Interesting theory.
Gassenhauer
[1] urspruenglich: Nachtbummler, also Personen, die nachts das
Pflaster (be)treten ("hauen" in der alten Bedeutung "treten",
"betreten")
[2] abgeleitet, Musik: das von Nachtbummlern gesungene einfache,
eingaengige Lied (Volkslied, Lied des Volkes), also das Lied, das auf
allen Gassen gesungen wird
translates to
Night stroller,
(1) someone who "hits" (german "hauen") the alley by night (think of
"hit the road jack")
(2) derived, music: song sang by night strollers, folksong sang in all
alleys by ordinary people
Great analogy.
we
Peter Nightingale schrieb:
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
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Of Christopher Stetson
Sent: 28 February 2010 16:42
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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.
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