A Briefe and easye instrution to learne the tableture (Le Roy, Adrien)

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Publisher. Info. London: Ihon Kyngston for Iames Roubothum, 1568.
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Work Title A Briefe and easye instrution to learne the tableture
Alternative. Title A Briefe and easye instrution to learne the tableture, to conducte and dispose thy hande unto the Lute englished by I. Alford Londenor [= John Alford, London]
Composer Le Roy, Adrien
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. None [force assignment]
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's Instruction with examples & followed by up to 31 items
  • A book telling to teach yourself how to handle and play the lute; with 24 "rules", including examples and after that several items.
  • It has to be seen that "paper, books and printing were phenomenally expensive" (Chris Goodwin: "The old renaissance lute tutor books") and in so far it was not a usual thing to produce such a book like this.
  • The original French book from Adrian Le Roy seems to have vanished. It might have been called something like "Breve et facile instruction pour apprendre la tablature, conduire et disposer la main sur le luth" [Paris 1567] 1 ; 2
  • Concordances: Peter Steur and Markus Lutz
  • Content:
  • Instruction, 24 rules with examples. [As Chris Goodwin remarks in "The old renaissance lute tutor books", these 24 rules were recycled by William Barley in his New Booke of Tabliture (1596).]
The x. Commaundementes. Example, f.7r
Ie ne veux plus a mon mal consentir [​Orlando di Lasso, arr. Le Roy?], f.7v
Example, f.8r
Example, f.11r
Ce n'est bien ne plaisir, f.12v
  • Several items
Petite fantasie dessus l'accord du Leut, f.16r
[Study], f.17r
Passemeze, f.17v
Passameze more shorter, f.18v
The Paduane, f.19v
Otherwise, f.20r
Passe velours, f.20v
La tintalore, f.21r
La Iouris, f.21v
La tirantine, f.22v
Le petit gentilhomme, f.23r
La volte de Provence, f.23v
First Branle of Malte, f.24v
Otherwise, f.24v
The seconde Branle of Malte, f.25v
Otherwise, f.26r
The third Branle of Malte, f.26v
The fowerth Branle of Malte, f.27v
Pavane si ie m'en voy, f.28v
Shorter tyme, f.29v
Gaillarde of the precedent Pavane, f.30v
Gaillarde Romanesque, f.31v
Otherwise, f.31v
Fredon sur la Romanesque, f.32v
I'ay meroye mieux dor[mire seullette]., f.33v
The first Gaillarde Milanoise, f.34v
The seconde [Gaillarde] Milanoise, f.35v
The thirde [Gaillarde] Milanoise, f.36v
The Fowerth [Gaillarde] Milano., f.37v
The fift [Gaillarde] Milanoise, f.38v
Branle de Poictou, f.39v
First Publication. 1568
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Renaissance
Piece Style Renaissance
Instrumentation lute