Hello Alan:
Astute observation, as usual, about the flaws that may define the
character of an historical object. I agree that we probably don't want
to correct and make perfect the placement of a lute's rose, nor
necessarily even make plumb the Leaning Tower of Pisa despite the risks
involved. But something like music, that has less to do with what was
written down and more to do with sounds that are produced and recreated
time and time again, may need a different frame of reference. I
approach music with a practical musician's skills, as I'm certain
functional musicians did 400 years ago. When there is a mistake or gap
in the rhythmic plan inherent in the music, especially if it was even
remotely related to dance forms, it needs correcting. Otherwise, you
have dancers missing a step, falling down in a pile, and hurling abuse
at the musicians. I enjoyed seeing photos of your beautiful Warwick
Frei, by the way.
Best,
RA
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Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 11:06:56 +0100
Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: [LUTE] Philip or Arthur's Dump
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]; [email protected]
Fair point about the folly of copying obvious errors, Ron - but I have
to admit that my beautiful 6-course version of the Warwick Frei (in E,
like yours) copied the misalignment of the rose. Maker, Tony Johnson,
consulted me on that issue - I felt that somehow, it would be less of a
Warwick Frei with the 'error' 'corrected', and Tony whole-heartedly
agreed. Some 'errors' become part of the character of a object
perhaps...
Best
Alan
On 9 June 2012 10:33, Ron Andrico <[1][email protected]> wrote:
Hello Ed:
I'm not sure about the 'someone famous' bit but I reconstructed
the
missing two measures and published a neat two-page version in an
LSA
Quarterly circa 2000. Maybe someone famous and organized can give
you
a better citation. I'm amused when people play corrupt pieces
without
fixing the obvious mistakes, it's like my friends who copy fiddle
tunes
from old 78 rpm recordings and play them exactly as recorded, even
adding scratches, pops and surface noise.
RA
> Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 17:04:21 +0900
> To: [2][email protected]
> From: [3][email protected]
> Subject: [LUTE] Philip or Arthur's Dump
>
> I got a modern printout recently of Philip or Arthur's Dump - from
Marsh, I believe. About 16 m. before the end there appears to be a
missing measure or three. That is, the alternating C-G pattern breaks
and there are two measures based on G.
> I also saw mention on the lute society site catalog of a duet
version. Is this the same version as Marsh? I thought I had Marsh,
but
I don't, I think I mixed it up with Mynshall.
> I wonder if the 'missing' measure was a mistake and is in Marsh or
a
concordance, or perhaps someone famous has reconstructed it.
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