On Feb 24, 2010, at 2:05 PM, howard posner wrote:
On Feb 24, 2010, at 1:56 PM, Martin Shepherd wrote:
Also one has to ask whether Francesco da Milano, brilliant though
he must have been, was actually able to invent extended strict
canons without recourse to mensural notation. Some of his pieces
are so intricately worked that the idea that he composed them "on
the lute" seems ridiculous.
Not so ridiculous once we know that Palestrina composed on the lute.
Did he? It may be in print but I can't picture anyone composing 5 or
more voices on a lute. Then again, maybe it's easier to compose on a
lute what you don't have to perform.
I'll remain sceptical and believe: he wrote some compositions (some
parts of compositions?) w/ his lute but there's no way we can know the
extent of his composing-with-lute practice.
What is the quote which deals with this?
Sean
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