It may be that the Scotch is too good.
Hey, I didn't invent the Liuto Forte, but there is one for sale on 
Wayne's list.
dt




>The what? the who?
>
>Somebody needs to find you some better scotch.
>
>
>On Nov 30, 2010, at 6:32 PM, David Tayler wrote:
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>And don't play you Ogni Sorte on you Liuto Forte!
>dt
>
>At 06:25 PM 11/30/2010, you wrote:
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>>If the van Ghizeghem's rockin' don't come Tandernaken!
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>>
>>On Nov 30, 2010, at 5:56 PM, David Tayler wrote:
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>>>
>>>Snip
>>>I am minded of the editions of Ogni Sorte, not only are they
>>>presented in
>>>original notation and parts as well as score, but also the editions
>>>focus
>>>on specific themes, eg, De tous biens plains, all 28 known versions
>>>by all
>>>composers. (See _De tous Biens Plaine_, Cynthia J Cyrus, A-R
>>>Editions).
>>Snip
>>
>>Ogni Sorte are great editions, but they aren't facsimiles.
>>Tandernacken is my fave. Venus Bant, Fortuna also great.
>>
>>>Snip
>>>>So here is the question, should we "correct" the works of Josquin?
>>>>Because some of those notes are longer in one part.  Maybe add a
>>>>rest
>>>>at the beginning?
>>>
>>>I would first look to printed editions such as Odhecaton and see how
>>>it
>>>was handled there; but recall that often an incipit maxima rest
>>>shows the
>>>mood and may be better considered part of the time signature.
>>>Further,
>>>never forget that printed editions relied heavily on the musical
>>>skills of
>>>the compositor(s); persons whose skill was challenged with every
>>>piece of
>>>backwards-facing type they placed in the rack.
>>Snip
>>
>>I picked a piece, Mille Regretz, that doesn't start on a rest, but is
>>emblematic of the thousands of imitative pieces that start on a long
>>note and are imitated  further on in the piece by a short note.
>>Looking at Odhecaton won't help here, at least in any way that I can
>>see, but maybe I'm missing your idea here.
>>No editor would shorten that first note (Mille Regretz). The point
>>is, there is no rule, stylistically, contrapuntally, or otherwise to
>>"regularize" imitation on the first note, unless Josquin, Isaac and
>>everyone else is writing bad counterpoint.
>>Reconciling the different sources is a separate matter.
>>Even the lute and vihuela versions of Mille Regretz start on a long
>>note; it is a standard way of starting a piece.
>>
>>I'm basically saying, Francesco is like Josquin. And, like most
>>things, the sources differ.
>>dt
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