A list to discuss renaissance reed instruments, in particular Curtals/Dulcians. If you play the Curtal/Dulcian or the Shawm, want to play it, just love the sound or like to know more about them, this is the list for you.
Hi Walter, Book II is published in facsimile by SPES. Fagotto is specified for only two of the sonatas in book II and not at all in book one. The parts are a
Dear Dominic, Thank you for letting us know. I've ordered the CD immediately. I'm interested in this Prothimia collection. Is it available in a fac simile
Dear Friends, I wanted to let you all know about a new CD release that will be of interest to dulcian players as well as all fans of 17th-century music.
A good resource to get is the David Hogan Smith book on reed design. It has a pocket guide to shawm playing. It also highlights that Hanchet shawms are (were?)