Matthew McAllister plays Galliard by Francis Cutting

ByBradford Werner
2021

Matthew McAllister plays Galliard by Francis Cutting (c.1550–1596). This comes via his amazing YouTube channel. Excellent playing by McAllister with a nice bounce to the rhythm and some beautiful tapered phrasing. Cutting is one of the great Elizabethan lute players and composers but little biographical information is known about him. He’s one of the earliest known lutenists of the region and era and with approximately 51 lute pieces, one of the more prolific.

You might also be interested in this other Elizabethan music:

Greensleeves by Cutting, Grade 5, Free
Greensleeves, Grade 2, Period Lute
Packington’s Pound, Grade 2
Robin Reddocke, Grade 1
Mr. Dowland’s Midnight by Dowland, Grade 4
Mrs. Winters Jump by Dowland, Grade 4, Free
Orlando Sleepeth by Dowland, Grade 4
Tarleton’s Resurrection by Dowland, Grade 6
The Round Battle Galliard by Dowland, Grade 7

Bradford Werner

Bradford Werner is a classical guitarist and music publisher from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He originally created this site for his students at the Victoria Conservatory of Music but now shares content worldwide. Curating guitar content helps students absorb the culture, musical ideas, and technique of the classical guitar. Bradford also has a YouTube channel with over 94,000 subscribers and 13 million views. He taught classical guitar at the Victoria Conservatory of Music for 16 years and freelanced in Greater Victoria for 20 years and now dedicates much of his time curating content online and helping connect the classical guitar community. See more at his personal website.