> So, now that we seem to have traced down what manuscripts you are refering > to, would you mind to elaborate a bit about > > > Paris BN 1575 and BN 25391 are two theorbo mss. that abound with music > > by de Visee. Some concordances with Saizenay, but both mss. > > seem to be much earlier than 1699 and earlier than 1680, I'd say.
Nothing to add or to elaborate. Pls feel free to differ. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > the reference at http://www.library.appstate.edu/music/lute/C18/1700.html > gives the following: > > F:Pn Ms. Rés. Vm7 6265 [c1700] > [RISM B/VII p. 265; SMT I p. 152] > * 11-course in French tablature > * 14-course theorbo in French tablature > > F:Pn Ms. Rés. 1106 [1725-1730] > [RISM B/VII p. 271; SMT I p. 82] > * 14-course theorbo in French tablature > > now, that's 20-50 years of your dating (and that of the earliest De Visee guitar > publication). Yes. So what? Pls ask Gary R. Boye, the author of that page, for his reasons. Mathias To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
