That's the one, G to E Flat. Classic. There is a really juicy one in the Bach D minor Double as well in the NBA. dt
I have a note on my copy of Dd.2.11 from one I looked at the original in Cambridge that is just a question mark, whether that version might be connected to Dowland. Have to look at again, it has been too many years. I think I recall that it just was impossible to say which version was the "original", but that there basically the two groups, the ones related to LoST and the ones similar to Barley. I also remember that the library was freezing cold and I spend half the time in the tea room. The best part surely was the holograph to Farewell Fancy, as clear as the day it was inked. I always wondered if Holmes had Dowland over for dinner, and D just wrote it in the book, an amuse bouche. It is tempting to think that the string parts in LoST were sort of an insurance policy against future generations souping up the pieces and ruining the counterpoint. It didn't work, for the same reasons that make the iterative division style popular today. But the originals are there, printed by Dowland for us to enjoy in all their finger bending glory :) dt dt At 04:04 PM 2/22/2010, you wrote: > >somehow I have a blind spot: I still dont see the fifths!). > >I think going from the last chord in the first measure (low open G, >still providing bass note from 3rd beat with open 2nd course d) >-moving to first chord of 2nd measure, E-flat b-flat e chord. G-d to >E-flat-b-flat are parallel fifths. Never quite liked the sound of it >myself, but always played it anyway being the incurious blockhead I >am; who was I to correct an "original" text? But of course it's >corrected in the LoST and in the Dd.2.11. Much nicer sounding that >way. By the way, I think I found an error in Ron's that I just >downloaded- 9th measure- first measure of repeat, last chord- b, 4th >fret 1st course against the fingered b on 2nd fret 3rd- should be g >on the fourth course or possibly fingered e on 2nd to match first >strain- but that sounds empty. Playing both g and e with the high b >makes a very nice chord- but the two "b's" sound bad to me. I could >postulate improper parallel octaves from the 3rd course c on third >beat with first course c on fourth beat, and they both move down to >the b's- but I await word from the experts... > >Dan > > >I was going to record > >'Last Will and Testament' by Holborne for our latest Death and Life > >CD. It was a live recording, I prepared really well, lived with the > >piece for weeks, loved it, played it in several concerts before the > >big day. But failed. It really is a 7-course piece, and on the > >10-course I used it was beyond me. So, after the first day day, we had > >two recorded concerts from which we choose the best takes, I decided > >to change plan. Next day I played Lachrimae and that made it to the > >CD. > > > >I love the LoST versions. > > > >David - played Solus cum Sola in concert last week. Funny piece, that. > > > >-- > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
