Dear all, I've recorded five pieces from the Coimbra manuscript - they can be found on my www.songoftherose.co.uk site, or just click on the following links for each one. I think these are WONDERFUL pieces and should be more popular. Rogerio Budasz did the main work transcribing these pieces from the original manuscript as part of his doctoral dissertation: *The Five-Course Guitar (Viola) In Portugal and Brazil in the Late Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries,* 2001. The pieces are notated without time signals and are often a little odd in places, clearly stemming from a tradition of improvisation. I've arranged them as best I could.
Canario - http://www.songoftherose.co.uk/mp3/bg/portugal/Canario.mp3 - good enough to rival Sanz's? Almost! Chacara de Abreau - http://www.songoftherose.co.uk/mp3/bg/portugal/Chacara%20de%20Abreau.mp3 - a jacaras Tricotte de Alemanda - http://www.songoftherose.co.uk/mp3/bg/portugal/Tricotte.mp3 - NOT an allemande Meya Danca - http://www.songoftherose.co.uk/mp3/bg/portugal/Meya%20Danca.mp3 Terantela - http://www.songoftherose.co.uk/mp3/bg/portugal/Terantela.mp3 * Terantela* has only four bars of chords and one variation, to which I have added four more. I've enjoyed playing them, and hope you enjoy hearing them. Please don't ask me for scores as I am not sure of the legal implications. They are my arrangements, but Rogerio Budasz did the transcribing. Rob MacKillop PS I will put them on the vihuela/guitar network site soon. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html