Dear everybody, is someone familiar with the Tombeau de Mazarin? Pls find sources and concordances at http://mss.slweiss.de/index.php?id=2&type=ms&lang=deu&ms=PL-Wn396&page=44v
In PL-Wn396, fol 44v, there are three different ornaments, viz. comma, cross and half-moon below. The cross once appears with an unstopped course. So, if the comma means an appogiatura from above, the comma necessarily means a trill starting from the upper note. Then the half-moon probably means an appogiatura from below. If that is so, my impression is that the melody is intentionally disfigured not only in Wn 396 but also in A-Krems79 (#164 on fol. 89v), A-Wn17706 (fol. 17v) and even in Saizenay (#167). Also in this piece, there are tediously repeated phrases which belong to the Italian style of baroque composing, but would be carefully avoided in French baroque lute music. Is it supposable that this tombeau is not a tombstone of beloved memory, but a mockery, rather, aimed at the pet-hated Italian cardinal who overcame the uprising of the Fronde? Any ideas? Mathias To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
