Beschreibung
Music in the Sharp Tuning, by Rene Mesangeau, edited by Wayne Cripps and reprinted by his kind permission. Mesangeau is considered the founder of the 17th century French school of luthistes. 43 pieces for 10-course lute, transcribed exactly following the original pagination the source, Panmure MS no. 5, to make a sort of ‘diplomatic facsimile’. The music is of early intermediate standard and can be played on a standard 10-course lute just lowering the top two courses by one tone, and some of it can be played on an 8-course lute also lowering the 8th course to bottom C. 50 pp,
