...originally written for Lyra Viol, arranged for guitar
Anon
From a set of manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford:
Ayre [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Anon
Fantasia [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Anon
Galliard [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Anon
Mall Sims [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Anon
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John Bosley
I’ve been unable to find any information about this composer
Ayre [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Bosley
From a set of manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
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Thomas Ford
Viol player and composer (c.1580-1648). Thomas Ford entered the service of the Prince of Wales, Henry Stewart in 1611 and from 1625 until the Civil War (1642–1651) was one of the king's musicians. His best known work is “Musicke of Sundrie Kindes” (1607) which is divided into two books, the second consisting of dances "for two Basse-viols, the Liera way" (ie Lyra Viols). There is a modern edition of the second book in tablature and grand staff transcription* (Timofeyev 1998) . (The pieces are presented in the order in which they appear in Timofeyev).
Mr Southcote's Pavan [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Ford
There is a well-known arrangement of this by Frederick Noad in his publication "The Renaissance Guitar” (Noad 1974). I have chosen to set the piece and its following Galliard in A minor rather than G minor. I think the Pavan, especially, flows well in this key as it shows off the guitar's resonance better than G minor; and I have recast the parts slightly and set note durations to reflect this.
Mr Southcote's Galliard [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Ford
Mr Westover’s Farewell (An Almaine) [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Ford
Mr Mayne’s Choice (A Paven) [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Ford
Galliard [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Ford
Forget Me Not [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Ford
Sir Richard Weston’s Delight (A Paven) [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Ford
Mr Lullere His Choice (An Almaine) [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Ford
The Wild Goose Chase (Sir John Philpot’s Delight) [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Ford
What You Will [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Ford
Sir Richard Tichborne’s Toy [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Ford
This piece is subtitled ‘And if you do touch me ile crie’.
Sir Charles Howard’s Delight (The Baggepipes) [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Ford
Mr Crosse His Choice (Why not here?) [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Ford
A Change of Ayre [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Ford
Mr Southcote's Gigue (Whipit and Tripit) [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Ford
The Queen’s Jig (Cate of Bardie) [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Ford
It is interesting to find both a ‘Gigue’ and a ‘Jig’ in the same collection; also notable is that this Jig (which sets a series of variations) is in duple rather than triple metre.
Sir John Paulet’s Toy (A Snatch and Away) [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Ford
Mr Richard Martin’s Thump (A Pill to Purge Melancholy) [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Ford
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Tobias Hume
English composer and viol player (c1579-1645). A professional soldier who served as an officer in the Swedish and Russian armies and a viol player published two important volumes of music, principally for the Lyra Viol. [More about…… ] The following pieces are some of Hume’s Lyra Viol duets:
Music and Mirth [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Hume
The Princes Almayne [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Hume
Subtitled: "Invention for Two to Play upon one Viole”.
The Spirit of Musicke [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Hume
The Duke of Holstone's Delight [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Hume
Touch Me Sweetly [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Hume
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Joseph Sherlie
The little I have been able to find about Sherlie is summarised on the Lyra Viol solo page. This coranto is from the Bodleian MS.
Coranto [PDF] [MIDI] [XML] Sherlie
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*Beware if you use the Timofeyev edition; there is a transcription error in no.12. In the treble line of
Lyra Viol 2 the first three bars are wrong as printed in treble clef; they would be correct in bass clef.