Thanks Andreas, not a great solace anyway ;-) ! Best,
Jean-Marie -------------- >Something taken from the book "The Lute in Europe 2": >There is a total of 1,923 pieces in Accords nouveaux so far known in 42 >manuscripts and 7 publications. Concerning the loss of sources suffice it here >to note, that following Mersenne, the printer Ballard published a collection >every year. From the 1623 edition only the title page is known, and only a >single copy survives of the 1631 and 1638 publications. >Laurent Guillo: Pierre I Ballard et Robert III Ballard. Imprimeurs du roy pour >la musique (1599-1673), 2 Vols., Sprimont 2003. Here: Vol. II, p. 194 >under 1623-J, pp. 256f. under 1631-D, and pp. 318f. under 1638-F. > > >Am 16.03.2017 um 16:54 schrieb Thomas Walker <twlute...@hotmail.com>: > >> Thanks for the question and answer, gents, although I don't like the >> answer. I had thought that Ballard's 1623 was lost, but I didn't >> realize it was so painfully recent. So close, yet so far. Another >> thing for me to wake up nights wondering about...that and >> Kapsperger's Libro secundo d'intavolatura di lauto (1619). >> cheers, >> tom >> __________________________________________________________________ >> >> From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu <lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu> on behalf >> of Jean-Marie Poirier <jmpoiri...@wanadoo.fr> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 4:54 AM >> To: jo.lued...@t-online.de; 'Lute List' >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Ballard 1623 ? >> >> Thank you Joachim ! It seems it's definitely a closed door then :-( ! >> Al the best, >> Jean-Marie >> -------------- >> >>> Dear Jean-Marie: >>> >>> "BALLARD, Pierre (ed.). Tablature de Luth de differents auteurs sur >> l'accord ordinaire et extraordinaire recueillie par P. Ballard, Paris: >> P. Ballard, 1623 (the title page alone was part of the collection of >> March Pincherle, when this was auctioned in Paris [Hôtel Drouot], 3 to >> 5 March 1975 – its present whereabouts are unknown)." >>> >>> (From the source list of F.-P. Goy's thesis on the manuscript sources >> of music in Accords Nouveaux. This can be found in Andreas Schlegel's >> website accordsnouveaux.ch.) >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> >>> Joachim >>> >>> >>> -----Original-Nachricht----- >>> Betreff: [LUTE] Ballard 1623 ? >>> Datum: 2017-03-15T10:03:06+0100 >>> Von: "Jean-Marie Poirier" <jmpoiri...@wanadoo.fr> >>> An: "'Lute List'" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> >>> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> There are dozens of references circulating to Ballard's 1623 >> "Tablature de luth de differents auteurs sur l'accord ordinaire et >> extraordinaire", declared "Lost" >>> except its title page... I could not find a single reference giving >> the whereabouts of this mysterious title-page. >>> >>> Would anyone on this list know where precisely this precious document >> is preserved ? >>> >>> Thank you for your feedback anyway ! >>> >>> Best wishes to all, >>> >>> Jean-Marie Poirier >>> >>> >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> [2]Frequently Asked Technical Questions about the lute mail list >> www.cs.dartmouth.edu >> Frequently Asked Technical Questions about the lute mail list. getting >> on and off the list; How do I get on the lute mail list? How do I get >> off the lute mail list? >>>  >>> >>> >> >> References >> >> 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> > >Andreas Schlegel >Eckstr. 6 >CH-5737 Menziken >+41 (0)62 771 47 07 >lute.cor...@sunrise.ch > > >--