Fantasia La Compagna
Francesco da Milano
La Compagna is a lute fantasia composed by the 16th century composer Francesco Canova da Milano (1497 - 1543). He enjoyed a great reputation in Europe and amongst others played at the Papal court as a court musician. He composed a large number (ca 100) of contrapunctual works in free form (fantasias and recercares) for lute. La Compagna is dedicated to the wife as a companion for life.
It is a challenging piece because of the complex voices, but it is worth the effort!