> > An organist friend of mine mentioned the above named piece in the > context of early transcriptions, claiming that Willi Apel had made > various statements about it that were later shown to be "incorrect" due > to scordatura errors. In HAM, the piece is #105b and Apel does say that > it is "...one of the most remarkable specimens of 16th century music. > Shrill dissonances, otherwise unheard of before 20th century music...an > extremely realistic picture (of what one might ask?), not lacking a > touch of satire." > >
Didn't Bream record this many years ago? At that time it was on one of the few lutes pieces that had been revived. I think Ragossnig recorded it too. The rather remote world of lute music isn't the most obvious environment for social/political issues but this strange tidbit from another epoch does have...resonances...of anti-semitism (then and now). The word 'satire' in the quote from Apel is bit unnerving. Although this piece could be described as one of the early staples of the 1950s/60s lute 'canon' - I don't recall ever seeing a version of it. I may well be wrong but I don't think the Lute Society ever published it. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
