All those arrangements are great, but I'm longing for those original lute peices written by Couperin, in grand staff, that Arthur Ness spoke of.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Durbrow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lute list" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 10:22 AM Subject: Re: Byrd
> At 10:43 AM -0600 7/11/05, Michael Thames wrote: >> I'm also courious about Couprion. Not being a historian , but able >> to >>add 2 and 2 together, one would have expected to see volumes of records >>made >>of Couperin's lute suites, what a find that would be! Yet as an avid >>collector of all baroque lute Cd's that I come across, I've yet to see any >>lute suites or peices by him. One might also have expected Paul Odette to >>record the complete "Lute Works of William Byrd". > >>Here's a quote from DAS "History of the lute" >> >> William Byrd (1542-1623) the most highly regaurded composer of >>the English Renaissance, wrote no music for the lute. However, >>lutenists transcribed some of his keyboard and vocal pieces for >>thier instrument, about a half a dozen of these intabulations >>survive today > > I believe Paul Odette's very first commercial release was dedicated > to Byrd and Dowland. He must have played all the extant Byrd tabs > then. > > As for Couperin, DeVise arranged at least one piece for theorbo. > cheers, > -- > 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
