I posted a response before finishing it. Sorry.
In 1964 Benvenuti Disertori published a complete edition of the Bossinensis
frottola arrangements, with the ricercars which preface each item. And a
rather extensive preface with lots of additional pieces for voice and lute.
As you
remark the Bossinensis arrangements give the soprano voice part in mensural
notation (as published in mensural notation in Petrucci's frottola books)
with (usually) the
tenor and bass part intabulated for the lute.
Disertori matched the lute part to the pitch of the voice part (as indicated
in Bossinensi's instructions) creating 6 differently pitched lutes. That is,
he transposed the LUTE part. The impracticality of that should have raised
a few red flags. It is the voice
part that must be transposed to fit one appropriately pitched lute. When
this happens (and that's why Bossinensis did it that way) the voice part
will fall into the
same vocal tessitura, making it possible to sing comfortably all 126
frottole (without changing instrument).
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Speaking of frottole, Denys and Martin. The Marco ricercar published in the
current issue of Lute News is in the style (if not actuality) of a frottola.
The meter is alla-breve triple. Each measure represents a beat.
The first two notes are a Susanne upbeat:
up-up | one-& two-& ; up-up | one . . .
It's in Libro secondo, No. 22, in the Opera omnia
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzepq31c/marcodallaquila/lsecondotab.html
You'll see the comparison of its typical frottola rhythm in the example
before the piece proper. Also see the transcriptions.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Shepherd" <[email protected]>
To: "Lute List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 4:05 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Italian songs
Dear Helen,
I haven't heard the CD of which you speak, so I don't know which songs
they do. Shirley Rumsey did a nice CD on Naxos many years ago which might
also be an inspiration (and her Spanish CD is very good too).
The two books of frottole published by Bossinensis in 1509 and 1511 are
not such a bad place to start. Poems by Petrarch, music by Tromboncino
and Cara, nice stuff. The only downside is I'm not sure any modern
editions have been done, though as far as I know the facsimiles are still
available. I can send you copies of a few songs in my own handwritten
edition if you like.
Best wishes,
Martin
On 20/01/2011 06:36, [email protected] wrote:
Hi
I'm wondering if there is much Italian Renaissance song repertoire
available with written out tablature accompaniment. I'm particularly
inspired by the material on Julianne Baird and Ronn McFarlane's CD (The
Italian Lute Song).
Any advice on this would be gratefully received.
Helen
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