Your points make a lot of sense, Ron. I have read that intabulations of vocal music were quite common and there must have been reasons for that. The ones you put forth are convincing. I would love to hear your duo in a live performance. Best, Ned On Jul 6, 2010, at 10:22 AM, Ron Andrico wrote:
> Thanks for your comments, David and Ned. > > We have to agree that the motet when sung in four parts is a wonderful thing. > Singing polyphony is the way we met and we still love to do so when we can. > > Intabulations of vocal polyphony for solo voice and lute are something > completely different from vocal polyphony. Since there are so many surviving > historical examples of intabulations, we have been delving into what makes > the format unique and convincing as an alternative to all-vocal performance. > Three things have emerged: The text is much clearer when sung with one > voice, rhythmic gesture and articulation is uniformly sharper and more easily > managed, and the quietness and subtlety of one voice and lute draws the > listener into the performance more deeply. A fourth thing is that rehearsal > is more easily scheduled. > > Thanks again for your kind comments and we look forward to sharing more of > this music very soon. > > > Best wishes, > > Ron & Donna > > www.mignarda.com > > > > Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Palestrina and upcoming CD > > From: [email protected] > > Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 09:48:28 -0400 > > CC: [email protected]; [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > > Certainly exquisite music beautifully performed. I do, though, miss hearing > > the sounds of all four voices sustained as they would be with four singers. > > The lute suggests the counterpoint while voices bring it gloriously to > > life. At least to my ears. (Though not a singer, I admit that I'd love to > > be one!). But, again, I think your realization of the music is sensitively > > and beautifully done. Thank you for posting it. > > Ned > > On Jul 6, 2010, at 7:33 AM, David R wrote: > > > > > Both selections: very nice! I like the way the Palestrina works as a lute > > > song. > > > > > > DavidR > > > > > > > > > On Jul 5, 2010, at 7:42 PM, Ron Andrico wrote: > > > > > >> To all: > > >> We would like to share this performance of Palestrina's motet, Sicut > > >> cervus for solo voice and lute, recorded in our favorite venue, St. > > >> Stanislaus in Cleveland, Ohio. > > >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUDplApE45U > > >> And from a related project, we have an audio clip from our new CD of > > >> motets by Spanish composers, due to be released next month. > > >> http://www.mignarda.com/HarmoniaCaelestis/ > > >> Best wishes, > > >> Ron & Donna > > >> www.mignarda.com > > >> __________________________________________________________________ > > >> > > >> Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from > > >> your inbox. [1]See how. -- > > >> > > >> References > > >> > > >> 1. > > >> http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_2 > > >> > > >> > > >> To get on or off this list see list information at > > >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > > > > The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with > Hotmail. Get busy. = --
