Dear Jerzy and Thomas,
I think we can go a bit beyond what Walther has to say, but Walther is
surely an excellent place to look for information on German baroque music.
I believe what Jerzy Zak is asking about is the French and Italian kinds of
gigues. The Italian one (giga) is usualy in
Arthur Ness (boston) [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
(I think colieren [kolorieren] means ornamented, here.
colieren in German means to take special care of, cherish (hegen, pflegen). Nothing to
do
with colour (but with cult).
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Regards,
Mathias
Mathias Roesel, Grosze Annenstrasze 5, 28199
Arthur Ness (boston) [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
(I think colieren [kolorieren] means ornamented, here.
colieren in German means to take special care of, cherish (hegen, pflegen). Nothing
to do
with colour (but with cult).
spelled with K, kolieren means to strain a liquid through a thin
I would think so. The fuges in form of a gigue as being in bad measure
but refined in compostion.
Thomas
Am Sam, 2003-12-13 um 17.25 schrieb Roman Turovsky:
Arthur Ness (boston) [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
(I think colieren [kolorieren] means ornamented, here.
colieren in German means
Dear Arthur,
couliren is the term in Walter and the other Schlechter Takt (I
think Walter means equal 2/4 or 4/4). Here the german text:
Giga (ital.), Gigue (gall.) oder Gicque, ist eine Instrumental-Piece,
welche als eine behender Englischer Tantz aus zwo in 3/8, 6/8 oder 12/8
Tact gesetzten
If the word is kolieren (or colieren), then _refined_ makes sense. As
you suggest, it's related to English colander. But it is nice to see
Walther's dictionary quoted. It is sometimes very useful to see how
persons of the time defined a word.
Walther, if memory serves, defines cantabil as
Actually I think it's very important to use the sources of the time. And
Walther is, as it seems well informed and gives good explanations.
Cantabile (ital.) cantable (gall.) heisset: wenn eine Composition, sie
sey vocaliter oder instrumentaliter gesetzt, in allen Stimmen und
Partien sich wohl
I think it's not so important if I translated couliren right or wrong
- regarding the question of gigues it is important that Walther
characterizes a gigue as
- fast
- dotted rythmn
- can occur in multiple measurements (bad or equal measurment probaply
mainly in form of a fuga)
Thomas
Am Sam,
