I think it might be worth remembering that there is no music printed for solo lute in France between 1638 and ca. 1670. Ballard publications were done on moveable type, but the publications after ca. 1670 are all engraved. Ballard was unsuccessful in gaining a royal privilege for the new medium. It is possible that lute music in the period of transition was not such a lucrative prospect from the French publisher and only when a more cost efficient and composer friendly medium emerged were there new works published, this time in d-minor tuning. It is also worth pointing out that Perrine, in the second edition of his "big book," offers a table of figured bass formulas for the 11-course, d-minor lute. I suspect that the practice of accompaniment on the d-minor lute, even after the publication of Lambert's airs of 1670, may have been more widespread among practicing lutenists than has been previously recognized.
jorge torres On Jan 14, 2008, at 4:02 PM, Roland Hayes wrote: > I think Michel Lambert, Sebastien le Camus and otherrs take up the > torch > for airs de cour but with theorbo and figured bass. A little earlier > Etienne Moulenie may have published some air de cour with figured > bass; > his first three books at least have tab for renaissance lute. > > -----Original Message----- > From: damian dlugolecki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 1:46 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LUTE] airs with lute in d minor tuning > > I should have been more clear that I was interested more to know why > publication of lute songs in France suddenly cease when the d minor > tuning emerges. > > It's curious don't you think? All those volumes by Ballard and then > nothing, in spite of the fact that there is some publishing of lute > tablature in the 'accord nouveau' > > Damian > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > Jorge Torres Associate Professor of Music 237 Williams Center Lafayette College Easton, PA 18042 (610)330-5365 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ::::::::::::::::::::::::: --
