Interpreting John Dowland's Lute Works on the Classical Guitar

Interpreting John Dowland's Lute Works on the Classical Guitar
Author: Acker-Johnson Jesse
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2015-11-23
Genre:
ISBN: 9783659807121

John Dowland (1563-1626) composed the most sophisticated and beautiful music for a fretted string instrument during the renaissance period. Performing this music on the modern classical guitar presents a number of different interpretive dilemmas and performance options. This work illuminates this process for the modern guitarist. I also discuss the life of John Dowland, renaissance ornamentation, and diminution or renaissance improvisation.

John Dowland for Classic Guitar

John Dowland for Classic Guitar
Author: Stephen Siktberg
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 85
Release: 2012-03-02
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1619112272

For years, classical guitarists have enjoyed playing the lute music of the English composer, John Dowland (1563-1626). Forty of his beautiful compositions are included in this volume. the book is intended for the guitarist with intermediate to advanced fingerstyle technique, and can be played on both nylon and steel string instruments. In order to help capture the unique character of Dowland's music, renaissance lute tuning (capo on the third fret with the G string tuned to F sharp) is used throughout. the pieces progress more or less in order of increasing difficulty, and special care has been taken to be sure any group of consecutive pieces can be played with satisfying results. Standard notation only. Includes FREE downloadable companion audio files.

John Dowland in Tablature

John Dowland in Tablature
Author: Stephen Siktberg
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2012-02-22
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1619111039

For years, classical guitarists have enjoyed playing the lute music of the English composer, John Dowland (1563-1626). Forty of his beautiful compositions are included in this volume. the book is intended for the guitarist with intermediate to advanced fingerstyle technique, and can be played on both nylon and steel string instruments. In order to help capture the unique character of Dowland's music, renaissance lute tuning (capo on the third fret with the G string tuned to F sharp) is used throughout. the pieces progress more or less in order of increasing difficulty, and special care has been taken to be sure any group of consecutive pieces can be played with satisfying results. Standard notation with TAB. Includes FREE downloadable companion audio files.

Performance on Lute, Guitar, and Vihuela

Performance on Lute, Guitar, and Vihuela
Author: Victor Coelho
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2005-10-13
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780521019439

The first book-length study in any language dedicated specifically to lute, guitar, and vihuela.

Dowland for Guitar

Dowland for Guitar
Author: John Dowland
Publisher: Schott Music
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2021-04-09
Genre: Music
ISBN: 3795724945

For guitar players who want to expand their repertoire: This collection provides a fantastic introduction to the works of John Dowland, containing the easiest of his compositions, arranged in their order of difficulty. Dowland ranks among the outstanding figures in the history of 16th- and 17th-century European lute music. Martin Hegel arranged the works originally composed for lute so that they can now be played on the guitar at an intermediate level. The edition is suited for both teaching and playing in one's spare time. Dowland for Guitar is part of the Schott Guitar Classic series. The editor Martin Hegel is dedicated to expanding the guitar repertoire in a varied and sensible way and making popular works of music history accessible even to guitar players at an intermediate level. His transcriptions, ranging from easy to intermediate, are perfectly adapted to the characteristics of the guitar. They present an opportunity to guitar players to experience classics and masterpieces on their own instrument: be it contrapuntal masterpieces by Johann Sebastian Bach and symphonic music by Mozart – or be it lute music from the Renaissance era.

The Lute Songs of John Dowland Made Easy for Flute and Guitar

The Lute Songs of John Dowland Made Easy for Flute and Guitar
Author: John Dowland
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2016-12-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9781541320420

Ten Lute Songs by John Dowland, arranged for flute and classical guitar (in standard notation and tablature). Includes: Away with These Self-Loving Lads, Come Again Sweet Love, Come Heavy Sleep, Dear If You Change, Flow My Tears, Go Crystal Tears, If My Complaints, The Lowest Trees Have Tops, Weep You No More, Who Ever Thinks or Hopes.

Introduction to the Lute

Introduction to the Lute
Author: Rob MacKillop
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 101
Release: 2016-11-29
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1619116731

This book is aimed at beginner lute and guitar players interested in playing Renaissance lute music on either instrument. Lute and guitar tablature are included, along with notes on technique, biographies of lute composers from the 16th century, and general advice on buying, stringing and tuning a lute. The book starts with single-line melodies, before progressing to two-part and full repertoire pieces. Selections include works by great Renaissance composers such as John Dowland, Francesco da Milano, Alonso Mudarra, Francesco Spinacino and others, with music from England, Scotland, Italy, France and Germany. A useful chord chart is also included. Every piece in the book has been recorded for download by Rob MacKillop--in itself, an album worth owning. Includes access to online audio.

The Art of Lute Playing with Transcriptions for Classical Guitar

The Art of Lute Playing with Transcriptions for Classical Guitar
Author: Laudon Schuett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-04-18
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781513468648

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.