Fantasía que contrahazee la harpa en la manera de Ludovico by Alonso Mudarra (c.1510–1580). Also known as Fantasia X or No. 10 from Tres libros de música en cifra para vihuela (1546). PDF sheet music edition with both notation-only edition and modern TAB edition. Arranged for guitar, relative…
This lesson comes from my book Classical Guitar Repertoire Lessons Grade 4 – Six pieces at the grade four level with dedicated lessons preparing you for each piece. Orlando Sleepeth (Poulton No.61) by John Dowland (1563-1626) – YouTube Video Lesson Link.…
Tarleton’s Riserrectione (Poulton No. 59) by John Dowland (1563-1626) – Also called Tarleton’s Resurrection. Originally for lute. Sheet music and TAB for classical guitar. Includes a Notation Only Edition and a Notation + Modern TAB Edition. Left hand fingering. The level is Intermediate…
Cecilio Perera plays Lachrimæ Pavane (Flow my Tears) by John Dowland (1563-1626) on a replica Renaissance lute made by Renatus Lechner. Recorded in Salzburg, Austria. This comes via his YouTube channel. I love Dowland and Elizabethan music in general. Lachrimæ, or…
Italian guitarist and lutenist Lorenzo Micheli plays Corrente prima from Intavolatura di liuto, et di chitarrone. Libro Primo Bologna (1623) by Alessandro Piccinini (1566-1638) on theorbo. Filmed in Palazzo Pignano, Italy by Drew Henderson. This comes via Micheli’s fantastic YouTube channel.…
Six Pavans by Luis de Milán (c.1500-1561) – Originally for vihuela. PDF sheet music arranged for classical guitar. Regular guitar tuning. Comes with both a notation edition with left hand fingering and a separate tab edition. Also includes a separate unfingered edition…
The Round Battle Galliard (Poulton No. 39) by John Dowland (1563-1626) – Sheet music and TAB for classical guitar. Includes a Notation-Only Edition and a Notation + Modern TAB Edition. Left hand fingering. The level is Intermediate (Grade 7), generally easy but a…
Flauguissimo Duo with Yu-Wei Hu (Baroque flute) and Johan Löfving (Theorbo) play the 3rd movement, Allegro non troppo from Sonata in F Major for Flute and Continuo by Anna Amalia of Prussia (1723-1787), Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg. This comes via the…
Lutenist Elizabeth Kenny explains how and why the theorbo was developed in the 17th century, what it was used for, and what it’s like to carry it around on the train. “People complain a lot about the space that I…
Prelude in E Major from BWV 1006a by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) – PDF Sheet Music Arranged for Classical Guitar. From ‘Lute’ Suite in E Major. Includes both a notation-only edition and a TAB edition. Left hand fingering only. PDF download. Performance…
Daniel Shoskes, aka Kidney Kutter (he’s a Urologist) plays Fantasie by Guillaume Morlaye (c.1510–c.1558) on Renaissance Guitar by Dan Larson. This comes via Shoskes’ great YouTube channel. Charming piece and well played. Morlaye was a French lutenist, composer and music…
Swedish guitarist and lutenist Johan Löfving performs Canario by Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger (1580–1651) on theorbo. This comes via his fantastic Youtube channel. Charming little piece with some spicy strumming and golpe or tapping in the inner section. I love Löfving’s…