Lots more recorder players than lutenists, and both of us dip into the repetoire in question, so the recorder editions are of interest. I have found this particularly challenging. Change in mensuration at section breaks get 'interesting' when there are pick up notes involved and the transition laps a closeing cadence.
Renaissance Rhythmic Studies By Heinrich Isaac (1450-1517). For 2 Recorders (AT). Recorder. 8 pages. Published by Galaxy Music Corporation (EC.1.2375). > what used to be called Mannerist > and is now Ars Subtilor or something Ars Subtilior comes to mind, as do other 'Ars'. > I think I must be suffering from false memory syndrome: looking again at > the Dufay secular songs, they don't seem too tricky. I found my mindset had much to do with reading difficulty, often more than the music itself, I recall one session in the Collegium musicum when I simply could not deal with a piece that looked simple, and I usually excel with vocal material. Later that night at home I realised I had worked it up on recorder years ago and ran thru it from memory. On another occaision I was playing for live dancers in rehearsal with a larger band, we had thought to perform a suite of galliardes, and I (being librarian) had brought the xeroxed sets with me, all went up on stand, and we gave it a go. Each page turn took us to a different editors work, seemingly each page had a different reduction. from 3/2 with tactus on half note to 6/8 with eight note tactus back to 3/4... Mon dieu, impossible! > http://www.pluckedturkeys.co.uk/J'ay.jpg what, just score, not the parts? have you explored the original notation, with ligatures and all? ligatures actually help convey the riffs, especially when syncopation enters the picture. -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
