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All you ever wanted to know about performing early music, but were afraid to ask. Well, fear no more. Subtitled . . . for ingenious learners . . . . this is a landmark publication that sets out in meticulous detail the many varied skills required for playing string music from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. It will be required reading for amateurs and professionals alike. In a lucid and practical style, Judy Tarling has distilled 30 years of experience in playing chamber and orchestral music of the period, and her brilliantly researched book sets out all the finest points with copious quotations from dozens of historical sources. All bowed string instruments are dealt with; there is extensive information about playing basso continuo and a host of other important topics. Subjects discussed in the book: Affect, articulation, bow vibrato, bow-hold, bowings, buying Baroque equipment, the 'cello, chords, consort style, continuo instrument choice, dance, dissonance, divisions, dotted notes, double bass, double stopping, dynamics, editions, ensembles, facsimiles, figured bass, fingering choice, harmony, holding the instrument, identifying French & Italian style, inequality, intervals, messa di voce , ornamentation, pitch, position changing, publishers, range, recitative, repeats, rhetoric, rhythm, rubato, rules, scordatura, signs, slurs, speed, staccato, strings, temperament, tempo, time signatures, treatises, tuning, the viola, vibrato, violone. Musical examples by: L'Abbé le fils - Bach - Biber - Bonporti - Caccini - Castello - Cima - Corelli - Corrette - Couperin - Feuillet - Geminiani - Gibbons - Handel - Leclair - Locke - Lully - Marais - Mattheson - Matteis - Mealli - L. Mozart - Muffat - Ortiz - Piani - Playford - Purcell - Quantz - Rameau - Schmelzer - Simpson - Tartini - Walther - Westhoff - Veracini - Vivaldi - Zanetti.

Three Dorick Fantasies by John Bull arranged by David Pinto. Score and parts for SATB instruments (treble, 2 tenors and bass viols or recorders).

Suite in G for Bass Viol and Continuo by Louis de Caix d'Hervalois

11 Consort songs from Rosseter's Book of Airs (1601). For soprano voice and 3 viols or any combination of viols and voices. The words are included in all the part books so that any range of singers can join in with instruments doubling.

5-Part Music for Viol Consort by John Coprario. N.B. This title is just the parts (no score).

5-Part Music for Viol Consort by John Coprario. N.B. This title is just the parts (no score).

A sonata in four movements from the late French baroque (1773) for solo bass viol with a second bass as accompaniment; keyboard continuo can be extemporized ad lib from a figured bass, but the music is complete with two basses.

A short suite of three continuous movements by F. Couperin for a solo instrument with basso continuo. Solo part provided in treble, alto and bass clefs.

55 short pieces from the Renaissance and Baroque for tenor viol beginners, selected and prefaced by Alison Crum. A reprint (with some additional new material) of the original OUP edition of Crum's essential work for beginner's technique on the viol. The must-have collection for anyone learning the viol! .

A reprint (with some additional new material) of the original OUP edition of Alison Crum's essential work for beginner's technique on the viol. The perfect starter collection for any viol player!

A sequel to First Solos for the Viol, this book provides a basic repertoire of Italian, French, English, Spanish and German music, mostly with a continuo part. These are "performing" pieces selected to be within the range of a competent though less experienced player.

A sequel to First Solos for the Viol, this book provides a basic repertoire of Italian, French, English, Spanish and German music, mostly with a continuo part. These are "performing" pieces selected to be within the range of a competent though less experienced player.

A sequel to First Solos for the Viol, this book provides a basic repertoire of Italian, French, English, Spanish and German music, mostly with a continuo part. These are "performing" pieces selected to be within the range of a competent though less experienced player.

50 difficult excerpts from the bass viol repertoire selected by Alison Crum, with advice on technical aspects of bowing and fingering. Excerpts from Bach, Marais, Telemann, Abel, Couperin, Simpson, Schenk and others.

Simply the best book for beginner viol players, this ring-bound book tells you everything you need to know to get started on the viol, with numerous examples and handy tips.

For three bass viols with optional figured bass continuo for lute, keyboard etc. Arranged from the variations by J-H d'Anglebert (1689). The top part can also be played on a tenor viol.

Arranged from a flute piece (1710), this makes an outstanding bass viol sonata in four movements, ending with an extensive Chaconne. The continuo part also has a soloistic role.

Charles Dibdin wrote these 18 dances for the Shakespeare Jubilee celebrations of 1769. They all have titles referring to the plays or to Shakespearean characters; in addition, each dance has the original dancing instructions.

Pavans, Galliards, Almains and Corantos for 4 viols. A collection of eleven pieces arranged as four-part consorts (Tr, T, T, B) with alternative alto and treble clefs for the middle parts. Includes: "Queen Elizabeth Galliard", "Dr Cases Pavan", "Lady Laitons Almain", "Tarletons Resurrection", "Mrs Whites Nothing" and more.

Book 1: Songs of Mellancolie. Four Consort Songs by John Dowland set for mezzo soprano and viol consort (Tr. T. T. B.). Score and parts. " In Darkness let me dwell ", "I saw my Lady weep ", " Sorrow Stay, ” “ Flow my Tears ". from Dowland's Second Book of Ayres.

Dowland's First Book of Songs , 21 four-part songs written in 1597, edited and published by Ian Gammie. Soprano score with part-books for the three instrumental parts, tenor part in treble and alto clefs. Words underlaid in all the instrumental parts, in the calligraphy of Joy Dodson, so that multiple different modes of performance are possible, depending on the number of singer(s) and players available.

John Dowland's The Third and Last Book of Songs consisting of 20 consort songs for viols and voices. Four-part songs in SATB format. The text of the songs is underlaid with the viol parts so that any combination of voices with viols can be achieved. The classic combination is for solo voice with three viols, but doubling of voices and viols is equally effective. Score and full set of partbooks.

Consort music by a female composer of the 17th Century is something of a rarity. These works are in the English Consort tradition (one of the Sinfonie is a reworking of a Frescobaldi Recercar) dating from c 1640. Edited by David Pinto, with a biographical account by Rudolf Rasch.

Fantasies 1-10 Almandes 1 & 2