Renaissance mandolin: My Lady Carey's Dompe (Anon, c. 1520), on 1915 Embergher mandolin

This is a renaissance keyboard piece from around 1520, from a manuscript in the British Museum (R. App. 58). I learned this from a transcription available free at the Icking Music Archive:

http://icking-music-archive.org/scores/BrMusRApp58/03_Anon_Lady_Careys_Dompe.pdf

This tune is on one of my favourite albums of all times: "The Bones Of All Men" (1998) by Philip Pickett (head of the New London Consort and musical director of the Globe Theatre) and Richard Thompson, with the classic Fairport Convention rhythm section (Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Dave Mattacks). A great great album, and a very catchy tune that's fun to play! The album includes a second tune from this manuscript, "The Short Mesure Off My Lady Wynkfylds Rownde", which I have also recorded and uploaded on three different instruments.

This one is trickier to pull off on solo mandolin than the other one, as I can't reproduce the very strict ostinato Gm-Dm pattern played by the left hand in the keyboard score, which keeps the pulse going. Without it, the pulse is prone to go wandering a bit. But then, the "Bones Of All Men" version leaves the ostinato out as well, so I feel somewhat reassured...

Played on a 1915 Luigi Embergher Tipo A bowlback mandolin.

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[dng0alg]

Many thanks for posting the link -- this is a lovely piece!

[JoeA5540]

great work champ :D