Hi Ron, What a Beautiful piece!
I also believe that an intro helps to set the mood of the song. It's good to know that more people do it as well. By the way, are you playing on ten course? Do you think bigger lutes are more apropriate to acompany? Maybe even an archlute, as Karamazov does? Thanks for sharing this great song! 2008/7/25 Ron Andrico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Dear Bruno: > > Your question is a very good one, and touches on an important aspect of how > we bring to life information otherwise trapped on the page. I think > introductions and interludes add a great deal to live performances, if used > sparingly. Sometimes, a lute song will seem to droop a bit if there is too > much silence between verses; a short turnaround is a sure cure. As Stewart > McCoy mentioned, it helps sometimes just to give the singer a rest. > > In other cases, the first note of a song wants a bit of preparation by way > of a prelude. Anthonly Rooley does in fact create an introduction to > Dowland's 'Awake sweet love' (1597, no. XIX) on an older Virgin recording of > Dowland songs with Emma Kirkby. A simple turnaround played before the first > note of the melody (high F assuming a lute in g-tuning) softens an otherwise > potentially shrill beginning. > > You can check out how we approach the matter in an informal youtube > performance of 'Love's constancy', a continuo song by Nicholas Lanier. > www.youtube.com/user/lutesongs We think the simple introduction and > interlude allows both the song and the singer to breathe. > > Best, > > Ron Andrico & Donna Stewart > Mignarda > > www.mignarda.com > > > > > > Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:28:18 -0300 > > To: [email protected] > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [LUTE] Re: More on lute songs > > > > > David, > > > > I found little intros in only 6 songs by Dowland, the great majority of > his > > songs don't have any. Maybe the rest of the English repertoire is full of > > intros. Unfortunately, the ones I play from composers like Campion, > Johnson, > > Rosseter, Morley, don't have. > > > > Do you add more material to the songs or play as written? > > > > > > > > > > > > 2008/7/24 David Tayler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > There are a significant number of pieces with introductions, such as > > > "I saw my lady weep" "In darkness let me dwell", and, notably, John > > > Daniel's setting of his brothers tryptich "Grief keep within", to > > > name but a few. > > > > > > > -- > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > ------------------------------ > Keep your kids safer online with Windows Live Family Safety. Help protect > your > kids.<http://www.windowslive.com/family_safety/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_family_safety_072008> > --
