Gassenhauer in German? On Sun, 28 Feb 2010, Denys Stephens wrote:
> Dear Chris, > In The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, (London: Macmillan, > 1980), vol. 3, p. 612, in his entry under Calata Daniel Heartz notes that > the Italian word "calle" meaning a path or small street and that the > qualifying words included in titles (e.g. "de strambotti" and "dito > terzetti" hint at associations with strophic texts. > > All of this suggests strong connections with the 'dance song' genre that > often appears in > early 16c Venetian sources. Concerning 'non-Spagnola' pieces,The calata > found in the Thibault > Ms,which is roughly contemporary with Dalza, doesn't have any other > description attached to it. > > Best wishes, > > Denys > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf > Of Christopher Stetson > Sent: 28 February 2010 16:42 > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: [LUTE] Dalza question. > > Hi, all, > > Does anybody know, more or less exactly, what a Calata is? Were there > non-Spagnola Calatas? I've never really thought about it, but I'm > probably playing one in public next Sunday, and would like to seem > knowledgeable. > > Thanks, > > Chris. > > > > PS, I've already thought of most of the Pina Calata jokes. -- C. > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > the next auto-quote is: Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. (Charles Darwin) /\/\ Peter Nightingale Telephone (401) 874-5882 Department of Physics, East Hall Fax (401) 874-2380 University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881
