Dear List: I recently ran across something interesting from Cesare Negri's Le Gratie d'Amore, 1602/04.
At the end of his description of =B3Balletto a Quattro Dell=B9Auttore detto Il bianco fiore ballando due Caualieri, & due dame,=B2 the author states =B3La Musica della sonata con l'intavolatura di liuto del detto Bianco fiore. A tre parti e si fa due volte per parte, sino al fine del ballo [ The Music of the piece with the lute tablature of the said Bianco fiore. in three parts and one does two times each section, until the end of the dance]. (Third Book, page 145). The following site hosts a facsimile of the original: http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/negri/facsimile/0158small.html This passage reinforces the point that Dana Emery made regarding the repetition of strains when the music serves a ballroom function. Best, George Torres On 6/9/06 8:03 PM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 5, 2006, Katherine Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >> Just for the record, several dance tutors survive from >> before 1497 > > perhaps I should have said 'Printed', sorry all. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
