Re Czech baroque songs by Michna z Otradovic: After a little bit more of web searching I can add that
1. Jindrich Macek has also played some baroque songs by Michna z Otradovic, as evidenced by this website: http://www.loutna.cz/cs/art/poslan-jest-od-boha-andel%E2%80%A6 in the somewhat unusual combination lute + accordion. Here you can listen to an entire concert of this unusual duo: https://youtu.be/nVvnf66PQnM 2. Miloslav Student, Premysl Vacek and Jan Krejca played lute accompaniment to some of the Michna songs on this recording: http://www.arta.cz/index.php?p=f10075cz - hence, I assume that there already exists some intavolation. There you can also listen to two of the songs: Dusiveno: http://www.arta.cz/arta/site/File/Sounds/f10075_9.rm Anjelske pratelstvi: http://www.arta.cz/arta/site/File/Sounds/f10075_10.rm 3. According to https://hudba.proglas.cz/klasika/aktuality-k-vysilani-klasik/loutna-ceska-a-svatorocni-muzika/ , Adam Michna z Otradovic was not only organist (as indicated by wikipedia) but also an excellent lutenist and poet. This explains the title of the song collection. It has always puzzled me why it is called "Loutna ceska" (the Czech lute) despite consisting of vocal/instrumental parts. Michna let the choice of instrumentation entirely open, hence it is up to the performers to decide. Best wishes Josef 2018-01-22 22:43 GMT+01:00 Josef Berger <harpolek...@gmail.com>: > 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
