Dear Arthur, and others listening in that might help (Stewart, are you out there?)
I'll go the library later this week to see if they have the microfilm. In the mean-time, is there a list of the content or something similarly helpful of the Paston books? They seems like many pages to browse. David ***************************************** David van Ooijen Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Http://home.planet.nl/~d.v.ooijen/ ***************************************** > David says that there are definitely pieces by Victoria in the Paston Lute > Books. Paston is the subject of a number of papers at a Byrd conference > at Duke University some time in the near future. Paston was a recusant. > Here is the URL (see the abstracts): > > http://www.duke.edu/music/events/byrd.html > > ajn > On 28 Oct 2005 at 16:33, Arthur Ness wrote: > > > Dear David, > > > > These are three of the Edward Paston Lute Books. There are five books > > (see end). That is where I thought you might find works by Victoria. > > But I looked through my list and could not find him. Perhaps he is > > there, but not identified. Paston must have had Spanish connections. > > Some of the rubrics are in Spanish, and the book uses Italian > > tablature. > > > > Now for British music manuscripts, there is an important series that > > has microfilms of almost everything. Many good libraries will have > > the series, including (I would expect) the Gemeentemuseum. The three > > you mention are also in the LSA Microfilm Library. Here is the title > > of the series: > > > > For 24246-7: > > Music manuscripts from the great English > > collections, Series IV, Part 2. Polyphonic > > music before c.1640, Section B (beginning). > > Brighton, Sussex : Harvester Microform, > > 1983. Reels 20-29 + 1 guide (77 p.) > > > > > > For 31992: > > Music manuscripts from the great English > > collections, Series IV, Part 2. Polyphonic > > music before c.1640, Section B (continued). > > Brighton, Sussex : Harvester Microform, > > 1983. Reels 30-37 + 1 guide (77 p.) > > > > Thanks for searching HOLLIS Catalog > > (http://holliscatalog.harvard.edu/) > > > > > > These are the EDWARD PASTON LUTE BOOKS: > > London, British Library, Add. 29246, Add. 29247, Add. 31992 > > London, Royal College of Music, Ms 1964 > > Tenbury, St. Michael's, Ms. 340 > > > > Anne Burns: You may wish to update the LSA Catalogue with the name of > > the manuscripts. > > > > ajn > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: LGS-Europe > > To: Lute net > > Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 7:09 AM > > Subject: [LUTE] Victoria in BL Add 29246 / 29247 / 31992 > > > > > > > > Does anybody have copies to share of these manuscripts? I'm > > interested in the pages with music by Victoria arranged for voice > > and lute/vihuela. In the MSS only the lute/vihuela parts are given. > > Juan Carlos Rivera used these manuscripts for his cd with counter > > Carlos Mena (Harmonia Mundi). Great disc! > > > > David > > > > > > > > ***************************************** > > David van Ooijen > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Http://home.planet.nl/~d.v.ooijen/ > > ***************************************** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > -- > > > > -- >
