Any suggestions, corrections or other comments will be most welcome: just email martin@luteshop.co.uk.  Downloadable files are provided in Fronimo, Tab and PDF.  To hear my own recording of one or more of the pieces just click on the MP3 files.

Fantasia
An anonymous fantasia from the Marsh lute book (page 235).  I am grateful to Gail Gillispie for drawing it to my attention - it really is one of the hidden gems of the renaissance lute repertory, with wonderfully singable lines and thorough counterpoint, yet very playable on the lute.  I have included a score in mensural notation as well: 0804score.pdf

Addendum:  thanks to Ron Andrico for pointing out that there is a cognate in the form of a piece in the Cavalcanti lute book headed "Richercha Del medesimo", where the previous piece is by Francesco da Milano.  It appears in the Ness edition as no.75.

Ricercar: 08042.ft2; 08042.tab; 08042.pdf; 08042.mp3

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