Additions, March 9, 2009

I finally fixed the program that automagically puts
transcriptions written in lilypond directly into the database.
So here’s some of what I’ve done since February 27, 2008:

• We
  be three poor Mariners by Thomas Ravenscroft
• There
  were three Ravens sat on a tree, by Thomas Ravenscroft
• A
  Browning by John Baldwin. This transcription was
  commissioned by Renaissonics; it’s a
  classic example of a piece that’s easier to play if the editor
  doesn’t insist on confusing you with barlines.
• 
  When Daphne from fair Phoebus did fly. This is an anonymous
  consort song, with four instrumental parts as well as the
  vocal. There’s an interesting variant in the words: “Her silken skirt scarce covered her thighs”
  instead of “Her silken scarf scarce sheltered her eyes.”
• When
  Daphne from fair Phoebus did fly (a step down)
• When
  Daphne from fair Phoebus did fly (a fourth down)
• The
  dark is my delight, another anonymous consort song.
  Remembered by most people who’ve ever performed it as one of the
  more sexually explicit pieces we’ve ever done without using any
  “four-letter” words.

There’s still a lot of stuff I’ve done in the last year to add
— notably some baroque sonatas, some Weelkes, and lots of
Susato. I’ll try and get it done in the next couple of days, now
that my procedure is debugged (fingers crossed) for the new computer.