Dear Ed
the Minkoff facsimile comes with an introduction (in English as well as in
French) by Claude Chauvel. He cites and translates Galilei's adress to the
readers. No help with your question, though ...
Uwe Wolf has written in his PhD thesis (published 1992) something to the effect
that
My attitude is to decide what makes most sense, musically and rhythmically
speaking... They did not use, as we do now, first and second repeats. But an
upbeat is always an upbeat and must be played accordingly with sometimes a good
dose of diplomatic editing to make things fit properly ;-)!
Dear Baroque-Lute Wisdom,
Happy new year! I remember not too long ago reading through an article
about an intabulated lied found in a mid-18th century liedbook in a
swedish library. I've searched my back issues of the LSA and English
lute society, but can't seem to find the
