s.walsh
Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:57:19 -0800
---- Monica Hall <mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > The passacalles in both Guerau in "Poema harmonico" and Santiago de > Murcia's in "Passacalles y obras" are all in two part. The first part is > in common time and the second in triple time. It's not clear whether they > are meant to be played continuously. > > Guerau's all end with an incomplete cadence whereas Murcia's end with a > perfect cadence (as far as I can remember without going through and checking > everyone individually). > > All except the last two in Sanz's are in common time - and the first one in > D major is in two parts. > > Santa Cruz seems to alternate his between common and triple time. > > But these are of course all Spanish. It may reflect the fact that the > passacalles originally was not a dance (pace the various dictionaries) but a > refrain or interlude inserted into other dances. > > Both Bartolotti's and Corbetta's are in a continuous sequence modulating to > the next key at the end..... > > Complex issue here.
Interesting. I'd forgotten about the Santiago and the Guereau. As you say, in thses, the time changes in the part twos, and so the there is a sense of development or of taking a new angle. So I still wonder what Foscarini is up to in his two part passacaglie (if that's the plural). > > > > P.S. I don't know what other people think but I would it easier if you put > your comments at the beginning of each message. Bot if everyone else > thinks differently I'll put mine at the end too. Is there any "netiquette" > to this? > > There are different views. Bottom posting means you can see what is being replied to as I am now replying to your P.S. And I trimmed all the stuff that was below this because I'm just replying to two things. Trimming things that are not relevant to the reply and then bottom posting is not a bad approach. Stuart To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html