Thanks. These look very interesting. Do you have any info on sources for these sources? Are they available as facsimiles, or doe one have to track them down at a library? Tom
> There are also non-English sources which this discussion brings to > mind. Here are a few: > > Delaborde's Essai sur la musique ancienne et moderne (1780) includes > melodies which are supposedly from Scandinavia, plus Air Irelandois, > Airs des Sauvages du Canada, Airs Chinois, Air de danse Russe, Danse > Grecque, among others. > > Mattheson (re)prints (in 1740) a report about "netherworldly music" in > Norway from a town musician named Heinrich Meyer. The concert was said > to have happened in 1695, and may refer to a hardanger fiddle. > Mattheson also printed the melody. > > Amadee Francois Frezier collected some melodies from his coastal > voyage of South America. He published a "Sapateo" as part of his > "Relation du voyage de la mer du sud" (1716). He reported it was as > popular as the Menuet in France. Stevenson has transcribed the piece > (1960). > > -- R > > > > > On Aug 10, 2012, at 3:09 PM, Doughtie Ed wrote: > > > Dear list: > > > > True, it's difficult to date folk music. But one would be wise to > > consult Bertrand Bronson's monumental collection in 4 vols., > > Traditional Tunes of the Child Ballads (Princeton UP, 1959-72). > > Bronson is aware of such things as ground bass patterns that > > underlie such tunes as Greensleeves, and is especially good on > > identifying tune families. > > > > Ed Doughtie > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > -- Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http://www.heartistrymusic.com/artists/tom.html 714 9th Avenue West Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362
