Hans Newsidler - Ach Lieb mit Leid

Ach lieb mit Leid (Premium version), from "Ein Newgeordnet Künstlich Lautenbuch". The diminutions are tricky. Still not the real thing, but again benign reverb makes it bearable.

(c) 2005-08 W.G. Bogula / bogula (a.t) gmail.com

Lautenfestival Burg Sternberg 09

Lautenfestival Burg Sternberg 09 from Eric Klepptenberger on Vimeo.

We had great fun, at Burg Sternberg. More than 60 lutenists met in this historical venue to make music, talk and drink together.

Encina - Una saniosa porfia

"Una saniosa porfia", a beautiful intabulation of Encinas song by Pascale Bouquet, who I met at the International Lute Festival in Antwerp. She has been editing the lute edition of the French Lute Society for over 20 years. (Click on headline to listen!)

(c) 2005-2008 W.G. Bogula

Newsidler - Ein seer guter organistischer preambel

Picture: The moment I got my new lute from lutebuilder Peter van Wonterghem. Great work, Peter!

Ein seer guter organistischer Preambel, from "Ein Newgeordnet Künstlich Lautenbuch". A free toccata style piece by Newsidler. Played on my new lute at a lute meeting in Cottbus Germany in Oct. 2008. Thanks to Wolfgang Wiehe for the recording. (Click on headline to listen!)

(c) 2005-2008 W.G. Bogula

Hans Newsidler (1508-1563): Benedictus

Neither to the left, nor to the right, you see Hans Newsidler. The picture was taken during the International Lutefestival in the Naturkundemuseum in Regensburg.

Benedictus, from "Ein Newgeordnet Künstlich Lautenbuch". An intabulation of a Heinrich Isaac setting. It contains all the characteristic elements of Newsidlers art. Rapid runs and embellishments at the brink of playability. Currently it's a little beyond my horizon, but I keep trying.

(c) 2005-2008 W.G. Bogula / bogula (a.t) gmail.com

Hans Newsidler (1508-1563): Zart schoene frau

Zart schoene Frau, from "Ein Newgeordnet Künstlich Lautenbuch". It looks quite easy, but is tricky in the details. Benign reverb makes it bearable.

(c) 2005-08 W.G. Bogula / bogula (a.t) gmail.com

G. M. da Crema (1520-1570): Je le leray

An intabulation of an anonymous French chanson Je le leray by my beloved Giovanni Maria Da Crema, eccellente musicho & sonator di Lauto, a great lutenist from Venice. The piece is from the Intavolatura di liuto, Libro Primo di Recercari, Canzon Francese, Motetti, Madrigali,
Pass’e mezzi, Saltarelli (printed in Venice in 1546).
(c) 2005-2008 W.G. Bogula / bogula (a.t) gmail.com