Sean Smith wrote: > 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 > > > > This is very interesting. Thanks. I'm very curious about this period (and earlier) at the moment.
I took a course last year (nothing to do with music) which got me access to a good library and I borrowed Hewitt's edition of Odhecaton A and other music of the period. I haven't yet done what you have done - a detailed comparison of Spinacino with originals. But on the face of it - and just as someone who is starting to look at this music: there does seem a big difference between the lute music around 1500 - which can very often seem rather unfocused and rambling - and the very tightly-wrought music in sources like the Odhecaton. It's like they are two different worlds, or two quite different genres. > > 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 >> >> -- >> Peter Martin >> Belle Serre >> La Caulie >> 81100 Castres >> France >> tel: 0033 5 63 35 68 46 >> e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> web: www.silvius.co.uk >> http://absolute81.blogspot.com/ >> >> -- >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> > > > >
