On Jul 23, 2009, at 11:52 AM, Roland Hayes wrote: > What do we think of the ms. with "continuo" written above a part for > 13c. lute in normal d minor tuning for certain arias?
Is it a written-out accompaniment in tablature, clearly in d minor tuning, with "Continuo" written above it? > Are these > settings for chamber perfromance but not the operas themselves? the > handwriting seems identical to large portions of the Weiss Dresden > ms. Curious how widespread this practice was, and if maybe > players > sometimes used their 13s for continuo even if they said > otherwise. r. Did anyone actually say they didn't? -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
