Ralf, This is very interesting: how many of those pieces preserved in monasteries (roughly speaking) are sacred works, as opposed to dances or preludes? any single volume dedicated to the liturgy? Alain
ralf bachmann wrote: >>BTW, has anyone noticed that while 50% of the >>repertoire in the 16th >>century is religious - Ave marias, motets, psalms, >>etc. - the later >>repertoire is entirely profane? >> >> > >Yeap, that´s true ... monks seemed to like that new >"entirely profane" music. A very substantial part of >the 17th & 18th century lute music is (was) preserved >in monasteries: Grüssau, Seitenstetten, Kremsmünster, >Raigern, Neuburg, etc. > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
