During his lifetime John Dowland was one of the few English composers whose fame spread throughout Europe. He has never been entirely forgotten although his music was almost completely ignored during the whole of the eighteenth century and most of the nineteenth. The early twentieth century saw a dawning recognition among scholars and specialists of the rare quality of his work.This is a comprehensive and exhaustive collection of Dowland’s compositions for the Lute with critical commentaries lists of sources and biographical notes as thoroughly compiled and edited by Diana Poulton and Basil Lam.The music is presented in both keyboardnotation and Lute tablature.

Following on from Jessica's hugely successful book Celtic Music for Flute she has produced a Volume 2 which contains 46 pieces ranging from lovely portraits to lively jigs. They come from traditions including Irish Scottish Welsh and Manx and were gathered from various sources: among others manuscripts written for Bagpipe Lute Mandora Fiddle and Voice. The unique personality and sound of the Flute complements them all. A few of the tunes are more than 400 years old; some are new. All have that inexplicable but necessary magic the quality which draws the flutist to begin the tune again just one more time...Whether a march lilt love song or lament eachmelody in this collection is a gem; many are sure to become cherished favorites. The accompanying Play-Along CD includes all the tunes in the same order in which they appear in the book. This CD features separate channels for Flute and Guitar so that the flutist can play along with the Guitar accompaniment. Allan Alexander artfully renders the chords on Guitar providing a harmonic tapestry over which the melodies float.

The flute was used widely in the Renaissance and this collection of arrangements are from the 16th and 17th centuries. Most of these pieces were composed for other instruments such as the Lute and Viola De Gamba.

A rare work for the Lute-based Theorbo. Below is the programme note from the composer.In July 1998 I decided that I would use a theorbo in Havoc a piece I was writing for the 1999 Proms (premiere September 8th 1999). Since my knowledge of the instrument was negligible I contacted David (The Orbo) Miller and appealed for help since I knew he would be playing in the Proms piece. He kindly and with admirable patience showed me how the instrument worked and I began writing groundwork as a technical exercise - hence one meaning of the title. The other is that it is a set of variations over a ground bass.Since the theorbo possesses eight diapason bass strings - whichare plucked like those of a harp not stopped with the left and - it seemed sensible to use these for the ground bass which consists simply of a rising eight-note scale using all diapason strings in turn. This ground is stated at the beginning and developed through 16 variations. Nos 1 to 7 are straightforward except that some of them compress the ground into itself. Nos 8 to 16 are in stretto: they are gradually overlapped with each other the new ground beginning one note earlier each time. The climax of the piece comes at variations 10 to 11; variations 12 to 14 bring it gradually down to earth; no. 15 is quiet and puts the decorated ground in relaxed canon with itself (in octaves using the top and bottom strings of the instrument). Variation 16 strips the ground of decoration putting tight scrunchy chords over it and the piece ends with the lowest diapason string (G) a quiet raspberry ripple of the other seven diapason strings and a final harmonic G to tell us that our little journey is over. I hope you enjoy the scenery.Giles Swayne

Par . Come play music written by kings and clowns, Ladies and lawyers, dance masters, doctors, and troubadours. Welcome to the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Creativity flourished throughout the times that produced writers, Artists, and scientists such as Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Michelangelo, da Vinci, and Galileo. That inventiveness is evident in the imaginative and eloquent music in this collection. Among the melodies are a Portuguese troubadour?s ?Song for a Friend? written almost 800 years ago, John Dowland?s ?Midnight?, silenced from the mid-1600's until the discovery of Margaret Board?s Lute Book in 1970, and a beautiful and haunting song written by a Scottish Lady. There areover 40 tunes in this beautiful collection. / Date parution : 2023-12-22/ Recueil / Flûte Traversière

In this DVD performance Ronn McFarlane plays a number of his own Lute compositions a well as music of the 16th and 17th centuries.From the Middle Ages through the Age of Enlightenment lutenists wrote andperformed their own music along with the popular music of their time. By the end of the 18th century this tradition was broken as the Lute gradually fell out of favor. Reviving the centuries-old tradition of lutenist-composers Ronn's work points the way to the Lute's future. While treasuring the Lute music of the past he also creates new music for the 10-course lute blending ancient and modern styles. Like many ancient works for the lute his musictreads the borderline between classical and popular music.The sum of his own musical experience Ronn McFarlane's new music reveals the Lute for what it is: a timeless instrument responsive to poetic music makingof any century. Ronn McFarlane also discourses on the history and playing techniques of the Lute and the tradition of the lutenist performing his own compositions in conjunction with popular tunes of the times. Hispieces are often quite modern in harmonic and rhythmic structure-yet lie exceptionally well on this ancient instrument.

Studies & Pieces. Par DEHNHARD TILMANN. After Tilmann Dehnhard's award-winning 'The New Flute' was published, it was soon clear that a demand existed for further study material and concert pieces for flutebeatboxing. 'Flutebeatboxing - Studies and Pieces' is a follow-up to the fundamentals and basic techniques explained and demonstrated in 'The New Flute'. Beginning with easy exercises (bronze level) for mastering the basic, individual beatboxing sounds, these compositions progress through to concert level (Platinum). Together with four concert studies, familiar favourites are included: Summertime, Billie Jean, Black or White and Badinerie by J. S. Bach as well as 'beatbox classics': a collection of well-known melodies which are especially suitable for flute-beatboxing. • Comprehensive practice and performance material for the popular Flute-Beatboxing technique • The cool arrangements of Summertime, Black or White and Billie Jean will help you steal the show • Progressive programme of exercises and etudes from bronze level (easy) to platinum (concert) • This book complements the Fluteboxing chapter in Tilmann Dehnhard's much acclaimed Workbook & DVD 'The New Flute' (available as UE 35320) / Études et exercices / Etude / Flûte Traversière

Tips suggestions advice and other useful information garnered through a lifetime of Flute study and professional gigging are all presented in 101 Flute Tips: Stuff All The Pros Know And Use with dozens of entries gleaned from first-hand experience. Topics covered include: selecting the right flute for youfinding the right teacherwarm-up exercisespracticing effectivelytaking good care of your flutegigging advicestaying and playing healthymembers of the flute familyextended ranges and techniquesflute fraternization

For Classical Guitar. Par SCHUETT LAUDON. This book will prove to be a treasure trove to any aspiring lutenist or afficionado of the lute and early music. Instead of attempting to create a comprehensive lute method, the first section covers topics that students often ignore, while the second offers a fresh repertoire of newly revised and edited original music for the intermediate or advanced player. On a broader scale, vocalists and students of any instrument would do well to take note of the book?s musical and interpretive concepts.The author not only offers his own insights to technique and performance, but also provides a glossary of period musical vocabulary and includes comments on general musicianship from authentic Renaissance and Baroque resources. These include John and Robert Dowland, Jean-Baptiste Besard, Nicolas Vallet, Thomas Mace, and other historic lutenists and theorists. If early music specialist Laudon Schuett had been born during the Renaissance, he would have been the court lutenist and possibly the jester in some kingdom or principality.Written in French tablature for the 6-course Renaissance lute and in standard notation for the classic guitar with the 3rd string lowered to F#, the author provides 30 original compositions in the contrapuntal polyphonic style characteristic of the 16th and early 17th centuries. / Date parution : 2022-05-31/ Méthode / Guitare Classique

A Fusion of Musical Styles Featuring Low Flutes. As part of the Falls House Press Metropolitan Flute Orchestra Series, Contrafusion! is a unique addition to the flute ensemble repertoire. Contrafusion! features the low flutes (with optional Contrabass flute), and may be performed with a full flute choir, mixed flute quintet, or mixed flute quartet. The fusion of musical styles in this original work offers a charming opportunity to showcase the qualities of the low flutes in ensemble. Also available for Flute Choir (or mixed Flute Quintet or Quartet), FH0501

Spruce up your performances concerts and cantatas with these fabulous Christmas classics for two Flutes. What better way to herald the holiday season than with what is possibly The Best Christmas Flute Duet BookEver! With this Christmas Flute sheet music the lovely sound of the Flute can be made twice as sweet with Christmas songs like Away In A Manger Jingle Bells and SilentNight. You can warm up the winter evenings with this wonderful selection of favourites for the festive period. The great thing about this Christmas sheet music is the mix of old and new. Whereas one minute you and yourpartner can be playing traditional carols like O Come All Ye Faithful or Deck The Halls then you can bring in the contemporary pop songs like All I Want For Christmas Is You and Stop TheCavalry. The Best Christmas Flute Duet Book Ever contains an exciting and varied array of tunes arranged specifically for Grades 1 to 3 but will be lovely as a general Yuletideaddition to your repertoire. These familiar tunes are all enjoyable to play and are definitely going to delight anyone within earshot bringing in the Christmas spirit with the lovely sound of the Flute. The arrangements areall suitably happy and upbeat and the joy of this book is that each Flute shares the melody so to hear a pair of duelling Flutes play from this Christmas song book really is a joy. Each and every festivefavourite within this collection is flawless for the Flute and they're fun to play and to hear. So pick up The Best Christmas Flute Duet Book Ever learn the tunes and perform them for all to hear bringingin a touch of the Christmas spirit this year.

The first volume of the Complete Flute Method by Giuseppe Gariboldi this edition has been reviewed and edited by Jan Merry. The finger positions articulations and breathing have been added to the method where necessary as well as some helpful advice has been included. This particularly melodic method starts with some theory basics and covers all beginner needs such as scales rhythms and trills among others using some small studies or exercises. Even though most of the Flute now uses the Boëhm method the book has kept the old eight?key Flute tablatures. This volume of Complete FluteMethod is completed by a second volume also available at Alphonse Leduc. Giuseppe Gariboldi (1833-1905) is an Italian flautist and composer who wrote numerous pieces for Flute. Most of his study books are still used to teach the Flute including '20 Little studies Op. 132' or 'Daily exercises Op. 89'.

Tilmann Dehnhard: A String of Thoughts for flute and piano UE36747 ?A String of Thoughts? by Tilmann Dehnhard is a challenging new work for students of the flute interested in mastering modern playing techniques. Tilmann Dehnhard?s ?A String of Thoughts? is a challenging new work for flute and piano. It makes use of several modern playing techniques covered in Dehnhard?s book ?The New Flute? and also those touched upon in his previous publication ?Flutebeatboxing?. Glissandi, sing-and-play, bisbigliandi and reverse sound are all included, along with some thought-provoking ideas for the pianist! Students with a good grasp of conventional technique will relish the chance to get to grips with these new ideas or perhaps use the piece for college entry audition.