Dear Mathias, In choosing my five facsimiles I tried to look wider than just lute solos. The lute involves other things too, hence my choice of Dowland's First Booke of Songes, which I consider to be the most significant collection of lute songs of all time. I think Mace's Musick's Monument is important, not so much for his music, which is nice but not special, but for what he has to say about the lute, the theorbo and the viol.
It is a pity not to have included any foreign sources, but I thought it best to stick to French tablature. Otherwise the Capirola lute book would be high on my list, along with Spinacino's two books (1507), Casteliono's Intabolatura (1536), and Newsidler's Ein Newgeordnet Künstlich Lautenbuch (1536). To make the list ten, I would add Besard's Thesaurus Harmonicus (1603). Best wishes, Stewart. -----Original Message----- From: "Mathias Rösel" [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 10 August 2010 12:49 To: Stewart McCoy Cc: Lute Net Subject: Re: [LUTE] Facsimiles "Stewart McCoy" <[email protected]> schrieb: > An interesting question. I would suggest these five for starters: .. > 5) Thomas Mace, Musick's Monument (1676) Mace? I mean, it's a marvelous book, I love it, and stuff, but for a start? You can count on the fingers of one hand guys who play French flat tuning in Mace's pitch (g' - e - c - a - e - B - A-G-F-E-D-C), I so I sometimes guess when I feel lonely. Mathias > Dear all, > > Though this arises coincidentally from the Passereau question, it's > actually been brewing in my head for some time. For a lute student of > between 1-3 years what would you suggest are the 5 most important > facsimiles to own? I was going to say "have access to" but I feel that > any serious player should be starting their own libraries by this time. > > I'll ask this from the point of view of a renaissance lutenist as well > as the baroque players who will have their own lists. I'm not so > interested in where they come from --I realize their availability > comes and goes-- but from the student/player/historian aspect of > learning the lute, its repertory and its place in history. > > Yes, I know, 5 books is mighty limiting but feel free to add a second > 5 books if you need. As I see it every player has to start somewhere. > Eventually I plan to tally the results and put a paragraph or 3 in an > upcoming LSA Quarterly. And here. > > Thanks in advance; I look forward to your replies! > > Sean > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > -- Viele Grüße Mathias Rösel http://mathiasroesel.livejournal.com http://www.myspace.com/mathiasroesel
