Dear Stewart Thank you for taking the trouble to answer my mail.
> Yes, there are intabulations of music by Victoria. All I would ask > is, why do you want to see the Paston intabulations? There are some > interesting aspects to the Paston books, [...] > There are not many mistakes, but occasionally what Paston has > doesn't match the vocal score exactly, particularly with regard to [...] > years previously. He also irons out ancient cadences with a sixth, > and modernises them by adding in a leading note. I think you nicely answered your question: because it's interesting! As you said, if I just want to play Victoria on lute I can make my own arrangements. But if I want to know what somebody in the beginning of the 17th century did, I will have to find some source. Psaton seems an interesting one. >> just because Paston didn't intabulate something, there is no reason why we shouldn't make our own intabulation. Paston shows us that any music from his time is fair game for the lute. << I point once more to the nice recording made by Juan Carlos Rivera (lute/vihuela) and Carlos Rivera (counter tenor) with songs by Victoria. Existing (and adapted?) intabulations mixed with own arrangements. Well done, and a _very_ nice singer. Thank yo very much for the snippets of your index. It'll provide a start when I'll go to the libary later this week to check out the microfilm, assuming they have it. David To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
