Recueil d'airs de guitare

[General Discussion]

One I was searching for since a long time... Over 500 pieces for baroque guitar, so we have something to do in the winter.

In general not difficult to play.

Beautiful made, I guess with stamps.

You can download a PDF, but of less quality. Better to save all the 374 pictures...

Thank you very much Bibliotheque Nationale de France!

http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52500814k/f1.image.r=guitare....

[luc aboulkheir]

thanks Hans and the BNF  its very great , i have dowland it  in pdf  and it's good,  this manuscrit is ms 844 noted by tyler in the early guitar,  it's a big score with music by frenchs composers of 17th  like lully, campra , lecler and of course a lot of pieces of de visee, i go  to read guitar in  hands but i think  it's easy to play and read, it s the very good news of  day

[Jelma van Amersfoort]

Thanks Luc for the extra information. I was about to ask :-)

[luc aboulkheir]

dear Hans ,

  yes,  a lot of music also of 18th  i read this fantastic  manuscrit  and i find  a lot of trancriptions of  composers  of 17th and 18 th, i ask me by who and for who this manuscrit?

[Peter Sinnaeve]

There's Dowland in it (sorry, couldn't resist) ?!?

[Stuart Walsh]

Looks very interesting. Something to do in the winter indeed.

I suppose a tuning as for de Visée would be most appropriate?

[Alexandros Kalkos]

Thank you Hans for this beautiful facsimile!

[Valentin Palloks]

Very beautiful indeed.

The german commentary at the beginning describes
"Une jeune pucelle"  to be part of the book "besides various other tunes".
(same melody as "Une jeune filette" or "Von Gott will ich nicht lassen", "La Monica")

Has someone seen it ? - I didn´t find it in the index and

OK  I didn´t looked on every of the 374 pages so far ...

[Stuart Walsh]

I can see some of De Visee's pieces in all this.  Also some of the Lully arrangements that Timo Peedu uploaded to this site a few years ago.  And there is a version of Lillibullero (as 'air angloise') and quite different from the version in Murcia.

I was intrigued by an untitled piece in G minor (p449?). It reminds me of some pieces in the de Gallot MS. It's a plodding 4/4, almost all crotchets...a sort of a bass line? Here is a quick attempt at it. Maybe it should be played much more rubato... and faster... or slower (...and steadier!)

http://www.pluckedturkeys.co.uk/PieceGminor.mp3

[Monica Hall]

I wasn't able to listen to you playing for some reason it wouldn't work for me. There isn't a page 449. Can you post the page?

[Juan Pablo Pira]

Where in Murcia's work is this version of Lillibullero?

[Monica Hall]

It's in Resumen de acompanar on p.84 with the title La Libolaine. It is actually an English country dance from Playford's Dancing master (1690).   They were also danced at the French court.                                  

[gilles T]

Hello,

I recently downloaded and printed this wonderful collection.

Can anyone point any relevant historical study about it ? Did anyone try to gather some infos ?

Thanks in advance for your help.

regards,

gilles