Perhaps the baroque song collection "Loutna ceska" ("Czech Lute") by
Michna z Otradovic (c.1600 - 1676) might qualify to fit this
description?Read here about the composer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_V%C3%A1clav_Michna_z_Otradovic His music is usually sung by choirs or performed on other instruments, but I guess that you might transcribe/reduce it for one singer and a baroque lute... (I wonder whether this has perhaps been done already...) Read here about the song collection: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_Lute Youtube recordings of the entire collection: https://youtu.be/cOO1mmagUCs or here: part 1: https://youtu.be/fFVAjRiTQA0 part 2: https://youtu.be/NJQj8miqCAY part 3: https://youtu.be/4_2252FMoy0 For several of these songs, sheet music is accessible on the internet. Examples: Predmluva: http://www.collegium.cz/noty/ukazky/loutna.pdf or here: http://www.collegium.cz/waldorf/hudba/sbor/michna%20predmluva/michna%20predmluva.pdf Povolani duchovne nevesty: http://www.collegium.cz/waldorf/hudba/sbor/michna%20povolani/povolani.pdf Nebesti kavalerove with continuo: http://www.collegium.cz/waldorf/hudba/sbor/michna%20andelske/michna%20andelske.pdf Recording of specifically this song: https://youtu.be/cb86fVwf3aw Some other songs by the same composer: http://files.farnost-strelice.webnode.cz/200000458-299332a902/Michna%20-%207%20p%C3%ADsn%C3%AD.pdf Best wishes from Josef (born in Czechoslovakia) 2018-01-22 16:21 GMT+01:00 Daniel Shoskes <kidneykut...@gmail.com>: > Dear collective wisdom: has anyone encountered baroque songs with lute or > continuo accompaniment (suitable for plucking) that is either in Czech, is by > a Czech composer and/or is found in a Czech sourced manuscript? Could stretch > to include Silesia given the overlap with modern Czech lands. > > Thanks > > Danny > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
