Yes - that seems possible. But why would the continuo group need to
include guitar and spinetta as well as cembalo (harpsichord), organ and
theorbo.
It seems quite a large ad hoc group of instruments.
Monica
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From: [1]Martyn Hodgson
To:
The music could have been impossible to perform because of the
condition of the manuscript. Some significant number of notes may have
been obscured, for example. Or perhaps the music was scattered across
different manuscripts or versions, and the editor compiled these
instances int
That's an interesting summary to read. I think there's a gray area
here between scholarly work and performance. There's no doubt that a
scholar should get his (or her) due for intellectual exertions. The
question is, what is that due?
When a scholar publishes a historical text, th
I believe they (Ex-Cathedra dir. Jeff Skidmore) did use the edition not, of
course, expecting all the subsequent trouble.
Mh
--- On Tue, 10/5/11, R. Mattes wrote:
> From: R. Mattes
> Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar continuo example
> To: "Martyn Hodgson"
> Cc: "Vihuelalist"
> Date: Tuesd
On Tue, 10 May 2011 14:37:10 +0100 (BST), Martyn Hodgson wrote
> If you're interested in the bacground and legal arguments, there are
> summaries of the case, known as Sawkins v Hyperion Records Ltd 2005,
> on various sites such as
> www.4-5graysinnsquare.co.uk/news/index.cfm?id=1391
Thanks
Dear Ralf,
I recall that the heart of the Hyperion case was that the editor had
introduced new material into the edition by virtue of the
new typesetting and perhaps there were also corrections/performance
practice notes and the like - I can't recall the exact details.
Many of
On Tue, 10 May 2011 09:35:05 +0100 (BST), Martyn Hodgson wrote
> Dear Ralf,
>
>Prima la musica is a very reputable small publishing firm (one
> man I think - Brian Clark) producing limited runs of specialist
> early music editions.
This might well be - looking at their website gives th
Dear Ralf,
Prima la musica is a very reputable small publishing firm (one man I
think - Brian Clark) producing limited runs of specialist early music
editions. I'd guess the ARR tag is used, as by other commercial
publishers, to try and ensure they are paid a royalty when anyone u
Hello Monica,
I've just returned from an extended Easter break and am catching up
with emails, but this is more interesting than most
Pitch standards come first to mind when thinking of any reason why the
guitar part
and the keyboard part should be a tone higher than th
