So if little or no Dutch music of a native tradition survives in cittern tab, is there a source in standard notation of folk/traditional tunes from 1620-70 period which I could intabulate for diatonic cittern? What else? Psalms, fantasias, native dances??
The Dutch seem (from paintings) to have been keen on both the cittern and the 12-course lute, yet little native repertoire seems to have been written down during the age of Vermeer/Rembrandt. I hope somebody can prove me wrong, as I would be delighted to help the soundworld of these great paintings come alive. I realise, of course, that painters would have had standard props such as lutes and citterns for people to pose with, but there do seem to be a lot of them, and no two of them (to my limited knowledge) seem to be the same instrument. Rob -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Hartig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 May 2005 17:10 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Dutch cittern repertoire The closest match might be from the Neder-Landtsche Gedenck-Clanck by Adrian Valerius, 1626 (published in Haerlem). The music is for 4c. diatonic cittern. If memory serves though, many (most?) of the parts are corrupt (chords built up from the bass notes of the songs, whether or not that bass note was actually a tonic!). Many of the tunes are also adaptations of earlier English and Continental tunes with new words for the songs. There is an adaptation of at least one popular Dowland tune (don't remember which), as well as some like the Spanish Pavane. (There are also at least 2, maybe 3, lute trios of questionable quality...) Again, if memory serves, there are two editions of this book commonly available in facsimile. I found one at our local university library. For any who are interested, I can scan the title page and contents and post it to my site (http://www.theaterofmusic.com/cittern). I can also send some scans of music privately to those who are interested in particular pieces. Best, -A: At 08:00 AM 5/18/2005, Rob MacKillop wrote: >I thought of those guys, but they are both from the 1560s. Who was >publishing (or setting down in manuscript) cittern music when the great >artists were actually painting citterns during the 1630-70 period? A >hundred years difference is a long time! > >Rob > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: doc rossi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: 18 May 2005 07:59 >To: Cittern NET >Subject: Re: Dutch cittern repertoire > >Hi Rob, > >What about Sebastian Vreedman and Sixt Kargel? I know there are (were) >modern editions of Vreedman, maybe only transcriptions into notation. >If French music was current there, then Guillaume Morlaye's stuff is nice. > >Sounds like a nice gig. > >doc > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
