Dear Stewart, as far as Thomas Mace didactical skills are concerned, I reckon him a paragon of a teacher. And I beg to differ as regards his music, I like it at least as much as continental lute music of the 1650ies through 1670ies, and I do think it's special from a continental point of view. Much depends on the pitch, though. Once you play it with your 1st course in g', the music gets a particular flavour. You see, I'm into the baroque lute, rather. Werl, Ballard 1631 + 1638, Mace 1676. Another bag for Gaultier 1669, Gallot 1670, Lesage de Richee 1695, Mouton 1699. I hope four books per bag is okay as well. Never travel without.
Mathias "Stewart McCoy" <lu...@tiscali.co.uk> schrieb: > 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:mathias.roe...@t-online.de] > Sent: 10 August 2010 12:49 > To: Stewart McCoy > Cc: Lute Net > Subject: Re: [LUTE] Facsimiles > > "Stewart McCoy" <lu...@tiscali.co.uk> 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
