Thanks, Dana. An enjoyable tale. :-) However, I had in mind Tobias Hume, who, for the first couple of bars of his viol piece called "Deth" (no. 12 in _The First Part of Ayres_ (London, 1605)), he wrote "Play this pashenat after every straine". Then a bit further on, he cancels it out with "Play this as it stands". In other words, as far as Hume is concerned, there are two ways of performing a piece: "pashenat", and "as it stands".
Elsewhere he indicates pizzicato - e.g. "your finger as before" - and col legno - "Drum this with the backe of your Bow". Such things are unfortunately rare, so I would be interested to know of similar indications, not just for the lute, but for other instruments too. Best wishes, Stewart. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 07 April 2009 00:42 To: Lute Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: Squares in a Treble On Mon, Apr 6, 2009, Stewart McCoy <[email protected]> said: > I wonder what other references there are to passionate play I am reminded of an incident from my youth, singing in a madrigal group. We often began practice with a backrub chain and were all good friends, many had dated each other, some were paired for later marriage. One of the young ladies with whom I was particularly friendly (tho not intimate) attended straight from work, sans music, we shared mine. She being short, and I being tall, she sat in my lap and held the large loose-leaf binder while I peered over her shoulder. All was cozy and comfy for us, and as I was singing bass, she commented on the unexpected physical sensation of my resonant middle pressed up to her back and bottom. I suppose it might have led to a serious distraction as other young ladies might have insisted on trying out this new experience, but the director would have no more of it and insisted on more conventional seating. -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
