Thanks for your kind words, Howard. Donna graciously accepts your compliments. The lower voice parts probably lie very well on the lute because Van Wilder was a lutenist. Of course there is no evidence that this chanson was conceived on the lute but it works. It's a pity there is no real surviving example of his writing for the lute: I'm convinced the 'Dump philli' from the Marsh ms. has absolutely nothing to do with Van Wilder and the attribution to him is the 'wildest' of speculations. The chanson was printed in four parts with the typical one flat, and my intabulation really omits nothing. The lute is pitched in modern 'E' with a string length of 72 cm, which allows Donna to use the best part of her range. Best wishes, Ron Andrico www.mignarda.com > Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:33:53 -0700 > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Van Wilder > > Great performance; my compliments to La Stewart. > > The lower voice parts seem to lie very well on the lute. Did you > drop it a (nominal) minor third? > > On Oct 10, 2009, at 5:03 AM, Ron Andrico wrote: > > > Philip van Wilder and have arranged > > several of his part-songs for voice and lute. Here is a link to > > a new > > youtube video of a chanson that is also on our new CD. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZb6n0k9kd0 > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html __________________________________________________________________
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