Thank you, Arto. I enjoyed this presentation of the theme. I clicked without checking run time. I'm so used to ca. 10 minutes of extended variations on this tune, that's what I expected here. I was surprised when it ended at less than 1.5 minutes!
Regarding 18th-c. settings, de Murcia wrote a set of variations on the theme for guitar. It's close to the heart of mandolinists thanks to a very long set of variations for solo Neapolitan mandolin by Antoine Riggieri. Best, Eugene > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 4:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LUTE] La Furstenberg, an interesting pop-song of 17th-18th > century > > > Dear lutenists, > > if La Monica was one of the hits of 16th-17th centuries, La Furstenberg > must be another of the next century. > > I played an anonymous theorbo version from ms. Vm7_6265, p. 44, to the > "tubes". Links and music (pdf) can be found at the end of page > http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/Tiorba/deVisee/ > > The theorbo arrangement could be by de Visee, because mostly the ms. has > music by him. In the Saizenay the piece is named just "Contradance". > > And there are some interesting factors in that piece: > > * The song is possibly a mockery of the countess of that name, who was > said to be the Bishop of Strasbourg's mistress. > > * Many composers have used this popular melody in their works: Purcell's > "First Act Tune" of The Virtuous Wife. In Playford it is called "St. > Martin's Lane". Also at least Campra, Philidor and Corrette made their > versions of this melody. > > * [And yes, my performance could be faster and wilder... more virtuosic. > But perhaps you'll anyhow get the idea of this very good piece?] > > All the best, > > Arto > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
