Dear Peter,

All of Petrucci's Odhecaton publications have been published in modern 
editions. The place to start would be a good university music library. 
Most of Spinacino's models are indeed to be found in Petrucci's books 
and a comparison with the originals helps to understand what is 
happening in the intabulations.

Petrucci published 3 volumes of the Odhecaton (Canti A, B and C) for a 
total of 286 compositions between 1501 and 1504. He would not return to 
this repertory until the 1507 Spinacino.

Odhecaton:
Hewitt, Helen, ed. _Harmonice musices Odhecaton A_ (1942, 1946) is the 
best place to start. You will notice a lot of Spinacino titles there. 
She usually includes the song texts that Pettrucci couldn't.

There are other modern editions, of course. I use an edition by Amherst 
Early Music (2001) around the house. It's inexpensive and well laid out 
(no texts).

Odhecaton Canti B:
Hewitt, H. ed. _Ottaviano Petrucci, Canti B_ (1967) This is part of the 
Monuments of Renaissance Music Series (Vol 2).

Odhecaton Canti C:
(I'm sorry I don't have the book title here at home --It's been 
published though)

Other very helpful sources:

Otto Gombosi, ed. _Compositione di meser Vincenzo Capirola_ (1955) is 
very helpful in understanding the Basse dance and Spagna compositions.

Howard M. Brown, ed. _A Florentine Chansonnier from the Time of Lorenzo 
the Magnificent_. Basically an in depth study of Florence, Bibliteca 
Nazionale Centrale MS 229, it offers many essays on the music, the 
composers and styles as well as the original music and texts to ~17 of 
Spinacino's intabulations. Also an MRM.

Other originals that Spinacino worked from can be found in the various 
"Complete works of ....." collections --Agricola, Brumel, Ghizeghem, 
Isaac, Josquin, etc.

Spinacino's intabulations can be a bit daunting at first but a 
consultation w/ the originals can tell you what to look for (or drop 
out). I've made simple intabs from the original chansons of many of his 
settings and found that they are really quite helpful.

Happy hunting!

Sean Smith





On Feb 9, 2007, at 9:24 AM, Peter Martin wrote:

> Are there decent versions of the various Petrucci publications, 
> facsimile or
> transcription, available on the internet?  Since they're the source 
> for a
> number of lute pieces it would be interesting to see the originals.  
> For
> example, Gary Boye on his website says that the Spinacino Bassadans is 
> based
> on a piece in Petrucci's Canti C of 1504.
>
> Thanks all
> P
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