> It's an absolute fake. I recorded it last years with counter-tenor Sytse > Buwalda on our charts-topping cd entitled ... 'Sacred Arias'. I didn't > know > we stole the title of another cd. I was not involved, but sorry about that > anyway. > I tried to find out what I was doing before I recorded it, but I seem to > have lost my notes. What I remember is that some composer wrote an opera > around 1600, one of the very early ones. At least one of the instrumental > pieces in the opera was written by Caccini (why we know I don't know). > 20th > Century composer/arranger Mercurio took the Caccini-theme, repeated it > several times and attached the words Ave Maria Ave Maria &c. to it and > supplied it with a series of unresolved seventh chords. Mercurio is very much a 21st century type, he appears to be in his 30's, according to http://www.stevenmercurio.com/composer.html "Ave Maria" was already in circulation in 1970's in voice/organ version.
> kitch. In my own defence, all I can say is that I made my own arrangement > and played it on an all-gut lute. (No need to mention that, of course.) In > concerts I often play it on a 19c guitar, though, even sweeter. Very > effective piece, I have an instrumental introduction and Sytse sings his > first notes off stage (church balcony, room next-door, whatever). During > my > long instrumental interlude he comes walking on stage. > I can send a score, if you're interested, I once made something in > tablature > for a friend and I have the guitar version written out. My usual continuo > version is a bit messy though, although I could quickly clean it up in > Finale Would like to see it. RT To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
