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> From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On
> Behalf Of howard posner
> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 2:41 PM
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> Subject: [LUTE] Re: RV93 materials?
>
>
> On Jan 3, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote:
>
> > Oddly, when Paul O'Dette recorded these years ago, he opted to play the
> > "leuto" works punteado on mandolino. Frankly, in spite of the excellent
> > performance, the solo line sounds odd in to me in that octave.
>
> Not so odd at the time, when it was the latest musicological truth that
> the solo part should sound at notated pitch, and the performances an
> octave lower were incorrect. That particular orthodoxy came and went
> quickly, leaving Paul's recording as a souvenir.
>
[Eugene C. Braig IV] ...And it is a fun an nicely executed effort, even if I
personally prefer to hear the leuto parts a bit lower in pitch.
Eugene
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