On Fri, Aug 28, 2009, Antonio Corona <[email protected]> said:
AC> At any rate, we cannote provide a reasonable hypothesis for > certain facts of performance pratice by summoning the whims of a priest. Not even a prince of a priest? It is such men who have the means to hire lutenists for such occaisions, so that is not an unreasonable circumstance. I do not speak of a common practice, but an aberation; yet, you must admit that the vagaries of heart-rate will have an affect on the players choice of tactus rate, this is true even today in modern orchestral performance; an excited conductor may well take some passages faster in performance than in rehearsal. >> In this particular case, I would be hard pressed to explain how >> slow pavans with the structure of a galliard could be played >> somewhat fast in general usage. At least half again as many notes makes for faster seeming music; especially contrasted against the Dancers gravitas. I spoke of the speed of the dance, not the music (save for the tenor, or the implied tenor). > Milan states ... As yesterday, and before that, and tomorrow and after that; I have not and cannot bring that music before my eyes tho I wish I could; nor does it lie in my head so I cannot speak more directly to your point. I thank you for your translation, my spanish comes largely from my singing and is at best un poquito. Please recall that my first thought was of a pavan in triple, that it could be a galliarde was conjecture on my part. Wouldnt be the first time a publisher messed up the intentions of an author and the author didnt catch it from proofs, if indeed he was given proofs in a timely fashion. While both the press and LdM shared residence in Valencia, the book is dedicated to the King of Portugal, a healthy journey across the center of Spain. It is possible that LdM was seeking a position at the court and may have been traveling during the production work on the book (more conjecture). > Furthermore, the rubric to the sixth pavan states: "This pavan has the > proportion of three semibreves [each] bar and there you have it for certs, a pavan in tripla. Hemiola is a feature of things in three, but not all that features hemiola is a galliard; there are also tourdion, volta, and canario. -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
