At 05:22 PM 6/16/06 -0400, John Howell wrote: >A student of Josquin tells us that the first thing he taught >his singers was how to set the words to the music!
That's very interesting, and no wonder why we have such marvelously different editions. >The best way to approach it is this. Remember that the composer >started with the words, so that's where you have to start. He >(seldom she) composed the music to fit the words. I suppose that's right most of the time. With Dowland, though, much of his poetry -- including that one, I believe, from the first book of songs -- was his own. And he was a singer and lutenist, too, so who knows what went on between improvisation and publication. Dennis -- Please participate in my latest project: http://maltedmedia.com/waam/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
