Mathias,
I too am puzzled by the basso continuo chunks and I am not yet sure how
they fit with the rest - they may be short-hand notation for arpeggiated
parts, perhaps... However, the grand staff notation seems definitely
intended for an archlute - specifically the arciliuto francese, i.e. a
10-course lute in the old tuning... Funny they called it that since the
French were playing more commonly an 11-course D-minor lute at the
time... De Visee also notated his theorbo parts on a grand staff, with a
note that those few people who could still read tablature could just
send him a note asking for the pieces in tab. I have not got to the
mandolin parts yet but someone has a fund-raising project for a complete
recording of Dalla Casa. If interested, google it.
Alain
On 08/04/2017 11:49 AM, Mathias Rösel wrote:
Alain,
It's definitely worth the effort IMO, but that staff notation may be
misleading. I was wondering quite a time about dalla Casa's book. I was
suspicithias,
ous that not all of it is for lute solo. Then Susanne Herre turned up with her
mandolin, we played from dalla Casa, and it all suddenly made sense. Some of
the music is for a melody instrument together with a bass instrument, playing
thorough bass. That's recognizable by the figures below the staff. There are
staffs without figures as well, but now I'm wondering whether any of that music
is for lute solo at all.
Mathias
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Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Filippo dalla Casa
Yesterday, I started transcribing a piece from the Filippo Dalla Casa MS
yesterday and I am wondering how much interest there might be in a full
transcription. The MS is for archlute in grand staff notation, so part of the
work involves providing a tablature version of the pieces also. I think Nigel
North had some pretty harsh words about the quality of the music but I find it
very much in the spirit of Zamboni and there is not that much archlute specific
music around. So, what do people think?
Worth the effort or just a waste of valuable time...
Alain
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