Dear Davids (Taylor and Van Ooijen), I spotted the one in Sleep Wayward Thoughts some months ago while preparing for a concert. In the past I had always accepted the lute tablature as gospel, and happily accompanied singers with just the lute. When a bass viol was added in rehearsals for this particular concert, the discrepancy immediately became apparent, and I adjusted my part. Yes, one can feel very uncomfortable changing something one has played for decades, but it has to be done.
Other discrepancies to look out for are between different editions. For example, just after the time change in His Golden Locks, there is a slight, but significant difference between the 1597 and 1613 editions. When rehearsing once with a singer, we both kept saying that the other was wrong, until I suggested comparing the music we each had. A slight adjustment to the lute part is necessary towards the end of Campion's well-known It fell on a summer's day. It's easy to miss, but the lute part needs adjusting to avoid a clash of C and B. I believe strongly that we need to look at lute music as music, and be prepared to make changes where necessary, bearing in mind things like consecutive fifths and octaves, voice-leading, imitation, harmony, and so on. Editing involves more than just copying music out neatly without any critical appraisal. Dowland's Lachrimae is interesting. There is an augmented second in the version for five viols/violins and lute, but it has to stand. Best wishes, Stewart McCoy. -----Original Message----- From: David Tayler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 October 2008 22:22 To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: correction in Dowland's Sleep, wayward thoughts David's correction fixes another mistake, which is that as written, the two lower parts create a direct ocatve approached by double skip. I would add the opening of the Lachrimae solo to the puzzle list, as the parallel fifths in the opening bar--which are on every recording--are not present in Dowland's version in Lachrimae or seven tears. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
