There are two books of lute music by Perrine (first name unknown). Civiol's web page just gives the introductory text with English translation. Both books (1679 and 1680) are available in facsimile. My former class mates Steve and Olga Immel have probably the most comprehensive stock of music in facsimile (Old Music and Incunabula, New York City), and their web site is a good place to look when you wish to know about a facsimile. They even list facsimiles that are out-of-print (helpful to know that you might find them in a library or on the antiquarian market)
(http://www.omifacsimiles.com-cats-lute-pdf) There is a transcrption of the 1680 edition. But it is for keyboard (ed.Erdas for Ut Orpheus),and ALL THE SPECIAL FINGERINGS FOR LUTE ARE LEFT OUT!!!! This is a resujlt of that disease guitar players seem to have, when they claim that when lute music is in pitch notation it is for keyboard. Lute music in pitch notation has historically often been on two staves. That is the standard way of notating lute music in pitch notation. Harps, marimbas, hymns are notated on two staves, and we don't call that keyboard notation, do we? Guitarists don't know that when you play a keyboard the hands somehow work together automatically. ajn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Durbrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Olivia Fox Cabane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "lute list" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 11:08 PM Subject: Re: French Lutenist about to release a worldwide first- the Book of Perrine > Is this Perrine Book published? Anyone here seen it? It sounds very > interesting. > >> Unlike most other lute pieces, >>this one was transcribed by Perrine, a contemporary of the authors, >>from tablatura to modern technique. This has made the Book a fabulous >>interpretation tool for other pieces; a sort of Rosetta stone. It gives >>indications about left- and right-hand positions; about ornementation, >>arpegements. > > -- > Ed Durbrow > Saitama, Japan > http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
