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Recordings
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Phillip Serna (Voice and Viola da Gamba)
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Chicago: Dr. Phillip W. Serna, 2012
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Performed December 13, 2010 by Dr. Phillip W. Serna. Based in the Chicago area, Dr. Serna works to bring the early western string instrument family known as the viola da gamba into many area schools – demonstrating solo literature from the Renaissance, Baroque and early Classical periods for treble viol, tenor viol, bass viol & violone. For more information, visit here and here.
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Sheet Music
Scores and Parts
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Dean Shannon
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Dean Shannon
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Transcribed into modern notation with Lute tablature.
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| Copyist
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Martin Grayson
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Martin Grayson
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Bass viol in tablature
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General Information
| Work Title
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Tobacco
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| Alternative. Title
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| Composer
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Hume, Tobias
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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ITH 6
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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1
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1605 or before
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| First Publication.
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1605 in The First Part of Ayres, French, Pollish and Others (No.3)
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| Librettist
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Composer
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| Language
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English
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| Dedication
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Tobacco
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Renaissance
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| Piece Style
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Renaissance
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| Instrumentation
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voice, bass lute (or Bass viol)
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Navigation etc.
Tobacco is Hume's most famous, though now rather politically incorrect, piece. The two original prints of Captaine Hume are available on the collection page, but you will find the modern notation much easier to read.
