The Complete Anthology of Lute Music from Musick's Monument by Thomas Mace
From the 1676 London Edition - Transcribed for Classical Guitar
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SKU: MB.99995
From the 1676 London Edition - Transcribed for Classical Guitar. Edited by Andrew Shepard-Smith. Early Music / Renaissance, Saddle-stitched, Style, Solos. Early Music/Renaissance. Book. 72 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #99995. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.99995).ISBN 9780786659685. UPC: 796279079754. 8.5 X 11 inches. Transcribed & edited by Andrew Shepard-Smith.
The first complete anthology of lute music contained within Thomas Maces historic treatise Musicks Monument 1676 , transcribed and edited for classical guitar by Andrew Shepard-Smith. An exquisite and intriguing collection of early English Baroque lute music containing twelve preludes, eight complete lute suites, transcription notes, and a detailed table of ornaments as outlined in Musicks Monument . Originally written as a pedagogical text for lute and theorbo, Maces lute music contains wonderful insights into the performance practice of the time. A very valuable addition both the performance repertoire and to the guitar reference literature. Staff notation; moderate to advanced.
Song List (12)
- A Fancy Praelude or Voluntary (originally G minor)
- Nightengal
- Suite No. 1 (original C major)
- Suite No. 2 (original F major)
- Suite No. 3
- Suite No. 4
- Suite No. 5
- Suite No. 6
- Suite No. 7
- Suite No. 8
- The First Set of Praeludes
- The Second Set of Praeludes