Singers told me it would have been good taste for renaissance singers to be able to sing *all* voices. I really don't know if this could be possible - I'm just forwarding what a singer told me.
Thomas Am Sam, 2004-01-17 um 23.34 schrieb lutesmith: > Hmmm, > The Turpyn book and a few modern and baroque songs only? > > If so, the solo repertoire seems very biased towards sopranos, altos and > female voices. Surely there must have been some technique for setting the > hundreds of motets, chansons and madrigals prior to ~1590 for tenor or bass > to accompany the lute. And most secular songs were from the male point of > view ;^) > > I notice that Adriaenssen includes both the cantus and bass to accompany(?) > his solos and it is thought from the evidence in the Bottegari that he > (Bottegari) was a bass. In the Attaignant, Valderabano and Phalese books, > however, only the cantus is given. In the latter, some lute parts are > transposed up a 4th from the originals vocal prints and lute solos. Perhaps > this is a hint to use a bass lute? > > Somehow it seems to me the question for this rep would be: Would a male > solo singer sing the tenor/bass line of the vocal score or the cantus down > an octave? Or perhaps they transposed the whole song down by using a larger > lute? > > Sean Smith > > > > > > At 12:21 PM 1/17/04, you wrote: > >At 15:00 16-01-2004 -0500, James di Properzio wrote: > > >Does anyone recommend--or have advice from experience with--lute songs > > >that work well with bass or baritone voice? It doesn't seem that pieces > > >written for high voice sound right when you pitch them down. > > > > > >If there is some obvious repertoire that I'm missing, let me know that, too! > > > > > >-James di Properzio > > > >"The Turpin Book of Lute Songs" (facs. from Boethius Press - somebody made > >a modern ed., > >I believe) has "Most men do love the Spanish wine" for bass voice and ren. > >lute in G. > > > >Nice one! > > > >Arne. -- Thomas Schall Niederhofheimer Weg 3 D-65843 Sulzbach 06196/74519 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.lautenist.de / www.tslaute.de/weiss --
