Paul Butler Music

Welcome to the Music Page! Here you will find lots of sheet music and information about the music groups to which I belong.

First, I have three separate musical identities, so to speak.

	is my personal musical performance. A schedule of where you can find me performing is also listed here. *FIRST ALBUM, OF DYVERSE MYNSTRALSYE, NOW AVAILABLE!*

	is a small band of three members that plays Celtic and folk music. We play at local venues such as coffee houses, folk concerts, renaissance faires, and the like.

	was a small band of four members that plays renaissance and folk music. Their CD is still available from CD Baby but the band is otherwise defunct.

	is the SCA band which I musically direct and variously manage. Ranges in size from about six or so to as large as twelve or thirteen. Plays Renaissance dance music at SCA events. Most of the sheet music on this page is for this group.

MUSIC ARCHIVE
Below is a listing of sheet music, mostly medieval, renaissance and folk. The first large pile is dance music geared mostly toward the SCA. The second pile is performance music, for solo or group. The third set is folk and miscellaneous bits that I've gathered over the years and felt able to put up here. Except where specifically noted, this music generally holds no copyright for the basic melodies (as most are historical or traditional), and may be performed freely. If you are specifically using my arrangements for professional performance or recording (ie, something you are getting money for), I would ask that recognition be noted, but I'm not after royalties.

There has been a couple of requests as to where to start with this list (now over 100 pieces). So immediately below are the 10 most common played pieces, that should give you a decent start if you are looking to jump in.

Common Pieces, in Alphabetical Order

Black Nag (often played very quickly, or in swing time)
Califian Bransle (also called SCA Maltese Br., or Shiarazula Malazula)
Gathering Peascods (the standard warm-up piece)
Heart's Ease (coupled usually with Rufty Tufty)
Hole in the Wall (not period, but often requested- tends to be played for a long time)
Horse's Bransle
Lorayne Almain
Petit Vriens (in both keys D and G)
Rufty-Tufty (usually grouped with Heart's Ease)
Sellenger's Round

DANCE MUSIC

All in a Garden Green			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Amoroso			Italian, 15th cent. PCB arrangement.
Amours			Basse Dance, fabricated by PCB
Anello			Italian, by Domenico da Piacenzo, c.1460 PCB arrangement.
Argeers			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Aridan Bransle			Arbeau, French 1589. PCB arrangement.
Ballo del Fiore			Italian, Fabritio Caroso 16th cent. PCB arrangement.
Battle Pavane			Also known as Fickle Ladies. English 16th Cent. PCB Arrangement.
Bella Giosio			Italian, Fabritio Caroso 16th cent. Arrangement derived from historical lute tablature.
Belle Qui tiens ma vie			Arbeau, French 1589. Arbeau's arrangement.
Belriguardo			Italian, 15th cent. PCB arrangement.
Bizzaria D'Amore			Negri, Italian 16th Cent. PCB arrangement.
Black Almain			English, 16th Cent. PCB arrangement.
Black Nag			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Boatman			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Bobbing Joe			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Buffens			Arbeau, French 1589. PCB arrangement for cornamusen.
Bonny Bonny Broom			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Burgundian Bransle			Arbeau, French 1589. PCB arrangement.
Califian Bransle (Maltese/Shiarazula)			Pierre Phalese 1571 PCB arrangement.
Candlestick(Torch) Bransle			Arbeau, French 1589 (also J.d'Estree 1559). PCB arrangement.
Cantiga 119			Spanish 13th Cent. Arrangement after Wolgemut, using in SCA only.
Cassandra Bransle			Arbeau, French 1589. PCB arrangement.
Charlotte Bransle			Arbeau, French 1589. PCB arrangement.
Cherping of the Lark			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Chestnut			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Chiara Stella			Caroso Il Ballarino 16th Cent. Italian, original lute tab in Gm from Cm.
Chirping of the Nightingale			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Clog Bransle			Arbeau, French 1589. PCB arrangement.
Colonesse			Domenico, 15th Cent. Italian. PCB arrangement.
Confesse			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Contrapasso en Due (Contrapasso Nuovo)			variant on Contrapasso Nuovo by Caroso Ital. 16th PCB arrangement.
Corelli's Maggot			Modern English Country, written Cathy & John Miller, 1993. PCB arrangement.
Cuckolds All a Row			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Dargasson			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Dick's Maggot			English Country, Playford 1701 PCB arrangement.
Double Bransle			Arbeau, French 1589. PCB arrangement.
Drive the Cold Winter Away			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Duke of Kent's Waltz			English Waltz, ca. 1802. PCB arrangement.
Dull Sir John			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Earl of Essex Measure			Inns of Court, English 16th Cent. PCB arrangement.
Earl of Salisbury Pavan			Inns of Court, English 16th Cent. PCB arrangement.
Eglamowr de tribus			Gresley MS - English ca.1500 PCB arrangement.
Epping Forest			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Faine I Would			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Cascarda Fedelta			Caroso Il Ballarino, 16th Cent. Italian. From lute tab, in G from Eb.
Female Saylor			English Country 1706 PCB arrangement.
Fickle Ladies			English 16th Cent. PCB Arrangement.
Fine Companion			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Galliard: "La Traditore my fa morire"			Arbeau, French 1589. PCB arrangement.
Gathering Peascods			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Gay Bransle			Arbeau, French 1589. PCB arrangement.
Gelosia			Domenico da Piacenzo Ital 1460. PCB arrangement.
Glory of the West			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Goddesses (Scot's Lad Lament)			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Gracca Amorosa			Caroso from Il Ballarino, 16th Cent. Italian. Quartet in G from historical lute tabulature in F.
Green Gynger			Original music by Richard Schweitzer - usable only in SCA.
Greenwood			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Grey's Inn Mask			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Grimstock			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Halfe Hannikin			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Hay Bransle			Arbeau French 1589. PCB arrangement.
The Healths or Merry Wassel			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Heart's Ease			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Heralds in Love			Heather Rose Jones, modern SCA - usuable only in SCA.
Hermit Bransle			Arbeau French 1589. PCB arrangement.
Hit and Misse			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Hole in the Wall			by H. Purcell, 18th cent. PCB arrangement.
Horse's Bransle			Arbeau French 1589. PCB arrangement.
Hyde Park			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
If All the World Were Paper			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Jack's Maggot			English Country, Playford (1703) PCB arrangement.
Jack Pudding			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Jamaica			English Country, Playford 1671. PCB arrangement.
Jenny Plucks Pears			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
John Tallis Cannon			English Country, attributed to Pat Shaw.
John Tallow's Cannon			Music by Tangerine Dream, usuable on in SCA.
Juice of Barley			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Kemp's Jig			English 16th Cent. PCB arrangement.
Kettle Drum			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Korobushka			Russian/Ukrainian Folk Traditional.
La Allemande			Basse Dance, fabricated by PCB
La Volta			English 16th Cent. Historic arrangement.
Leggiadria D'Amore			Italian, Fabritio Caroso 16th cent. PCB arrangement.
Legiadra			Gugliolmo Ebreo 15th Cent. Italian. PCB arrangement.
Leoncello Novo			Domenico 15th Cent. Italian, PCB arrangement in G from F.
Light of Love			English 16th Cent. PCB arrangement.
Lorayne Almain			English 16th Cent. PCB arrangement.
Lord Sun Lady Moon			By Dafyd Arth- usable only in SCA, arrangement by PCB.
Lulle Me Beyond Thee			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Ly Bens Distonys			Gresley MS - English ca.1500 PCB arrangement.
Madame Sosilla's Almain			English 16th Cent. Inns of Court. Arrangement by J. Casazza - usable only in SCA.
Mairi's Wedding / Gey Gordon's			Irish Trad.
Maltese Bransle			Arbeau French 1589 (NOTE - this is Arbeau's piece, not the Califrian SCA) PCB arrangement.
Mannschaft Pavan			Based on Turkelone from Henry VIII's movie. Arrangement by Phaedria.
Marchesana			Italian, by Domenico da Piacenzo, c.1460 PCB arrangement.
Mercantia			Domenico da Piacenzo Ital 1460. PCB arrangement.
Merry Merry Milkmaids			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Milke Mayd's Bobb			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Millfield			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Millison's Jegge			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Mister Isaac's Maggot			English 17th Cent.
Montarde			Arbeau French 1589. PCB arrangement.
New Almain			English 16th Cent. PCB arrangement.
New Boe Peepe			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Newcastle			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
New Exchange			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Night Peece			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Nika Nika Bransle			16th Cent. Spanish - PCB arrangement.
Nonesuch			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Official Bransle			Arbeau French 1589. PCB arrangement.
Old Alman			English 16th Cent. PCB arrangement.
Old Man is a Bed Full of Bones			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Old Mole			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Ore Boggy			English Country, Neal 1726 PCB arrangement.
Packington's Pound			English 16th Cent, PCB arrangement.
Parson's Farewell			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Pease Bransle			Arbeau 1589 - PCB arrangement.
Petit Rose			Original Melody by Chris Elmes to dance steps by Gugliolmo Ebreo. PCB arrangement. Please consult Chris Elmes for usage.
Petit Rouen			Basse Dance, fabricated by PCB
Petit Vriens			Gugliolmo Ebreo 15th Cent. Italian. PCB arrangement.
Picking of Sticks (Levena, Kitty McGee)			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Pinaguy Bransle			Arbeau French 1589. PCB arrangement.
Posties Jig			Irish Traditional. PCB Arrangement.
Predente in Gyro			Saltarello II as done by Dead Can Dance.
Punk's Delight			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Queen's Almain			William Byrd 1609 - Fitzwilliam Virginal Book arrangement transcribed by Robert Smith- usuable only in SCA.
Quen Quer Que (Cantiga 167)			13th Cent. Spanish - PCB arrangement.
Red House			English Country, Playford 1695 PCB arrangement.
Road to the Isles (Scotland the Brave)			Scottish Traditional.
Rose E Viole			Antonio Casteliono 16th Cent. Italian. PCB arrangement.
Rostiboli Gioisio			Gugliolmo Ebreo 15th Cent. Italian. PCB minor key arrangement.
Rostiboli Gioisio			Gugliolmo Ebreo 15th Cent. Italian. Original Melody arrangement in G.
Rugero			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Rufty Tufty			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Rustica Amorosa			Italian, Fabritio Caroso 16th cent. PCB arrangement.
Saltarello I (La Regina)			15th Cent. Italian PCB arrangement.
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Scotch Cap			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Scots Bransle			Arbeau French 1589. PCB arrangement.
Sellengers Round			English 16th Cent. PCB arrangement.
Sheppard's Holyday			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Skellamefago			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Spanish Gypsy			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Spanyard			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Symphonie			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
T'Angelosa			15th cent. Italian. Based on Glynne Parry's (Bedford Waits) reconstruction of the melody.
Tangle Bransle (Champaign Br.)			Praetorius 16th Cent. PCB arrangement.
Tangle Bransle (Single Bransle)			Arbeau 1589. PCB arrangement.
Tourdion			Arbeau 1589. PCB arrangement.
Trenchmore			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Torin			15th Cent - original title Mit Gantzem Willem by Konrad Paumann, danced in SCA as a basse dance 51313. PCB arrangement.
Upon a Summer's Day			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
Up Tailes All			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.
War Bransle			Arbeau French 1589. PCB arrangement.
Washerwoman Bransle			Arbeau French 1589. PCB arrangement.
Well Hall			English Country, Playford 1679 PCB arrangement.
Whirligig (Woodicock)			English Country, Playford PCB arrangement.

PERFORMANCE MUSIC

Ach Fenliches Leiden 14th Cent. German by Oswald von Wolkenstein. Historical arrangement.

Agincourt English 15/16th Cent. Not the motet version. Based on arrangement by Venables/Roper.

Alleluya I John Taverner(1490-1545) Historical arrangement written in half time.

Alleluya II John Taverner(1490-1545) Historical arrangement written in half time.

Arezzo: Come lieta si mostra Constanzo Festa, from Florentine Wedding Music, 1539. Historical arrangement.

Ave, Mater, O Maria 14th Cent. German by Oswald von Wolkenstein. Historical arrangement.

Dawn: Vattene almo riposo Francesco Corteccia, from Florentine Wedding Music, 1539. Historical arrangement.

Flora: Piu che mai Constanzo Festa, from Florentine Wedding Music, 1539. Historical arrangement.

Fortune My Foe William Byrd, English 16th Century.

Haec Dies by William Bryd, from Liver Secundus Sacrarum Cantiorum 1591. Historical arrangement transposed from original A into G.

Harper's Air Original piece by PCB.

Im Maien Ludwig Senfl, German 15th century. Historical arrangement

Jouyssance vous Donneray Arbeau French 1589. PCB arrangement.

Lauro 15th Cent. Italian - attributed to Lorenzo de Medici. PCB arrangement.

Pasttimes With Good Company English 16th Cent. attributed to Henry VIII.

Recercada Num.01 E. Ortiz, Spanish 16th Cent. Historical arrangement.

Regnum Orientalis Original song in praise of the SCA East Kingdom.

Basse dance "La Brosse" from Pierre Attaingnant reconstructed badly from memory from a recording by the Renaissance group Calliope. Long simply labelled "Ren Dance," I've been trying to find this melody for a long while, and finally stumbled onto it on the Harmonia radio show!

Saltrotto The Famous Saltarello (14th Cent) followed by a Trotto. PCB arrangement

Wach Auff, Mein Hort 14th Cent. German by Oswald von Wolkenstein. Historical arrangement.

FOLK/MISC. MUSIC

Bellman's Jig Traditional Irish Jig

Brocelandia Breton An Dro, PCB arrangement.

Butterfly/Comb Your Hair & Curl It Irish Traditional Slip Jigs

Crafty Maid's Jig Jig, written by P. Butler

Follow Me Up to Carlow Irish Traditional Song

Full Rigged Ship Traditional Irish Jig

Gobby O Traditional Irish Jig

Hava Nagila Traditional Jewish Tune

Il Fischiettando Traditional Sicillian Tune

Inis Siar Traditional Irish Air, arr. by Beth Kolle

Irish Washerwoman Traditional Irish Air, adapted from the Taylor Traditional Tunes Book

Jig Trio (Ten Penny, Lannigan's Ball, Morrison's) Trio of Traditional Irish Jigs

Jump at the Sun Trad Irish Jig, PCB arrangement.

Kesh Jig Traditional Irish Jig

Leitrim's Fancy Traditional Irish Jig

Muneires du Bual Traditional Asturian

Red Haired Boy/ Kitchen Girl Traditional Irish Reels

Ach Fenliches Leiden			14th Cent. German by Oswald von Wolkenstein. Historical arrangement.
Agincourt			English 15/16th Cent. Not the motet version. Based on arrangement by Venables/Roper.
Alleluya I			John Taverner(1490-1545) Historical arrangement written in half time.
Alleluya II			John Taverner(1490-1545) Historical arrangement written in half time.
Arezzo: Come lieta si mostra			Constanzo Festa, from Florentine Wedding Music, 1539. Historical arrangement.
Ave, Mater, O Maria			14th Cent. German by Oswald von Wolkenstein. Historical arrangement.
Dawn: Vattene almo riposo			Francesco Corteccia, from Florentine Wedding Music, 1539. Historical arrangement.
Flora: Piu che mai			Constanzo Festa, from Florentine Wedding Music, 1539. Historical arrangement.
Fortune My Foe			William Byrd, English 16th Century.
Haec Dies			by William Bryd, from Liver Secundus Sacrarum Cantiorum 1591. Historical arrangement transposed from original A into G.
Harper's Air			Original piece by PCB.
Im Maien			Ludwig Senfl, German 15th century. Historical arrangement
Jouyssance vous Donneray			Arbeau French 1589. PCB arrangement.
Lauro			15th Cent. Italian - attributed to Lorenzo de Medici. PCB arrangement.
Pasttimes With Good Company			English 16th Cent. attributed to Henry VIII.
Recercada Num.01			E. Ortiz, Spanish 16th Cent. Historical arrangement.
Regnum Orientalis			Original song in praise of the SCA East Kingdom.
Basse dance "La Brosse"			from Pierre Attaingnant reconstructed badly from memory from a recording by the Renaissance group Calliope. Long simply labelled "Ren Dance," I've been trying to find this melody for a long while, and finally stumbled onto it on the Harmonia radio show!
Saltrotto			The Famous Saltarello (14th Cent) followed by a Trotto. PCB arrangement
Wach Auff, Mein Hort			14th Cent. German by Oswald von Wolkenstein. Historical arrangement.

Bellman's Jig			Traditional Irish Jig
Brocelandia			Breton An Dro, PCB arrangement.
Butterfly/Comb Your Hair & Curl It			Irish Traditional Slip Jigs
Crafty Maid's Jig			Jig, written by P. Butler
Follow Me Up to Carlow			Irish Traditional Song
Full Rigged Ship			Traditional Irish Jig
Gobby O			Traditional Irish Jig
Hava Nagila			Traditional Jewish Tune
Il Fischiettando			Traditional Sicillian Tune
Inis Siar			Traditional Irish Air, arr. by Beth Kolle
Irish Washerwoman			Traditional Irish Air, adapted from the Taylor Traditional Tunes Book
Jig Trio (Ten Penny, Lannigan's Ball, Morrison's)			Trio of Traditional Irish Jigs
Jump at the Sun			Trad Irish Jig, PCB arrangement.
Kesh Jig			Traditional Irish Jig
Leitrim's Fancy			Traditional Irish Jig
Muneires du Bual			Traditional Asturian
Red Haired Boy/ Kitchen Girl			Traditional Irish Reels