be a bit better than that. > Edward Chrysogonus Yong > [2]edward.y...@gmail.com > To get on or off this list see list information at > [3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. mailto:edward.y...@gmail.com > 2. mailto:edward.y...@gmail.com > 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
