Galliards, Pavans And Other Keyboard Works: Selections From The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book

This appealing collection of the most well-known works from the renowned Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, a rare collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean keyboard music, will be welcomed by all lovers of early keyboard music. Even though they were written for the virginal, these works are easily playable on the piano or any other keyboard instrument. They have painstakingly been transposed into contemporary notation while carefully maintaining the creators' ideas. There are numerous pieces to please players and listeners, including courtly dances like the galliard and pavan, clever preludes, fantastic fantasias, and many others.