The Lute Society: Members Compositions

Members Lute Compositions

Many lute players also compose for the lute - some are full blown engaging compositions, others are shorter yet attractive pieces.

The Lute Society seeks to encourage and promote new lute music, and welcomes any new compositions, which will be listed here. See other free downloads.

Get your creative juices flowing with some blank-tab-manuscript.

Compositions

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Michel Amoric

• Blancrocher XXI for baroque lute
• Fantasia que contrahaze la vihuela de Alonso Mudarra (in modern notation)

David Braid

• Sonata, Op.17 for violin and Renaissance lute (or altoguitar)
• 3 lute songs for renaissance lute and soprano.

Joaquim Bogunya Chesa

• Some New Pieces for the Lute
• Book of Songs
• 20 pieces for solo lute
• A book of fantasies
• A book of dances
• 16th century Spanish music arranged for renaissance lute and treble instrument
• English music from the Golden Age - The Flute and the Lute vol. 2
• La Rivercada and La Cascada - in French tabulature (English introduction text) and Italian tabulature (Spanish introduction text). There is also a filmed performance and commentary

Matthew Leigh Embleton

For renaissance or baroque lute:

• Journey in D Minor, a suite in 3 movements
• Nocturnes In D Minor and E Minor
• From Depth - in A minor

Wilfred Foxe

• Tombeau for Theo - for 13 course D Minor Baroque Lute plus keyboard score. Written in commemoration of Theo Saunders.
• Raindrops in Holmfirth for Archlute

Andrew Haxell

• 6 British and Irish songs arranged for 7 course lute
• Tastar de Corde for 7c lute
• Purcell Canary - from the Indian Queen, for 7c lute
• Shule Aroon - folk tune, for 7c lute
• O Waly, Waly - folk tune, for 7c lute

Martyn Hodgson

• Paraphrase on a tune by Hugo Wolf for D minor lute.

Gilbert Isbin

• The Improvising Lutenist, by Gilbert Isbin - designed to teach improvisation in a contemporary style.

James Jackson

Galliard written to commemorate the article building a lute using original methods by Andrew Atkinson:

• Andrew's Galliard, his search for the lute maker's donkey

Cezar Mateus

• Cezar Mateus Four Pieces for Renaissance Lute.

David van Ooijen

• Tombeau for Stephen - for Stephen Barber.

David Protheroe

• Sonnets and Epigrams, for voice and lute, by David Protheroe, with piano score supplement
• Varietie of Lute Quartets: Fantasie, Pavin, Galliard, Almaine, Coranto and Volte Superius (d lute), Contratenor altus (a lute), Tenor (G lute), Bassus (D lute) and Full score
• Songs in Divers Humours, for medium voice and lute, with supplement in stave notation for the use of the singer - tabulature and voice and transcription for keyboard and voice.
• In Autumn, by David Protheroe: three duets for equal lutes, four pages.

Laudon Schuett

• First book of lute lessons
• Book 2 - more advanced fantasies

Steven Watson

• Come, heavy Sleep - a new setting of Dowland’s song 'Come, Heavy Sleep'

Matthew Weinman

2 Fantasias and 2 Recercars - for renaissance lute:

• Fantasia 1
• Fantasia 2
• Recercar 3
• Recercar 4