On Jan 3, 2011, at 9:15 AM, t...@heartistrymusic.com wrote: > 2. Would Vivaldi have written standard notation that a lutenist would then > have entabulated > according to the instrument in their possession at the time?
A lutenist, particularly a lutenist capable of playing a Vivaldi concerto, would have known how to read staff notation, and at least one source of lute music, the della Casa book, is written in a sort of lute grand staff. > 3. For correct volume and tonal balance, what would be the most appropriate > (and > historically correct) number of violins, etc.? String trio? Two per desk?... This depends, of course, on how many trombones you're using. But there was an established tradition of one-to-a-part concerto playing in the 18th century. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
