Very perceptive! Yes, "viel ton" for sure. There are a number of these early Baroque pieces (especially courantes) in the "old tuning"--Cherbury Lute Book, for example, has a number of these and some pieces appear in several manuscript collections. And some have concordances with other pieces in the "new tuning" (d-minor tuning) for 11-cs lute. In some ways, these French "Baroque lute" pieces in the old, Renaissance tuning are an important part of the transitional nature of lute music in the early 17th century--very much in the new style (style brisee, courantes, characteristic bass motion, etc.) but utilize the old tuning. Transitional in many ways. The Lute Society of America published a very nice edition of a half-dozen of these courantes in the old tuning. Peter Danner edited this little collection. Well worth a look.

@@jeffreynoonan3693 Is that the edition you learned this piece from? Many thanks for your answer

I honestly do not recall which edition I used but I’d bet it was Peter’s LSA edition. If you’re looking for the piece, start there

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Hi, Heiko--Thanks for your note and question. The archlute was built by Robert Lundberg in 1976-77. I purchased the instrument not too long ago and the instrument came with no original paperwork. For a short time, I owned 2 archlutes by Lundberg--this one and a less ornate one, also built in 1977 with nearly the same dimensions. Although I had copies of some original paperwork with the less-ornate instrument, it had no information about the original instrument from which Lundberg designed his. I am wondering if you might find some information in Lundberg's book on building historical lutes. luth.org/books/historical-lute-construction/ I'd be happy to take pictures and make measurements, if that will help you. Good luck! jeff

@@jeffreynoonan3693 I do believe that it's modeled after Christoph Koch, Venise 1654 E.546 with a "budget" generic upper peg box. Lutenist Monica pustilnik plays almost the same.

@@heikorudi6105 Hi again Heiko. You've clearly dug more deeply into this than I have! I will make note of your information. Thanks! jeff

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