Dear all,
A few years ago I started compiling a database covering all music for renaissance lute that is printed or written down between approximately 1460 and 1620. All following PDFs are extracted from this database. I hope this will be a functional tool and a source of inspiration for all who play the renaissance lute. This work can never be complete so there will be updates on a regular basis.
On the opening page of each PDF, I provide the name and publication date of the source. Further on is a list of the articles that I know of that have been written on this source in the magazines of the Lute Society, the Lute Society of America, and the Belgian Lute Academy. Additional articles or information is given though this information is by far not exhaustive.
On the following pages there is a list of the pieces in the source along with all its concordances. Working with these I prefered an inspirational method over a strictly scientific one. A calata in the Dalza book may differ greatly from the calata in the Francesco Quartiron book but listing them together in one concordance might inspire preparing a concert. The same goes for all battaglias, chiarenzanas, psalms etc., and for “secunda/tertia pars” of pieces like “Vestiva I Colli” by da Palestrina. However, in the underlying database there is a more scientific approach.
If pieces are published in the magazines of the Lute Society, the Lute Society of America or the Belgian Lute Academy there is a reference to this. This also goes for pieces published in a modern non-facsimile edition.
Please feel free to leave comments or point out any errors at tom.van.eygen@pandora.be
Tom Van Eygen
Will you support us in developing this database?
Then make a donation to our account BE92 0636 1463 9323 in the name of the Belgian Lute Academy in 1180 Brussels, stating “gift database”
If you can’t find what you are looking for, maybe the PDF “INDEX” can help. To use the search function, click on “INDEX” at the bottom of the list.