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Fine Knacks for Ladies

A fine old Dowland tune.  This arrangement is from _The_Recorder_Consort_.  SATB.

Menuet

A menuet which Mozart originally wrote to teach his children music. This was arranged for two soprano recorders, but I played it ST instead.

Menuet

From _Baroque_Debut_, Maurice C. Whitney, Consort Music Inc 1975.  SAT with the alto playing an octave up.

Suite of Bransles de Champagne

Four bransles from France by Claude Gervais, a French composer who was active in Paris for about 20 years (1540-1560 or so).  SATB at a fairly quick clip, since a Bransle is an athletic peasant dance.

Tiento 2

Another tiento from Miguel Fuenllana.  See http://eelfighter.podbean.com/2010/05/27/tiento-1/ for details on this.  SSAT.

Dance

Christoph Demantus was a German composer of the late 14th and early 15th centuries.This piece was done STT with tambourine. I reprised the last couple of sections to get some more crunchy percussion in. The Recorder Book dates this dance to 1601, but I don't know how they came up with that date.

Cancionero de Palacio 445

Apparently from a famous Spanish music manuscript dated to between 1470 and 1530 or so. This is a mildly interesting 4-part choir piece played on SATB recorders.  The fun part is that it has a 2/4 section embedded in the 3/4 melody, so I got additional time playing with the metronome part of the MBR.

Almaine

I don't know if this Thomas Giles is the same as the one who was Master of the Choristers in St. Pauls Cathedral in 1585, but the time would be about right.  SSAT, probably could've used some percussion.

So Ben' mi ch'a Bon Tempo

An anonymous undated Italian tune played at the 2009 Winter Music Festival in Atlanta. SATB. My first attempt at multiple meters using the "rhythm" feature of the Micro BR to change the metronome at the appropriate spot.

Another Lupo Almain

Another almain by Thomas Lupo. Arranged for SSAT