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 -----Original Message----- 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 > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Im > 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 > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >