BALLI SARMATICI E RUTHENICI: Renaissance Lute Tabulatures Last update: May 9, 2006 Note: The scores on this page require familiarity with different types of lute tabulature, Renaissance for the "Sarmaticae" and the "Ruthenicae" series and Baroque for the rest. The PDF files found here also serve a didactic purpose: The music contained therein is eminently suitable for beginners to intermediate players on either type of Lute appropriate to each particular group of pieces. Are these pages useful to you? Make a donation!

CHAPTER I :: UKRAINE IN THE 18th CENTURY: General outlook CHAPTER II :: UKRAINIAN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS: Historical context CHAPTER III-a :: TORBAN: Its origins CHAPTER III-b :: TORBAN: Surviving Instruments Illustrated CHAPTER IV-b :: UKRAINIAN MUSIC: Baroque & Classical Eras CHAPTER V :: PERSONALITIES ICONOGRAPHY I :: GENERAL ICONOGRAPHY II :: REGIONAL GUESTBOOK :: COMMENTS CONTACT :: QUESTIONS These pages are open for contributions, such as by Rob MacKillop, Mathias Rösel, Francesco Tribioli, Elio Donatelli, Rosin Dimitri, Jean-Marie Poirier, and Arto Wikla, who has video clips on his page HERE. REPORT BROKEN LINKS, PLEASE! SCROLL DOWN!

FASC. I
1. BALLO SARMATICO I (Metelytsja)	PDF	MIDI
2. BALLO SARMATICO II (Metelytsja)	PDF	MIDI
3. BALLO SARMATICO III (Metelytsja)	PDF	MIDI
4. BALLO SARMATICO IV (Metelytsja)	PDF	MIDI
5. BALLO SARMATICO V (Grechanyky)	PDF	MIDI
6. BALLO SARMATICO VI (Kozachok)	PDF	MIDI
7. BALLO SARMATICO VII (Hutsulka)	PDF	MIDI
8. BALLO SARMATICO VIII (Kateryna Kucherjava)	PDF	MIDI
9. BALLO SARMATICO IX (Kateryna Kucherjava)	PDF	MIDI
10. BALLO SARMATICO X (La Mantovana)	PDF	MIDI
FASC. II
11. BALLO SARMATICO XI (Kozak)	PDF	MIDI
12. BALLO SARMATICO XII (Kolomyjka)	PDF	MIDI
13. BALLO SARMATICO XIII (Gajivka (Kateryna))	PDF	MIDI
14. BALLO SARMATICO XIV (Kozachok Podil'sky)	PDF	MIDI
15. BALLO SARMATICO XV (Podoljanochka)	PDF	MIDI

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