Chromatic bass lines are no problem!
Just use 7 or 8 fretted.
dt
ifAt 01:33 AM 10/22/2009, you wrote:
> This is a really interesting collection, with quite a few basso
> continuo parts marked as being for theorbo.
>
> What strikes me is that these theorbo parts are basically the same as
> the other basso continuo parts, with no attempt made to adapt them for
> the instrument. Chromatic bass lines. A range that doesn't use the
> instrument's bass notes.
>
> And no manuscript annotations to show how the player adapted the part
> for his instrument. Maybe the musicians simply weren't allowed to
> write on the music.
>
> Are there any theorbo basso continuo parts anywhere which are clearly
> designed for theorbo, more instrument-specific?
>
> P
>
> 2009/10/22 <[1][email protected]>
>
> The Dueben collection at the Uppsala University Library, Sweden,
> is one
> of
> the largest collections of music from (essentially) the second
> half of
> the 17th century.
> There are about 2300 works in manuscripts, and there are vocal and
> instrumental
> pieces by more than 300 composers. For most of the works we have
> the
> parts,
> and for some we also have the scores (but in German organ
> tablature...).
> But these manuscripts are what "the old ones" actually played
> from!
> Almost all works have one or more parts for Basso Continuo in form
> of
> figured base.
> There are 40+ works that have a BC part labeled Tiorba (or
> something
> similar), so my guess
> is that this is what "the old pluckers" played from.
> But there are two works that also have lute tablature, an
> anonymous
> work titled
> "Ach Swea Trohn" and one by Buxtehude "Fuerchtet Euch Nicht".
> Now to the evidence...
> The work "Ach Swea Trohn" was composed for a special occasion (the
> death of a Swedish Queen)
> and is written for soprano, 2 viola d' amore(actually one of the
> earliest pieces specifying that
> instrument) and BC. But there are 4 BC parts(one marked Tiorba) +
> 2
> (almost identical) lute tablature
> parts for something in d-minor tuning.
> I don't think they wrote out parts just for fun, so I think we can
> assume that the solists
> (soprano + 2 viola d'amore) were "supported by" 6 continuo players
> (including one tiorba and two
> other lute instruments)! We don't hear the very often today.
> The really fun thing is that the whole Dueben collection is being
> scanned and made available
> on-line. So if you would like to look at the parts for the piece
> above, click at
>
> [1][2]http://www.musik.uu.se/duben/presentationSource.php?Select_Dnr
> =1705
> and you will get a list of all the parts. From there you can go on
> to
> the individual
> manuscript pages. When you have looked at those you can continue
> with
> the other 30.000 manuscript pages....
> The home page of the Dueben collection is
> [2][3]http://www.musik.uu.se/duben/Duben.php
> and there are search functions for composer, title, scoring....
> If you have comments or questions you can contact me,
> I'm currently working on the implementation of the Dueben
> collection
> data base.
> Have fun exploring this unique collection!
> Jan Johansson
> References
> 1.
> [4]http://www.musik.uu.se/duben/presentationSource.php?Select_Dnr=17
> 05
> 2. [5]http://www.musik.uu.se/duben/Duben.php
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> 1. mailto:[email protected]
> 2. http://www.musik.uu.se/duben/presentationSource.php?Select_Dnr=1705
> 3. http://www.musik.uu.se/duben/Duben.php
> 4. http://www.musik.uu.se/duben/presentationSource.php?Select_Dnr=1705
> 5. http://www.musik.uu.se/duben/Duben.php
> 6. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
> 7. mailto:[email protected]
> 8. http://www.silvius.co.uk/
