1. Historical Anthology of Music (volume I).

I have played the recorder off and on since the mid-1990's. I first encountered this book when my teacher gave me a photocopy of piece number 49, a madrigal by Jacopo da Bolgna. I believe I first played it on a Baroque alto in F.

When my son was born (premature and with issues) in 2000 I dropped almost all my extracurricular activities. I stopped all music lessons (voice, cello and recorder) and focussed on my wife and child. I started playing the recorder again about three years ago and restarted lessons (with the same teacher; thanks Carol!) about six months ago.

I recently revisited this piece. This time I am using it to learn to play the Renaissance alto in G. I also now have my own copy of this book and it is full of wonderful music. I suspect it will be a constant companion during 2011.