Dear Stewart, About 15 years ago I did a detailed study of this piece - if I can lay my hands on it I will send you a copy. My memory of it is that the Siena version is clearly more nearly "correct" than Attaingnant - as you say, the A version has chunks missing (one of which occurs right in the middle of an important point of imitation). But I also remember that there are a few things about the S version which are rather unconvincing, too.
It reminds me of Francesco, too. It must have been composed before 1529, so I suppose that makes it quite an early work, if it is by him. I'll go and search my archives... Best wishes, Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stewart McCoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lute Net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 8:25 PM Subject: Attaingnant and Siena > Dear All, > > I have been looking at the first Prelude in Attaingnant's 1529 > collection of solo lute music. The piece also appears in the Siena > Lute Book, ff. 17r-17v. Does anyone know of any other concordance? > > There are a few insignificant differences between the two sources > like notes on the wrong line, where the two sources can be used to > correct each other's mistakes. One can use one's common sense with > regard to parallel fifths to correct a couple of dodgy notes. Apart > from these little things there are some major differences, where > Attaingnant apparently misses out great chunks of music. One of > these chunks contains a sudden weird, and apparently unnecessary > modulation to D major, and one wonders if it really should be there. > Did Attaingnant deliberately leave out bars which seemed to him > corrupt, or was it the Siena scribe, who accidentally added these > extra bars, and they were never in Attaingnant's exemplar? Is the > Siena version entirely plausible? It's all rather puzzling really. > > It is a jolly nice piece, not too hard to play, and sounds > particularly lovely on my bass lute. If anyone can tell me more > about this piece, I would be very grateful. > > Best wishes, > > Stewart McCoy. > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
