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Wednesday, 17 January 2024

Anon: Fair Ministers disdain me not (Margaret Board Lute Book, f23v/2)

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 Short and sweet One of the shortest pieces from the Margaret Board Lute Book, and good fun to play. I have had to take some liberties with ...
Saturday, 13 January 2024

John Dowland: A Dream (P 75)

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Back to a piece by (probably) my hero As promised in my previous post of "A Dreame" from the Margaret Board Lute Book, here is a p...
Tuesday, 9 January 2024

Anon: A Dreame (Margaret Board Lute Book, f. 20v)

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  A lovely little tune, and my favourite (so far) from the Margaret Board MS Transcribed from a facsimile of the original online here . Ther...
Monday, 8 January 2024

Anon: Delacourt Pavan (Margaret Board Lute Book, f. 1v/1)

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The second piece in The Margaret Board Lute Book Transcribed for low-G ukulele from a facsimile of the original (available online  here ),  ...
Thursday, 4 January 2024

Michael Praetorius: Branle de la Torche XV

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As promised, another Branle de la torche  Following on from my previous posting of an anonymous Branle de la torche , here is one by the Ger...
Wednesday, 3 January 2024

Anon: Branle de la Torche (Margaret Board Lute Book f. 23/3)

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 A tuneful little piece and fun to play The branle is in origin a C16 French dance involving swaying ( branle  = sway), but I do not know wh...
Tuesday, 2 January 2024

Anon: Two More Courants (Margaret Board Lute Book, f. 7 and f. 25/2)

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 Following on from yesterday's post, two more accessible pieces for you to download and enjoy here and here . The piece on f. 7 is inte...