No, Per Brahe was not the astronomer! His name was Tycho Brahe. I agree with Arthur that the music in this MS is not very exciting. It is a student's book and very "amateurish". A full inventory is given in RUD�N, J. O. Music in tablature. Stockholm 1981. Rud�n also has made a special study of the MS in his article "Per Brahe's Lute Book" in Svensk tidskrift f�r musikforskning 59(1977). Unfortunately this aricle is only in Swedish!
Best wishes Kenneth Sparr Stromstigen 25 S-149 51 Nynashamn SWEDEN Telephone: +46-852015561 Mobile 073-657 63 53 www.tabulatura.com e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Fr�n: Arthur Ness (boston) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Skickat: den 11 juni 2004 23:53 Till: LUTE NET �mne: Manuscript of Per Brahe - Skokloster Wasn't Per Brahe a famous astronomer? His lute book at the Sklottsbiblioteket in Skokloaster was indeed copied when he was a student in Giessen (about 1618). It is on the cusp of the baroque and contains works by Dowland, Vallet, Bocquet, and so looks backward rather than forward into the Baroque. I have a vague recollection about seeing some pages from it. A few German chorales. Rather sloppy handwriting, as I recall. Kenneth Sparr has written about it in the Swedish lute and guitar journal, Svenska gitar och luta 8/2 (1975): 40-2. Alas, Thomas, I can't get too excited about it, except for its historical associations, and being perhaps representative of music favored by a university student in 1618. Arthur.
