Hi Sandy, funny, how threads tend to pop up again. We discussed this in depth almost exactly a year ago, and I provided a *.tab of the piece. IMV we resolved the matter there. I'll send you an ft2.
B.R. G. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Hackney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 8:42 PM Subject: [LUTE] Der Juden Tanz - Neusiedler > > 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." > > 1) I can't find the original tablature, and 2) I thought that most lute > pieces used the "standard" tuning so is scordatura in play? But, Appel > does say in his "Dictionary" under scordatura that the piece uses a tuning > of A-e-e-b-e'-g#. > > Who of our resident experts, e.g., Stewart McCoy, might help me here? > Many thanks. > Sandy > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
