Dear Herbert, There is a bit more to be said about Capirola's 'Balleto.' The entry in the index to the manuscript actually reads 'Ti (erased letters) baleto da balar bello.' On folio 19v above the piece itself is the heading 'Ti' also followed by partially erased letters. The reason for the erasure of part of the word in both places seems to be a mystery. Otto Gombosi in his study included in his 1955 modern edition of the manuscript speculates that the erased word is 'Tientalora.' The Capirola piece is similar to the 'Tentalora' tune found in other early sources. This is further supported by a lute piece entitled 'Tiente Alora' which is to be found on f.11v of Munich Ms. 1511b which is very similar to, but less sophisticated than Capirola's piece. (A modern edition of that piece can be found in the Lute Society volume '58 Very Easy Pieces for Renaissance Lute, which includes a fine recording of the music by Jacob Heringman).'
So the term 'baleto' in the Capirola Ms. seems to be a generic term of which the Tientalora is a specific instance. I'm not sure if a 'baleto' is a song, or a dance, or both. Whilst 'ballo' is a general term for social gatherings involving dance at this time, a 'ballata' can be a song, or more specifically a verse form used, I think, in the Frottola repertoire. It's worth remembering that the 'dance-song' was seemingly very popular in Venice at around this time, so the distinctions between songs and dances could be blurred. Capirola's 'baleto' is highly likely to be his own version of a popular dance / song tune that was well known in his day. Best wishes, Denys ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 8:14 PM Subject: [LUTE] Capirola's "Balletto", question 2. > > Thanks for the prompt help in finding scores for Capirola's "Balletto". > I had several versions, any one of which would have been fine. > > I assume the name "Balletto" is 16th century Italian for "dance". > > Did Capirola have a specific dance-type in mind (like waltz, > tango, pavan, ...), and intend the music to be actually incident to > dances? > > Or did he instead just think the piece reminiscent of dancing in > general, like a symphonic movement labeled "minuet"? > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.13.17/505 - Release Date: 27/10/2006 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.13.17/505 - Release Date: 27/10/2006
