Of course, some of the works in Dalla Casa specifically designate "mandolino"
or "mandola" with basso continuo. There is also a scale chart for mandolino in
the back of the document that outlines the expected 5-course tuning of b, e',
a', d'', g''.
Not complete, but I am actually quite fond of the Yamaya–Scheidermann recording
of all the works with mandolino/mandola designation (plus a few more so
realized for good measure: "The Mandolino in 18th-Century Italy: The Dalla Casa
Manuscript, Vol.1") and Yamaya's of select works for solo archlute ("The
Archlute in 18th-Century Italy: The Dalla Casa Manuscript, Vol.2").
Best,
Eugene
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From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of
Alain Veylit
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2017 5:16 PM
To: Mathias Rösel; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Filippo dalla Casa
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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> Auftrag von Alain Veylit
> Gesendet: Freitag, 4. August 2017 18:34
> Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
> 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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