A monumental undertaking! Kudos for this effort. The first two pieces, at least, are very nice. I'm looking forward to digesting more.
Best, Eugene -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of stephen arndt Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 5:13 PM To: lute mailing list list Subject: [LUTE] Francesco da Milano Dear Lute Friends, A number of years ago, I checked out Arthur Ness's edition of Francesco da Milano from a local university music library and made myself a French tab version of the fantasies and ricercars (Ness 1a91) since, like many people, I find French tab easier to read than Italian tab. (Dick Hoban kindly proofread my work and made corrections. If any errors remain, they are entirely mine.) I have played through these pieces every so often and finally decided some five months ago to try to record them. Today I finished that project and invite you to listen here: [1]http://www.verseandsong.com/song/renaissance-lute/francesco-da-milan o-fantasie-e-ricercari/ (to hear an individual piece, click on its title; to listen to the entire collection, use the playlist at the very bottom of the page). It was my intention to record the easier and shorter pieces first and then to proceed according to the level of difficulty and length. Although I did not fulfill that intention as well as I would have liked, and though the two categories overlap (some shorter pieces are rather difficult, and some longer ones are fairly easy), that approach still served as a kind of lute tutor, and I feel that my overall skill level improved as I made my way through the collection. It is a method I would recommend to anyone. After years of subscribing to this list, I recognize the names of most of those who post here and assume that most people recognize mine, even though I do not post very frequently. Nevertheless, if anyone is new to the list, I feel obligated to add that these are the home recordings of an amateur, self-taught musician. Please do not expect professional quality of either the recordings or the playing. Bearing that in mind, please feel free to leave a comment on my website or to e-mail me with your feedback. I would love to hear from anyone who is kind enough to listen. It might make nice background music while you are reading or going through e-mails. Best regards, Stephen Arndt -- References 1. http://www.verseandsong.com/song/renaissance-lute/francesco-da-milano-fantasie-e-ricercari/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
