Chris: Let's not be too hard on poor Striggio's and his choices for writing in 40-60 parts. Try it yourself observing 16th century norms of counterpoint and the handling of dissonance. Ron Andrico (Who has enough on his plate writing in 4 - 8 parts)
> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 06:01:42 -0700 > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Striggio 40 part mass from 1599 > > This is an interesting piece. I seem to remember that it actually expands to 60 parts in the Agnus dei. Lots of static harmony and chordal arpeggiation. > > Chris > > > > Christopher Wilke > Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer > www.christopherwilke.com > > > --- On Sat, 3/26/11, Edward Mast <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Edward Mast <[email protected]> > > Subject: [LUTE] Striggio 40 part mass from 1599 > > To: "Lute List" <[email protected]> > > Date: Saturday, March 26, 2011, 5:16 PM > > Perhaps it's been discussed here - > > the Striggio 40 part mass - though I haven't seen > > it. For a look at how it was recently uncovered and > > recorded, see: http://tinyurl.com/4d9rthp > > > > There are also some youTube videos of it being > > performed/recorded showing many lutenists among the band. > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > --
