SKU: A0.1463461

‘Lachrimæ or Seven Tears figured in Seven passionate pavans, with divers other pavans, galliards and allemands, set forth for the lute, viols, or violons, in five parts’ is a collection of instrumental music composed by John Dowland and published in 1604. Apart from the sheer quality of the music, it is notable as the first publication of English music scored specifically for strings and for lute, and the first to have used the table layout for consort music.

There are seven Lachrimae pavans, which are variations on the theme that Dowland had already made famous as a lute solo and a song (“Flow my tears”).

The “divers other” compositions are: two almans (“almands”), nine lively galliards (“galiards”), two sombre pavans, and a “funerall.” 

There are 21 pieces in all and I have divided them into three books, retaining the original ordering of the pieces.

This is Book Three - five galliards and two almans:

15.  Mr Giles Hoby, his Galliard
16.  Mr Nicholas Gryffith, his Galliard
17.  Mr Thomas Collier, his Galliard
18.  Captain Piper, his Galliard
19.  Mr Bucton, his Galliard
20.  Mistress Nichol’s Alman
21.  Mr George Whitehead, his Alman

(For the other pieces, see Books One and Two)
 

For this arrangement for guitar quartet*, I have combined two of the parts (part three and part five) to make guitar 4 (with some minor adjustments).

 

Time values have been halved, and in several cases (Nos. 9,12,15,16,17,20,21), I have transposed the key to a more guitar-friendly key. 

Clive Lane 2024

*Also see my arrangement for guitar quintet.

SKU: A0.888403

The  famous song El Vito is suitable for guitar students. It is also an excellent concert piece. The present executive techniques are the typical of the classical guitar (picado, legato, arpeggio), with in addition the technique of rasgueo that distinguishes the Spanish music for guitar. The main parts of the song are adequately distributed for each guitar.

SKU: A0.1463458

‘Lachrimæ or Seven Tears figured in Seven passionate pavans, with divers other pavans, galliards and allemands, set forth for the lute, viols, or violons, in five parts’ is a collection of instrumental music composed by John Dowland and published in 1604. Apart from the sheer quality of the music, it is notable as the first publication of English music scored specifically for strings and for lute, and the first to have used the table layout for consort music.

There are seven Lachrimae pavans, which are variations on the theme that Dowland had already made famous as a lute solo and a song (“Flow my tears”).

The “divers other” compositions are: two almans (“almands”), nine lively galliards (“galiards”), two sombre pavans, and a “funerall.” 
There are 21 pieces in all and I have divided them into three books, retaining the original ordering of the pieces.

 This is Book One - the “Lachrimae” pavans:

1.     Lachrimae antiquae
2.     Lachrimae antiquae novae
3.     Lachrimae gementes
4.     Lachrimae tristes
5.     Lachrimae coactae
6.     Lachrimae amantis
7.     Lachrimae verae

(See Book Two & Book Three for the remaining 14 pieces)

For this arrangement for guitar quartet*, I have combined two of the parts (part three and part five) to make guitar 4 (with some minor adjustments).

Time values have been halved, and in several cases (Nos. 9,12,15,16,17,20,21), I have transposed the key to a more guitar-friendly key. 

Clive Lane 2024

*Also see my arrangement for guitar quintet.

SKU: A0.1463459

‘Lachrimæ or Seven Tears figured in Seven passionate pavans, with divers other pavans, galliards and allemands, set forth for the lute, viols, or violons, in five parts’
is a collection of instrumental music composed by John Dowland and published in 1604. Apart from the sheer quality of the music, it is notable as the first publication of English music scored specifically for strings and for lute, and the first to have used the table layout for consort music.

 There are seven Lachrimae pavans, which are variations on the theme that Dowland had already made famous as a lute solo and a song (“Flow my tears”).

The “divers other” compositions are: two almans (“almands”), nine lively galliards (“galiards”), two sombre pavans, and a “funerall.” 
There are 21 pieces in all and I have divided them into three books, retaining the original ordering of the pieces.
 This Book Two (8-14) - three pavans and four galliards:

8.     Pavan: “Semper Dowland, semper Dolens”
9.      Sir Henry Umpton’s Funeral
10.  Mr John Langton’s Pavan
11.  The King of Denmark’s Galliard
12.  The Earl of Essex Galliard

13.  Sir John Souch, his Galliard
14.  Mr Henry Noell, his Galliard

(See Book One and Book Three for the others) 

For this arrangement for guitar quartet*, I have combined two of the parts (part three and part five) to make guitar 4 (with some minor adjustments).

Time values have been halved, and in several cases (Nos. 9,12,15,16,17,20,21), I have transposed the key to a more guitar-friendly key. 

Clive Lane 2024

*Also see my arrangement for guitar quintet.

SKU: A0.752856

I arranged this sonata for guitar quartet to enhance its 'call and answer' character as well as provide the opportunity to add a little percussion to bring out the 'martial' nature that seems present (to me) at times. Enjoy!

SKU: A0.486908

Andaluz folk song arranged for Guitar Quartet.

SKU: A0.752873

This old favourite is from my collection A Christmas Primer, 15 carols that have been arranged for beginning guitar quartet. Repetition and variation can be achieved by playing the melody in unison, improvising verses with percussion, etc. Merry Christmas!

SKU: A0.1004525

Complete Score & Mp3 MIDI Realization file . (no parts)

Duration: 28:15 mins. Performing Rights: BMI. Contact Email: dr.van@sbcglobal.net

While camping in Yosemite National Park, the composer, a nature lover at heart, with his classical guitar at hand, sketched a series of motifs that attempted to capture the moments of awe and wonder he felt with his stay there. These sketches were the beginnings of Van Decker's innovative work, Yosemite Suite: For Guitar Quartet.

Yosemite Suite is an advanced, modern work for concert performance. It is a somewhat programatic work as each of the five movements depict a various places or elements in Yosemite National Park. The work utilizes various compositional techniques such as: jazz harmony, whole tone scales, polytonality, metric modulation and stereo-effect voicings. This is the complete score - (all 5 movements) with an accompanying Mp3 file.  However, each movement is sold separately with the score and its 4 parts.  NOTE: Type Yosemite Suite in the search window to see all the individual movements on one page!

SKU: A0.752844

This old favourite is from my collection A Christmas Primer, 15 carols that have been arranged for beginning guitar quartet. Repetition and variation can be achieved by playing the melody in unison, improvising verses with percussion, etc. Merry Christmas!

SKU: A0.1363524

Originally published as an accompanied song in the collection Quarto scherzo della ariose vaghezze (Venice:1624) and arranged here for guitar quartet.

Score and parts.