Scottish Lute Recording Project

Please contribute any knowledge you have about any particular tune.

Balcarres

34. Belle heureus 

An arrangement of a song by Lully. Arto Wikla has placed a facsimile on his website.

51. From the fair Lavinian shoar 

From the RISM catalogue about the song “From the faire Lavinian shore”.

There are at least 6 entries for this song by John Wilson (1595-1674), who had been a !lutenist! in London. At least one of these is text only:

1. Abschrift Abschrift (= written copy)
Anonymus

From the faire Lavinian shore – Abschrift; US-NYp; Drexel 4257

2. Abschrift Abschrift
Wilson, John

From the faire Lavinian shore – G-Dur; Coro, bc; Abschrift; US-Wf; V.a. 411

3. Abschrift Abschrift
Wilson, John

The Pedlar – B-Dur; Coro; Abschrift; GB-Lbl; H.2788.x.

4. Abschrift Abschrift
Wilson, John

From the fair Lavinian shore your markets come to store – G-Dur; V (2); Abschrift; US-NH; Misc. Ms. 478

5. Abschrift Abschrift
Wilson, John

From the faire Lavinian shore – G-Dur; V (3); Abschrift; GB-Ge; R.d.58, 60

6. Abschrift Abschrift

Wilson, John

From the fair Lavinian shore your markets come to store – G-Dur; V (3); Abschrift; US-NH; Misc. Ms. 170, Filmer Ms. 4

[Thanks to Markus Lutz for the above]

And it appears again in Balcarres, as number 129.