Historical notes: If one tries to imagine music making in the homes of wealthy Dutch citizens of the 18th century, it is easy to think of the great composers of that era. However, that music may well have been beyond the skills of the average amateur, and so there was a large demand for more easy-to-play music. The Amsterdam publishers Estienne Roger (and later Pieter Mortier, largely plagiarizing Roger) capitalized on this, printing a collection of almost one thousand melodies, in multiple volumes. The present arranger felt unconstricted by any historical accuracy and has used a variety of styles and harmonic idioms to suit the pieces rather than attempting to recreate performance practice of the period.  Click this link to go to Victor Eijkhout's web page describing his project: http://eijkhout.net/boerenlieties/