Dear Leonard, Funny you should mention Jiggy-Joggy, because I played it yesterday evening in a short informal recital for some friends - appropriately from the Italian class I attend.
There was an article about this piece, "Notes and Information: Jiggy-Joggy" by David Scott in _The Lute Society Journal_ 19 (1977), p.54: "... John Florio's definition of _dibatticare_ in his 1611 revision, as _Queen Anna's New World of Words_, of his Italian-English dictionary, _A Worlde of Words_ (London, 1598) (there is no equivalent entry in the earlier version): _Dibatticare_, to thrum a wench lustily till the bed cry giggajoggie ..." I have consulted John Florio's dictionary, and can confirm that David Scott is absolutely right. When I perform this piece, I usually introduce it with the information above. I also usually add that the strange thing about the music is that the rhythm (a gentle 6/8) is not quite what you might have expected in view of Florio's definition. Best wishes, Stewart McCoy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonard Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LuteNet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 12:15 AM Subject: Re: something useful and nice for our newbies > Some of my favorites that are not extremely difficult, yet continually challenge you in tone, articulation, > phrasing, and technique in general: > > Jiggy-Joggy > Sellenger's Round (Board book) > Valderrabano's Duos and Sonetos (Silva de Sirenas) > Anonymous works from the Siena MS (from Lyre) > Ronn McFarlane's Scottish Lute collection (Mel Bay) > > Leonard Williams > [] > (_) > ~ > > >
