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Marc Lewon is a German musician, born in 1972, who works mainly in early music; his instruments are voice, lute, gittern, bowed fiddle and Renaissance viols. After two master’s degrees, in musicology and German literature, at the University of Heidelberg, he specialised in early-music performance at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. His teachers there included Crawford Young (lute), Randall Cook (bowed fiddle) and Kathleen Dineen (voice). He created the ensemble Leones in 2008. He is also a founding member of Dulce Melos (2004).

He combines musicological research and extensive concert experience, working on many projects that join practice and theory in medieval and Renaissance music. He edited the Lochamer Liederbuch in a new transcription with detailed commentary (three volumes: 2007, 2008, 2010). He wrote an article on Agricola and the lute, which appeared in English in the Quarterly of the Lute Society of America (2008). Recordings by his ensemble Leones include Colours in the Dark – The Instrumental Music of Alexander Agricola (2013).

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La Bernardina (Arr. F. Spinacino for Lute Duo)— Josquin des Prez
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Lute Duo (I)— Alexander Agricola
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Calata a doi lauti— Joan Ambrosio Dalza
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J’ay pris amours (Arr. J. Martini for Lute Duo & Voice)— Composer not established
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J’ay pris amours (Arr. for Lute Duo)— Composer not established
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J’ay pris amours (Arr. F. Spinacino for Lute Duo)— Composer not established
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De tous biens playne (Arr. Roelkin for Lute Duo)— Hayne van Ghizeghem
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La Spagna (Arr. for Lute & Gittern)— Composer not established
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Alleluja, M 128 (Arr. for Lute Duo)— Johannes Tinctoris
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Je ne fay (Arr. F. Spinacino for Lute Duo)— Composer not established
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Comme femme desconfortée (Arr. for Lute Duo & Voice)— Gilles Binchois
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Comme femme desconfortée (Arr. for Lute & Gittern)— Alexander Agricola
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Comme femme, M 144 (Arr. M. Lewon for Lute & Gittern)— Johannes Tinctoris
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Fecit potentiam, M 129 (Arr. for Lute Duo)— Johannes Tinctoris
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Fortune Alas (Arr. D. Fallows for Lute Duo & Voice)— Johannes Bedyngham
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Fortune Alas (Arr. for Lute & Gittern)— Composer not established
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Fortuna desperata (Arr. F. Spinacino for Lute Duo)— Composer not established
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Le souvenir, M 137 (Arr. for Lute & Gittern)— Johannes Tinctoris
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Juli amours (Arr. F. Spinacino for Lute Duo)— Johannes Ghiselin
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Tenor so ys enprentyd— Composer not established
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So ys empretid (Arr. for Lute Duo & Voice)— Walter Frye
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Tout a par moy, M 138 (Arr. for Lute Duo)— Johannes Tinctoris
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Saltarello e piva: I. Saltarello (Arr. for Lute Duo)— Joan Ambrosio Dalza
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Saltarello e piva: II. Piva (Arr. for Lute Duo)— Joan Ambrosio Dalza
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Lute Duo (II)— Composer not established
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D’ung aultre amer, M 143 (Arr. for Lute Duo)— Johannes Tinctoris
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De tous biens playne (Arr. J. Tinctoris for Lute & Gittern)— Hayne van Ghizeghem
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De tous biens playne (Arr. F. Spinacino for Lute Duo)— Hayne van Ghizeghem
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Gaudeamus omnes in Domino (Arr. for Lute Duo)— Alexander Agricola
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Mit ganzem Willen (Arr. M. Lewon for Lute Duo & Voice)— Composer not established
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Mit ganzem Willen wünsch ich dir (Arr. C. Young & P. Kieffer for Lute Duo)— Composer not established
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In minen zin— Alexander Agricola
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De tous bien plaine— Hayne van Ghizeghem
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De tous biens plaine a 2 [15th century]— Anonymous
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De tous biens plaine a 3 No. 2— Alexander Agricola
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De tous biens plaine a 3 No. 3— Alexander Agricola
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De tous biens plaine a 3 No. 4— Alexander Agricola
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De tous biens plaine a 3 No. 5— Alexander Agricola
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Tandernaken (Tandernaken, al op den Rijn)— Anonymous
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Tandernaken a 3— Alexander Agricola
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Si congie prens— Anonymous
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Se congie prens a 3— Alexander Agricola
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D … a 3— Alexander Agricola
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Je ne puis plus a 3— Alexander Agricola
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Caecus non iudicat de coloribus: Cecus non iudicat de coloribus— Alexander Agricola
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Fors seullement a 4— Alexander Agricola
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Duo— Alexander Agricola
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Pater meus agricola est— Alexander Agricola
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Tout a par moy— Walter Frye
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Tout a par moy a 3— Alexander Agricola
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Tout a par moy a 4— Alexander Agricola
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agricologies: Agricola VIII, “Obrecht Canon III”: De tous biens plaine / Tinguely-Brunnen I— Fabrice Fitch
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Helas madame, que feraige a 3— Alexander Agricola
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agricologies: Agricola VIII, “Obrecht Canon III”: De tous biens plaine / Tinguely-Brunnen II— Fabrice Fitch
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Le serviteur hault guerdonne— Guillaume Dufay
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Le serviteur a 2— Anonymous
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Le serviteur a 4— Alexander Agricola
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agricologies: Agricola IX: Je nay dueil— Fabrice Fitch
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Fortuna desperata a 6— Alexander Agricola
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Ile fantazies de Joskin— Josquin des Prez
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La plus des plus— Josquin des Prez
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[Untitled]— Josquin des Prez
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De tous biens plaine a 3— Josquin des Prez
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De tous biens a 3— Anonymous
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De tous biens plaine a 4— Josquin des Prez
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De tous bien a 4— Anonymous
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Ach hulff mich Layd— Josquin des Prez
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La Spagna a 3— Anonymous
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La Spagna a 5— Josquin des Prez
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Fortuna desperata— Francesco Spinacino
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Fortuna desperata a 3— Josquin des Prez
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Fortuna desperata a 4— Anonymous
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Une mousque de Biscaye— Josquin des Prez
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Une mousse de Bisquaye— Anonymous
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Je sey bien dire a 4— Josquin des Prez
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La Bernardina— Josquin des Prez
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A l’eure que je vous p.x.— Josquin des Prez
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Helas madame— Josquin des Prez
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Sy je perdoys mon amy— Anonymous
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Si j’ay perdu mon amy a 3— Josquin des Prez
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Si j’ay perdu mon amy a 4— Josquin des Prez
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L’homme Arme— Anonymous
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L’homme arme a 4— Josquin des Prez
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Cela sans plus— Josquin des Prez
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A Dieu, mes amours— Anonymous
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Adieu mes amours a 4— Josquin des Prez
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Sei gelobt, du Baum— Arvo Part
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Ile fantazies de Joskin a 3— Josquin des Prez
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L’autre jour par ung matin [Chansonnier Cordiforme, Geneva, c. 1475, CORD 16]— Anonymous
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Helas, n’aray je jamais mieulx [Chansonnier Cordiforme, Geneva, c. 1475, CORD 40]— Anonymous
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Terriblement suis fortunee [Chansonnier Cordiforme, Geneva, c. 1475, CORD 38]— Anonymous
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De tous biens plaine est ma maistresse [Chansonnier Cordiforme, Geneva, c. 1475, CORD 19]— Hayne van Ghizeghem
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Comme femme desconfortée [Chansonnier Cordiforme, Geneva, c. 1475, CORD 29]— Gilles de Bins dit Binchois
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Fortune, par ta cruaulté [Chansonnier Cordiforme, Geneva, c. 1475, CORD 27]— Vincenet du Bruecquet
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Adieu vous dy l’espoir de ma jonesse [Chansonnier Cordiforme, Geneva, c. 1475, CORD 37]— Anonymous
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Le souvenir [Segovia Codex, Toledo, c. 1501-1503]— Johannes Tinctoris
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Ben lo sa Dio se sum vergine e pura [Chansonnier Cordiforme, Geneva, c. 1475, CORD 2]— Anonymous
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Chiara fontana de belli costumi [Chansonnier Cordiforme, Geneva, c. 1475, CORD 5]— Anonymous
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N’aray je jamais mieulx que j’ay [Chansonnier Cordiforme, Geneva, c. 1475, CORD 25]— Robert Morton
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Dona gentile he bella come l’oro [Chansonnier Cordiforme, Geneva, c. 1475, CORD 3]— Guillaume Dufay
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De tous biens playne [Segovia Codex, Toledo, c. 1501-1503]— Johannes Tinctoris
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O pelegrina, o luce, o clara stella [Chansonnier Cordiforme, Geneva, c. 1475, CORD 6]— Anonymous
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Ma bouche rit et ma pensee pleure [Chansonnier Cordiforme, Geneva, c. 1475, CORD 31]— Johannes Ockeghem
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Ma bouche plaint les pleurs de ma pensee [Chansonnier Cordiforme, Geneva, c. 1475, CORD 33]— Anonymous
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La gratia de vos, donsella [Chansonnier Cordiforme, Geneva, c. 1475, CORD 8]— Anonymous
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Comme ung homme desconforté [Chansonnier Cordiforme, Geneva, c. 1475, CORD 14]— Anonymous
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Perla mya cara, o dolce amore [Chansonnier Cordiforme, Geneva, c. 1475, CORD 9]— Anonymous
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