Thank you, Matthias, for that recording and the opportunity to ask a
question I have been wanting to ask for a long time. In French baroque music
are two successive 1/8 notes always played like a dotted 1/8 note and a 1/16
note, or perhaps as the 1/4 note and an 1/8 note of a triplet? If so, why is
a dotted eighth note followed by a 1/16 note sometimes written? Matthias'
interpretation is the way I originally tried the Allemande but then decided
against it, in part because I found it a little easier to play with straight
1/8 notes and in part because the very first measure has a dotted 1/8 note
followed by a 1/16 note, and I assumed that two successive 1/8 notes were
not to be played the same way. I have to admit that Matthias' interpretation
sounds much better to me and much more French, whereas playing straight 1/8
notes sounds more German to me (though perhaps I am just imagining things).
I would appreciate any light anyone can throw on the subject.
For those of us who don't have (and who have never had) teachers, this is a
great way to learn. My thanks again to Matthias for taking the time to teach
me something. I am only too happy to learn.
Best wishes,
Stephen Arndt
----- Original Message -----
From: ""Mathias Rösel"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "baroque Lutelist" <baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 9:06 AM
Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Amateur recordings
After a short discussion with Stephen Arndt and with his consent, here's
a video of the allemande and following courante by Dubut (Barbe ms. p.
192f):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxTn0CyQP0E
Sound quality is terrible, I know, but rhythm and ornaments will, or so
I hope, distinctly come through.
Mathias
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