I might point out that a few contrapunti I've seen from the Segovia ms. fit very well on the lute. Again, they are in mensural notation and have no indication for which instrument. Anyone wishing to explore other sources for the chanson intabulations in Spinacino would do well to visit this.
Isaac's Benedictus, for example, was presented for 3 equal lutes in an LS publication a few years back. It takes a little bit of work to put these together but can be pretty lively stuff. Sean Smith At 03:21 AM 11/5/03, you wrote: >Dear Ron, > >The Trent codices (nothing to do with our local river) are an >extremely important set of sources of music from the 15th century. >Lutenists today tend to concentrate on music specifically written >for their instrument, i.e. anything in tablature. They seem less >willing to explore other repertories, for example music from the >15th century. Yet lutes may well have been used to play music such >as that found in the Trent codices. A lutenist would play a single >melodic line reading from mensural notation. Just because music is >not notated in tablature doesn't mean that it was never played on >lutes. > >Best wishes, > >Stewart McCoy. > >PS I'm doing fine, thanks. Hope to see you again soon. > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ron Fletcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 7:14 PM >Subject: Council of Trent? > > > > As an aside to Dr.Wolfgang Wiehe's interesting missive on >Christopher > > Madruzzi, perhaps readers will be interested to know that Stewart >McCoy and > > myself live fairly close to the River Trent. > > > > This flows through Nottingham in the centre of England and joins >the River > > Humber, before flowing into the North Sea. > > > > Our water is supplied by Severn-Trent Water Authority and, our >electrictity > > is produced at several power-stations along the Trent valley. >Until a > > recent name change, we had a Trent Bus Company. > > > > Council of Trent? No, we have had no tax-bills from them! (and I >have > > looked back a long way!) > > > > How are you doing Stewart? > > > > Best Wishes > > > > Ron (UK)
