Hi, The piece "Maria Zart" is from "Tabulaturen Etlicher lobgesang und lidlein uff die orgeln und lauten" by Arnolt Schlick, printed 1512. The organ version is published in "Historical Anthology of Music" (Davidson/Appel) and the lute pieces are published in "Die Tabulatur" series with german tab + guitar transcription. There are two versions of Maria Zarrt, one for organ and one for lute with an obligato voice. If you look at the lute/voice version you find that the hymn Maria Zarrt is actually in the lute. I happened to perform the lute/voice version at a church concert yesterday in Uppsala, Sweden, and we used a version similar to the approach you can hear on the mp3 file from Andreas Scholl, i.e. I have "extracted" the Maria tune from the lute voice for a soprano to sing, and we played the obligato voice on a viol (cornetto also works well). I have "my" version of it in Fronimo format and pdf, and if anyone is interested I could send you a copy. Very beautiful music! Best regards Jan Johansson
----- Original Message ----- From: "David Cassetti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lute net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 5:49 AM Subject: Re: Mystery piece > I stumbled across the midi file - it's "Maria Zart", by Arnolt Schlick, > a german organist who in 1511 published a treatise on organ building and > playing. Below are links to the midi, text, and an mp3. > > -- David > > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~davcooke/icerinx/schlick1.mid > http://www.andreasschollsociety.scholl.com/biography.htm#MZ > http://www.andreasschollsociety.scholl.com/MariaZart.mp3 > > David Cassetti wrote: > > >Hi, All, > > > >In '83 I recorded excerpts from a library LP with miscellaneous > >composers (organ), at a time when I was unfamiliar with pre-Bach > >composers, and I didn't write down anything about the album. It had > >Frescobaldi, Pachelbel, Buxtehude, and others. > > > >I've been wondering who was the composer of the first piece on the album > >for all these years. It's in 3 parts and I think it's in the Phrygian mode. > > > >Not only do I think it's cool, the lower two parts fit very nicely on a > >7 course lute and seem very idiomatic. - the lowest note is F. > > > >I transcribed it by ear to a midi file and have posted it: > > > > http://www.users.qwest.net/~leocassetti/MYSTORG.MID > > > >I figure the collective knowledge of the lute-net might help me solve > >the mystery, and some of you might find this interesting as a possible > >arrangement with lute accompaniment. I've been playing along in a "music > >minus 1" mode. > > > >Thanks, > >David > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
