• Mignarda

    Mignarda

    Now in their 20th concert season, American lute song duo Ron Andrico and Donna Stewart specialize in thoughtful programming illuminating the vibrant mingling of renaissance music and poetry. Mignarda captures the intricacy of 16th century music for voice and lute with warmth and style.

    historical music...
    transcending history

  • Mignarda's latest CD

    3/4/2024 NEW RELEASE
    Shakespeare's Lutebook

    The result of decades of research, performances, and lecture-recitals across the US, Shakespeare’s Lutebook is a personal selection of music drawn from some of the most iconic plays. Our first digital release from Prima Classic.

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    Shakespeare's Lutebook

  • Mignarda's chant CD

    Adoro Te: Gregorian chant hymns & antiphons

    Sacred chant heard in a sacred space has a special transporting quality and has moved hearts, minds and souls for millennia.


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  • Mignarda Editions

    Mignarda Editions

    Historical sources of lute music presented in practical performing editions. Featured publication: Mater Dolorosa. A companion to the 2020 Mignarda recording in lute tablature and keyboard transcriptions.


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    Mignarda Editions now

MIGNARDA: Donna Stewart & Ron Andrico

Lute song and practical performing editions.

Mignarda: historical music...
transcending history

Now in their 20th concert season, American lute song duo Ron Andrico and Donna Stewart specialize in thoughtful programming illuminating the vibrant mingling of renaissance music and poetry. Mignarda captures the intricacy of 16th century music for voice and lute with warmth and style.
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our latest release:
THE DELIGHT OF SOLITARINESS

Lesser-known songs by John Dowland that are every bit as masterful as his more familiar chestnuts. The album title, from the song “O sweet woods, the delight of solitariness,” is drawn from the posthumously published Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney. Having lived in the shared solitariness of the forest for the better part of our collaboration as a duo, the image resonates strongly.
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NEW from Mignarda Editions:
LA DOUCEUR FRANÇAISE

La Douceur Française presents a generous selection of 17th-century French baroque music for solo lute transcribed for ten-course lute in viel ton. The edition includes 97 pieces by Ennemond Gaultier, François Du Fault, and Charles Mouton, carefully transcribed and edited for performance in the old tuning and arranged by key so that suites may be easily selected.
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Mignarda's internationally popular blog, "Unquiet Thoughts" publishes thoughts on lutes and luting in the 21st century, including our weekly series of Saturday quotes.

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