Here is the Kniebandl's redaction of P.F.Lesage de Richee's instructions from Ms.Wroclaw 2002.

The additions to the instructions of Le Sage de Richée at the beginning of the MS illustrate adaptation to the 13-course lute and the later style.

MS is difficult to date, but is presumed to be probably from 1730-1750. There is one Weiss piece dated
1739 and there are some Kellner variants.

The examples are from an LSA journal article by Peter Danner and D.A.Smith in the
LSA Journal of 1976 ["How beginners ... should proceed": The lute
instructions of Lesage de Richée, JLSA IX (1976), 87-94] )

Used by permission.

 

EXAMPLE I

EXAMPLE II

 

Also known as the Kniebandl ms, Wroclaw 2002 contains works from Weiss and Kellner as well as a certain Weiss Junior. Many of these pieces can be found on the website of Michael Treder.

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