This collection of three suites of flexible quartets, playable on any four instruments, have been arranged from works written by Renaissance and Baroque period composers. Works by the following composers include: William Byrd, Jean M. Hotteterre, Carlo Verardi, Pierre Attaignant, Claude Gervaise, John Playford, Juan del Encina, Francesco Geminiani, and Emmanuel Adriaenssen. Books for all instrument keys and clefs are available from the publisher. This is the first of three volumes of progressive flexible quartets, with ten total suites included across all three volumes.