tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post6230836895254225067..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: Top Ten Transcriptions for Classical GuitarBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-51337165146933897552018-08-05T15:22:19.538-05:002018-08-05T15:22:19.538-05:00Steven, you were quite unsuccessful at holding you...Steven, you were quite unsuccessful at holding yourself back from mentioning those pieces weren't you? But thanks, because now you have given us an excellent list so I won't have to. I don't know the Spinacino intabulation of Josquin (which I will have to seek out) but agree with everything else! I have performed Bakfark in concert a couple of times. Wonderful music!Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-86967043861827520012018-08-05T11:23:58.077-05:002018-08-05T11:23:58.077-05:00Been meaning to comment on this series of posts al...Been meaning to comment on this series of posts all week, and will try to do so now -- nothing that substantial, but bear with me nonetheless!<br /><br />I'll try and hold myself back from the almost irresistible habit of mentioning the inevitable things I would have added -- some Weiss, to start with. The temptation is also to make a list for lute and vihuela works on guitar: at least three Dowland fantasies, Robert Johnson's fantasie, Mille Regrets, Bachelor's Mounsieur's Almaine (showy, but I like it), the Mudarra fantasie (contrahaze la harpa...), Spinacino's intabulation of Josquin's Adieu Mes Amour, something by Neusidler, perhaps by Bakfark... A completely personal list, and off the top of my head, but there is so much to choose from -- and not even including the songs!<br /><br />I also recently discovered the lyra viol, apparently primarily used in England, whose music was written in the same tablature as the lute. Some of the tunings are a little strange, though much of it is tuned like a lute and is quite playable on guitar. I was reading through a 1607 book of pieces by Tobias Hume (facsimile is on imslp). Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14149675706182647770noreply@blogger.com