Category: Guitar / Solo Guitar
Instrumentation: solo guitar
Duration: 15 minutes total
Difficulty: Intermediate
Publisher: Les Productions D’Oz

Pieces:
Packington’s Pound
Kemp’s Jig
Mistress Mine Well May You Fare
Mistress Winter’s Jump
When That I Was and a Little Tiny Boy

Five Renaissance Pieces is a 15-minute collection for solo guitar, arranged and varied by Garth Baxter. Drawing on music by anonymous Renaissance sources, Thomas Morley, John Dowland, and Baxter’s own contribution, the set offers guitarists a clear, elegant way to present Renaissance material through a contemporary performer’s lens.

The collection balances dance-like energy, lyricism, historical character, and idiomatic solo guitar writing. At an intermediate level, it is well suited for recital programs, teaching repertoire, and concerts that connect early music with modern guitar interpretation.

Performers should bring out the contrast among the five pieces while maintaining a unified Renaissance-inspired character. The set may be performed complete or excerpted individually for recitals, studio classes, and educational programs.