Abstract
There's a rich repertoire of potential viol music from the sixteenth century hidden in lute and keyboard intabulations, just waiting to be transcribed for consort instruments. Once the idiomatic gestures and ornaments are stripped away, the underlying music often reveals itself to be polyphony well suited to single-line instruments like ours. Many of the works found in lute and keyboard sources can be traced to pre-existing vocal or instrumental pieces, revealing the techniques used to transform multiple lines into a virtuosic solo. Following those clues, it is often possible to "reverse-engineer" lute or keyboard solos into consort music as well. Two such reconstructions form the basis of this latest offering, and provide a glimpse of the cultural exchange that flowed between eastern, central, and and western Europe during the Renaissance period.