[1] De Rippe was evidently held in great esteem at the court, as his annual salary was double that of any other lutenist, and he also frequently received gifts of land, money, wine, etc., and various other benefits.
Francis I granted Rippe a letter of naturalization, guaranteeing his descendants an inheritance.
That edition was titled, and is now sometimes referred to as, tab[u]lature de leut.
The lute fantasias are now considered his most important works: they represent a novel type for the time, of purely instrumental composition.
Their dense polyphony and complex architecture (some evolve for several hundred bars), as well as the skill required to play them, make the fantasias some of the most important works in the repertoire.