So, Hans Newsidler seems to be a good place to begin, judging from the many manuscript copies that were made of his books. He not only was an early Renaissance lutenist, but had a didactic flair which caught on and demonstrably also worked. (Both his sons Conrad and Melchior became outstanding lutenists, especially Melchior). German tablature is also made approachable for a modern player through his easy pieces. There is a wealth of (often quite virtuosic) music available in the many German tablature manuscripts, which have not yet been sufficiently researched and are still awaiting academic and performer discovery. G. On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 1:15 AM, Tristan von Neumann <[1]tristanvonneum...@gmx.de> wrote: THanks G., I own the Poulton Lute Book, also I browse regularly through Sarge Gerbode's site. I have harvested literally 1000s of pieces now... But you never know what's out there, so that's why I asked, and also to see what people think is on the easy to intermediate side. Hans Neusiedler is really really good though, I practically learned to play the lute with his pieces.
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