In einer eMail vom 14.10.2006 23:15:21 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> I don't doubt that you are right about professionals singing Dowland's > songs and amateurs having some training. Concerning the matter of > singing at the table, surely you must have forgotten the famous > introduction > to Morley's 'Plaine &Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke' of 1597? > I know the quote and I don't doubt that they were performed this way. But I doubt that most of the songs were conceived with this performance situation in mind when they were written. Some were written for particular celebrations and I think that Dowlands "layout" was part of a sales strategy. Also the quote seems to talk about part-books (note the plural) and not a lute song book. It could mean either, but Madrigal books were I believe published in seperate part books. best wishes Mark -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
