Baroque and Renaissance arrangements on Ukulele

[TRose]

During a recent deep dive into the internet’s offerings of ukulele finger style arrangements I came across a gentleman in the Netherlands named David van Ooijen. He is an excellent guitarist and ukulele player. His website has a vast offering of guitar and ukulele arrangements in standard notation and tablature. Some of these are free and for the others a donation of 2€ (2.17$) is required. These funds go to support a nonprofit organization- theukulelkidsclub.
Anyway, I was intrigued by the the “classical music” arrangements. The ukulele sounds, to me, very lute like in his hands. I’ve downloaded a number of arrangements and will give it a try.
I wanted to make those who may be interested aware of the resource.
All the best,
Tom

PS- I have no affiliation with Mr van Ooijen- other than being a customer.
This is his website: https://meesterdavidgitaar.wordpress.com/about/

[TRose]

Here are a couple links to him playing some of his arrangements of these beautiful pieces:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qPN...FzIHVrZQ%3D%3D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4nI...ZXIgZGF2aWQ%3D

Have a great weekend all,
Tom

[mjh42]

Ondrej Sarek out of the Czech Republic also has some interesting publications for such music.

His prices are reasonable. Available on Amazon. I don't know where else.

I've purchased a few items of his and have been happy.

[TRose]

Thanks Mjh42.
I’ll look for his books.
Tony Mizen also has a few well regarded books with similar material ( From Lute to Uke, The Baroque Uke, The Renaissance Uke ). Also, the Classical Uke Anthology by Andrea Gaudette seems to be a popular choice.
Best,
Tom

[Ceabeceabe]

Take a look at ukulelecorner.com. Jeff is a great teacher!