Yes - the same is true of Kapsberger, some pieces require fewer courses. I
suppose these collections of pieces were often made over a period of time,
and by the time they were published some of them were, as Dowland says of
the songs in his first book, "ripe enough by their age".
If I remember correctly Piccinini's trio requires only 7 courses on all the
lutes, and presumably dates from when he was playing with his brothers in
the 1580s. He was an old man by the time his book was published in 1623.
Strange to think he was an exact contemporary of Dowland.
Martin
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From: "Konstantin Shchenikov" <konstantin.n...@gmail.com>
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Subject: [LUTE] Re: Piccinini
Though Piccinini describes 13 course lute in his 1623 preface, I know
at least two pieces, asking just for 7 cources. Corrente V (1st book)
and famous Passacaglia (2nd book). May be there is another examples,
but haven't played all Piccinini pieces through.
2015-09-01 22:11 GMT+04:00 Konstantin Shchenikov
<konstantin.n...@gmail.com>:
Though Piccinini describes 13 course lute in his 1623 preface, I know at
least two pieces, asking just for 7 cources. Corrente V (1st book) and
famous Passacaglia (2nd book). May be there is another examples, but
haven't
played all Piccinini pieces through.
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