Very nice Arto.
Does that Rondeau also exist in a version for theorbo? (I seem to
remember once having a recording of it).
Also (sorry if it's been discussed recently): Are these Saizenay
pieces arrangements of De Visee possibly by someone else (rather than
original
But De Visee was not just a guitarist and in the introduction to his 1682
guitar book he
says that he has had to transpose the pieces to make them suitable for the
guitar..
I have been obliged to transpose the pieces because the compass of the
guitar only reaches high D la re
which implies
Thanks Stuart!
de Visee surely played theorbo and guitar, but I do not know about lute.
Anyhow he was a professional - so I suppose he played also lute if
needed asked, and paid... :-)
Perhaps he teached somebody in the Saizenay-gang? And arranged his own
theorbo pieces to his student?
