Dear Doc, Sorry to take so long in replying. I have a huge backlog of e-mails in my inbox.
The piece you are after is an estampie for organ. Part of it is reproduced in volume 1 of HAM, i.e. Archibald T. Davidson and Willi Apel, _Historical Anthology of Music_, 2 vols (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1946 and 1949), vol.1, page 62, no. 58. In the commentary at the back they write: "The main interest of the present example lies in the fact that it represents the earliest keyboard music which has been preserved. It occurs, together with a few other pieces, in the so-called Robertsbridge Codex of about 1325 (cf. _ApNPM_, p. 37f). It is a long composition in the form of the estampie ... but far removed from the original dance connotatio of this form. Three of six puncti are reproduced here. From the stylistic point of view, the old-fashioned parallel fifths and the hocket passages are noteworthy. Although the composition is usually considered to be of English origin, internal features, particularly notational details, point to Italy. Source: H. E. Wooldridge, _Early English Harmony_, vol. 1 (1897), plate 43." So only half the piece is in HAM. My guess is that there is a modern edition of the whole piece somewhere else. However, if it's not too late, and you don't have access to HAM, please contact me off list. Best wishes, Stewart McCoy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "doc rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lute Net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 7:20 PM Subject: estampie > Can anyone out there help me find the notes to the 14th c. English > estampie from the Robertsbridge codex? It's the one that's often used > to illustrate 'hocket'. > > Thanks, > > Doc > > Strada della Repubblica 45 > 43100 Parma (PR) > Italy > > http://www.magnatune.com/artists/docrossi > tel: (+39) 0521 23 48 68 > cell: (+39) 348 8000 572 > > >
