Now, what about Polish lute tablature?
On 10/14/14, AJN<arthurjn...@verizon.net> wrote: Hello, Gary! Certainly by now "Neapolitan Tablature" is the standard term for that kind of tablature. The term is used as early as 1585 (which is late as far as use of Neapoitan tablature in practical sources). Michele Carrara published an engraved broadside _**Intaboltura di Liuto**_ (n.p. 1585/ BrownI 1585/5; rpt 1594). It has a piece in mensural notation with parallel intabulations into Italian, French and Neapolitan tablature. The latter is titled "Intavolatura alla Napolitana." In 1956 a free facsimile* was widely distributed to (ALL known?) music libraries by an Italian foundation to mark the anniversary of Petrucci's first publication in 1501. So many libraries will have a copy. An important addition to the Francesco print by Sulzbach is Bartolmeo lieto Panhormitano, _**Dialogo quarto**_ (Naples, 1549), a handbook for use by persons who cannot read pitch notation to make Neapolitan tablatures from mensural notation. (John Ward has an article on the work in JLSA xv). *Ed. Benvenuto Disertori, Florence 1956. Arthur On 10/14/14, Gary Boye<[1][1]boy...@appstate.edu> wrote: CW: Does anyone know where the term "Neapolitan Lute Tablature" (i.e., a tablature without the zero and with the same string orientation as French tablature) originates? I've always been a little queasy about the term, but it seemed relatively convenient, so I've used it in my web pages. The earliest extant use of it is in I-PESo MS Pesaro 1144 [1490-1511], which comes from central Italy (far from Naples). I-Bu MS 596. HH. 2 [c1500?-1560] is from Naples, as is Francesco da Milano 1536c, the most important use of this notation. So it may be associated with Naples, but I'm still not sure when the term itself was coined (I assume in the 20th century?). Gary -- Dr. Gary R. Boye Professor and Music Librarian Appalachian State University -- To get on or off this list see list information at [2][2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html References 1. [3]mailto:boy...@appstate.edu 2. [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/ References 1. mailto:boy...@appstate.edu 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/ 3. mailto:boy...@appstate.edu 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/
