The Queenes Alman - William Byrd (1542 - 1623)

[Andy Boden]

from the Filtwilliam Virginal Book (No. 172)
This simplified arrangement for mandolin quartet is based on the arrangement for alto recorder and keyboard by Paul-Gustav Feller.
It was the convention that a simple, straightforward theme would be followed by a repeat to which many florid scale passages and other decorative figures would be added. In this arrangement the contrast between the first statement of a phrase and its repeat is simply achieved with a change of dynamic.



The arrangement is scored for 2 mandolins, 8ve mandola and guitar. However the scoring can be quite flexible and I have included a mandolin 3 part and an alto mandola (CGDA) part, either of which could replace the 8ve mandola. There is also a mandocello part which is the guitar part but scored with a bass clef.

Score and parts available on my webpage at

http://www.andyboden.com/early.html

Andy

[Martin Jonas]

Lovely, Andy.

I recorded the same tune a couple of years ago, using an arrangement by Steve Hendricks:

http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/Hendricks/Fi...m/queens_a.pdf

Similar instrumentation as you, except that I used a nylon-strung and a steel-strung mandolin to get the contrast between the phrases, and mandocello rather than guitar for the bass line.

Baroq-ulele nylgut-strung mandolin
1915 Luigi Embergher mandolin
Mid-Missouri M-111 octave mandolin
Suzuki MC-815 mandocello



Martin