Dances from Playford: Recorder Ensemble: Instrumental Album

A Selection of Renaissance Tunes Instrument : treble recorder and piano Nombre de Pages : 56 Steven Rosenberg writes in the preface: This book is intended to give recorder players a repertoire of solo pieces from the Renaissance. Solo literature for the recorder is often dominated by music of the baroque era, while the music of Renaissance is primarily preformed by consorts. I hope that this collection will expand the solo repertoire by bringing to recorder players some of the most beautiful melodies of this period. I have performed all of these pieces in public and have taken care only to include music that is of performance quality. Some of the pieces are grouped in suites, but you should feel free to play them in the order of your choice. For those of you equally at home on descant (soprano) and treble (alto), fell free to intersperse pieces from the companion book for descant recorder. The edition is part of the ABRSM Summer 2006 syllabus (grades 1-3) and the Trinity syllabus 2007 (grade 6). Content : Four Elizabethan Masque Dances: 1. The Fairy Masque (Johnson) - Four Elizabethan Masque Dances: 2. Wilson's Love (Anon) - Four Elizabethan Masque Dances: 3. The Witches - Second Dance (Anon) - Four Elizabethan Masque Dances: 4. The King's Mistress (Anon) - Three English Country Dances from John Playford's Dancing Master: 1. The Merry Milkmaids - Three English Country Dances from John Playford's Dancing Master: 2. Dissembling Love (or The Lost Heart) - Three English Country Dances from John Playford's Dancing Master: 3. Newcastle - Two Country Dances from John Playford collection: 1. Bellamira - Two Country Dances from John Playford collection: 2. Pell-mell - Allemande (1) (Susato) - Allemande (2) (Susato) - Lady Bannings Almand (Sturte) - Le coeur est bon (Susato) - Pass et medio (Susato) - Pavane Mille regretz (Susato) - Recercada quinta (Ortiz) - Recercada segunda (Ortiz) - Recercada segunda sobre 'O Felici Occhi Miei' (Ortiz) - Ronde Mon amy (Susato) - Ronde III (Susato) - Ronde IV (Susato) - Ronde V (Susato) - Ronde VI (Susato) - The Leaves be Green (Phalese) - What if a Day (Dowland) - Woodycock (Anon)

editor: Bernard Thomas arranger: Bernard Thomas Dance Music Instrumentation: 3-5 recorders (SAT/SATB/SSAT/SAATB/SATTB) Edition: performance score The Schott Recorder Consort Anthology presents a wealth of music from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries. Although the bulk of the collection is laid out for a variety of four-part ensembles there are also duets and trios, as well as five- and six-part pieces. The repertoire includes both original instrumental works and transcriptions of vocal pieces. There are lively and stately dances, fantasias, and arrangements of expressive madrigals, catchy chansons and more restrained religious pieces; all are chosen for their effective realization by recorder consorts. 136 Renaissance pieces with notes on sources, editorial technique and interpretation. Volume I contains a valuable introduction to the series and to the art of consort playing. 2-6 recorders: Descant, Treble, Tenor, Bass in various combinations. Anonymous: La Danse de Cleves (SAT) Anonymous: Pavana in passo e mezzo (SATB) Anonymous: Saltarello La barca del mio amore (SATB) Anonymous: Pavana La fasane (SATB) T. Susato: Bergerette Dont vient cela (SATB) J. d'Estrées: Basse danse Bernadine (SSAT) E. du Tertre: Pavane & Gaillarde (SAATB) E. du Tertre: Branle de la guerre (SATB) E. du Tertre: Branle (simple) (SATB) E. du Tertre: Branle (simple) (SATB) P. + B. Hessen: Allemande Jamais n'aymeray masson (SATTB) C. Othmayr: Ein beurisch Tanz (SSAT) Anonymous: Polish Dance (ATTB) G. Mainerio: Putta nera ballo furlano (SATB) G. Mainerio: L'arboscello ballo furlano (SATB) Anonymous: Pavan with Divisions (SSATB) A. Holborne: Pavan (SAATB) A. Holborne: (Nowell's) Galliard (SATTB) C. Negri: Barriera (SATB) C. Negri: Bianca fiore (SATB) G. Zanetti: Passo e mezzo (SATB) G. Zanetti: Ballo de colla (SATB) G. Zanetti: Pavaniglia (SATB) G. Zanetti: La bella pedrina (SATB) P.F. Caroubel: Branle gay I (SAATB) P.F. Caroubel: Branle gay II (SAATB) P.F. Caroubel: Branle gay III (SAATB) M. Praetorius: Ballet (SATB) M. Praetorius: Ballet (SATB) M. Praetorius: Ballet des matelotz (SATB) M. Praetorius: Volte (SAATB) W. Brade: Courante (SSATB) after Playford: Grimstock (SATB) after Playford: Goddesses (SATB) after Playford: Heart's Ease (SATB)