SUITE IN D MINOR

Robert de VisEe (1650? to 1725?), guitarist, theorbist, singer and composer, was employed at the court of Louis XIV. as musician and guitar teacher to the King He was highly esteemed in musical circles and published three volumes of works with royal privilege. Two books, each containing 12 suites and various single movements for five-chord baroque guitar in French tablature, appeared in Paris in 1682 and 1686. At the close of each book, de VisEe notated a selection of his guitar pieces in the french treble clef with figured bass: 'in order to content those who want to play my works on other instruments' '' as he stated in the introduction to his guitar books. A rendition of de VisEe''s solo pieces is only possible on a tenchord baroque guitar in the then customary tuning. The arrangement for our six-stringed guitar often necessitates rather important changes in the original setting. The six-stringed guitar cannot always convey the original sound of the baroque guitar. For this reason,

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