Hello Nancy:
I'm glad you like the courante, which is a favorite. Besard did not
seem to be interested in notating ornaments - one imagines he was too
busy being a physician, lawyer and collector/publisher of too much
music. English ms. sources from this period (circa 1615-20) seem to
have more in the way of written-out ornaments but the manuscripts were
mostly teaching tools, weren't they? I suppose ornaments from the M.L.
book apply, since they reflect what was au courante. The sparsely
notated ornaments found in Vallet's books would certainly apply.
Best wishes,
Ron Andrico
www.mignarda.com
> Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 16:05:50 -0800
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> Subject: [LUTE] Re: A courante
>
> What a nice piece! What's the consensus on ornaments for this type of
> piece? WOuld it have been decorated like the ML Lutebook?
> Nancy
>
> Things being a little slow on the lute list, I thought I would
> offer an
> interesting courante from Besard, 1617. This source, originally
> engraved in copper and rather messy in appearance, has a rich
> combination of very interesting music. The ensemble pieces are
> rife
> with errors and reconstruction is a thankless task, since it's
> difficult to sort out the spicy dissonances from what is just
> plain
> poor composing. The third section of the book has some fine
> music
> scattered throughout, and the fine courante by Sieur de la Barre
> is a
> favorite. Written for 8-course lute, the high positions are not
> impossible to manage and the piece is a pleasure to play.
> You will find the courante at the top of the list on our page of
> downloads [1][1] http://editions.mignarda.com/downloads.html
> Enjoy.
> Ron & Donna
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