Dear Chris
Book 1:
12 Sonatas for tiorba sola in italian tablature with continuo bass for
organ.
A typical sonata consists of alternating grave and allegro movements.
Book 2:
12 Sonatas for tiorba solo in italian tablature with continuo bass for
cembalo.
A typical sonata consists of a slow
Some more points ( a collective answer):
1- Pittoni can be played solo, like Kapsberger, and in case the continuo
player is not used to theorbo etc, it's even better not to have one.
2 - I think some of the sonatas are very nice and worth playing. Pittoni
apparently foresaw Arto's comment ( ?!)
Lucie Skeaping journeys both East and West to explore the surprisingly
exotic family tree of the lute. She touches down in Iran and Greece en
route to India, and finds out whether instrumental blood really is
thicker than water.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/classical/index.shtml
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