Renaissance Guitar

Frederick Noad Guitar Anthology

by Frederick M. Noad

This volume contains solos, duets & songs by 16th century composers for the guitar, lute & vihuela including Milan, Narvaez, Dowland, Cutting & others. The anthology is illustrated with introductions & notes.

Genres: Music

119 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1974

Reviews

[pearl]

this cover is what really gets me though

[Paul Magnussen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I see that someone else has covered the ground pretty well, so I’ll just add two things:

Firstly that, rather than using standard tuning, most the pieces would be better arranged for 3rd string to F# (as in Nº 52), to simulate lute-tuning: using normal tuning just creates problems for yourself, in all but a few cases¹. Still, the fingering is generally easy enough to change, so it’s still a good book.

And secondly, here’s a list of the pieces:

01) Anon: Spagnoleta
02) Fuhrman: Tanz
03) Besard: Branle Gay
04) Cutting: Toy
05) Anon: Wilson’s Wilde
06) Anon: Lesson (Duet)
07) Campion: Shall I Come Sweet Love to Thee? (Song)
08) Le Roy: Branle de Bourgogne
09) Anon: The Parlement
10) Dowland: If My Complaints (Song)
11) Anon: Volt
12) Milano/Matelart: Recercate Concertante (Duet)
13) Valderrábano: Sonnet
14) Milan: Pavan
15) Anon: Fantasia
16) Dowland: The Round Battle Galliard, P. 39
17) Campion: Never Weather-Beaten Sail (Song)
18) Anon: Le Rossignoll (Duet)
19) Dowland: Tarleton’s Resurrection, P. 59
20) Mertel: Ballet
21) Holborne: Galliard
22) Anon: The Cobbler
23) R. Johnson: Alman
24) Rosseter: Galliard
25) Milan: Toda mi vida os amé (Song)
26) Holborne: The Night Watch
27) Anon: Drewries Accordes (Duet)
28) Dowland: Air, P. 49
29) Anon: Go from My Window
30) Vásquez: Morenica da me un beso (Song)
31) Robinson: A Toye (Duet)
32) Fuenllana: Fantasia
33) Cutting: Greensleeves
34) Narváez: Guárdame las vacas
35) Dowland: Melancholie Galliard, P. 25
36) Campion: When to her Lute Corinna Sings (Song)
37) Mudarra: Gallarda
38) Pilkington: Mrs Anne Harecourt’s Galliard
39) Dowland: The King of Denmark’s Galliard
40) Dowland: Queen Elizabeth’s Galliard, P. 41
41) Dowland: Lady Hammond’s Almaine, p.48²
42) Dowland: My Lady Hunsdon’s Puffe, P. 54
43) J. Johnson: The Flatt Pavan (Duet)
44) J. Johnson: The Galliard to the Flatt Pavan (Duet)
45) Holborne: As I Went To Walsingham
46) Dowland: Come Heavy Sleep (Song)
47) Cutting: Almaine
48) Rosseter: Mrs Taylor’s Galliard
49) Pilkington: Rest Sweet Nymphs (Song)
50) Mudarra: Fantasia
51) Ballard: Entrée de Luth
52) Dowland: Fantasie, P. 1
53) Campion: My Love Hath Vowed (Song)
54) Ford: Mrs Southcote’s Pavan (Duet)
55) Bartlet: When From My Love (Song)

¹Mostly pieces in A Minor or D Minor, wherein an open F# tends to be a hindrance rather than a help.
²Lady Hammond’s is normally called Lady Laiton’s, and is named thus in Dowland's autograph in the Folger manuscript.

[Vince · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fantastic introduction to lute music for guitar players and was my entry point for playing period music. There is some history, a variety of graded material, and notes on performance. I highly recommend this.