Thanks to all those who very swiftly sent me informative answers to my question about 'Solus cum Sola' and 'Solus sine Sola'. I particular I was able to dig out Chris Goodwin's article from my pile of incompletely read copies of 'Lute News'. A fascinating article, which also throws light on the title of another piece, John Danyel's wonderful set of variations 'Mistress Ann Grene, her leaves bee Grene'
Eric Crouch On 19 Jul 2007, at 10:20, Charles Browne wrote: > The Lute Society Newsletter for December 2003 (no 68) has an > article by > Christopher Goodwin on "some recent Dowland discoveries". > There are some references to 'solus cum Sola' . The meaning is > given as 'a > man alone with a woman alone'. The article is well-worth reading ! > Charles Browne > > -----Original Message----- > From: Taco Walstra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 19 July 2007 09:24 > To: Eric Crouch; lutelist > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Nigel on YouTube > > > On Thursday 19 July 2007 09:28, Eric Crouch rattled on the keyboard: >> Can anyone explain the meaning of the title 'Solus cum Sola' and the >> next piece in Poulton 'Solus sine Sola'? >> >> Eric Crouch > > Hi, the easy answer is 'the mail and the female alone' as the > meaning of the > first, but that doesn't say much. Point is where the title comes > from. I > read > an explanation a long time ago that it came from a well-known book in > Elizabethan times which had something to do with a lover trying to > get into > a > bedroom of a girl. Don't know the details anymore. It was different > from > Poulton's explanation which is doubted (she thought it had to do > with a > reference to a philosopers text if I remember well). Sorry not any > details, > but perhaps somebody knows more about it. > taco > >> >> On 18 Jul 2007, at 22:47, Jim Abraham wrote: >>> The longer one is "Solus cum sola", Poulton #10. >>> >>> On 7/18/07, Alain Veylit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> This may have been answered already: which piece exactly is Nigel >>>> playing? >>>> Alain >>>> >>>> Ed Durbrow wrote: >>>>> Thanks for posting this. Wonderful. Very interesting how he is so >>>>> free with his right arm. >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 8, 2007, at 12:22 AM, DANIEL SHOSKES wrote: >>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qIigZZb4ME >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXb3zih2umw >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>>>>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >>>>> >>>>> Ed Durbrow >>>>> Saitama, Japan >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ >>> >>> -- > > -- > -------------------------------------------- > University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Science > Drs. T.R. Walstra > Valckenierstraat 65 > 1018 XE Amsterdam, The Netherlands > > Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: 0031-20-5255730 > Web: http://staff.science.uva.nl/~walstra > > > > >
