Dear Mathias, I had to join that group in order to see Doug Towne's work. But I cannot open the files. Do I have to buy Fronimo to do that? How much does it cost? Wouldn't it be more convenient to have them in *.PDF format, like wayne does?
I am unaware of any discussions about publishing lute music in guitar notation rather than the standard lute notation on the grand staff. NB the proper term is NOT "keyboard." That's an obsession from the guitar world. (Perhaps disease is an exaggeration.<g>) For centuries lute music has been notated on two staves. I find Matanya's article in the current issue of The Lute to be rather shallow. He does not discuss all of the relevant issues, and misses some important milestones in the publication of lute music. Some of the most significant editions are left unmentioned in his article, including the recent A-R Editions, CNRS, Die Tabulatur, Ut Orpheus (Italy), etc. He does not identify that Russian piece, which is Dowland's Farewell Fantasia. Apparently he fears it might pale in comparison with Mrs. Poulton's work, and practically everyone else who ever transcribed it. And why is there no mention of lute music in pitch notation done by Julio da Modena, Byrd, Couperin, Chambonieres, Vivaldi, J. S. Bach, et al.? To picture Gombosi's commentary of the Schrade system is a bald attempt to sensationalize his point ofview. Very few editors of lute music followed Schrade's example, including his own pupils. And Schrade didn't even respond to Gombosi's review. One Polish edition used the Schrade method, and five years later the editors withdrew the edition and replaced it with one of the same music done up in conventional lute notation on the grand staff. Since the Gombosi review appeared (1930s) hundreds of edition of lute music have appeared, and surely not more than four or five use the Schrade method, including one horrendous edition of the Narvaez book for guitar (the editor obviously knew nothing about early music). ajn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mathias R=F6sel" Cc: lute list Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 1:45 PM Subject: Re: French Lutenist about to release a worldwide first- the Book of Perrine "Arthur Ness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > There are two books of lute music by Perrine (first name unknown). Civiol's > web page just gives the introductory text with English translation. That is correct. I'm sorry for my erroneous posting. It's Douglas Towne who reintabulated Perrine into Fronimo tab. It is accessible at http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Fronimo_editor/files/Tablatures/ > Lute music in pitch notation has historically often been on two staves. > That is the standard way of notating lute music in pitch notation. may I recommend at this occasion Matanya's very well informed article about historical pitch notation of lute music in the recent issue of The Lute (British Lute Society's yearbook). If I got it right, arguments are still going on as for which notation (piano vs. guitar) is more appropiate. All the best, Mathias -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
