There are Calatas in the Thibault MS (BN, Paris, Rès. Vmd. Ms. 27) and I believe they are mentioned in 15th c. writings (cannot remember where). The calata de strabotti is probably based on a popular melody (a strambotto). Strabotti are very simple and archaic... in a good way. They are full of parallel fifths and other 'archaisms', and some have great melodies. I believe the texts that survive (I think it is 8 lines per strambotto) are just a theme from which many more verses were improvised. They are very much connected to the oral tradition.
Best, Hector On 19 Jan 2013, at 22:22, Monica Hall wrote: > Yes - there is no Italian repertoire for the renaissance guitar at all > really. It would be nice to have one - so keep building. > > Another interesting thing is that as far as I have been able to discover > there are no other calatas except Dalza's in the 16th century - does anyone > know of any? - but > the calata re-surfaces in some early 17th century Italian guitar > books - notably > those of Montesardo and Costanzo. > > Monica > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean Smith" <[email protected]> > To: "lute" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 6:08 PM > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Calata de Strombotti > > >> >> Thanks, Monica. You've saved me search through HMB at any rate. >> >> I suspect it's one of the strombotti/ frottole somewhere in the >> Tromboncino intabulations as are Poi che'l ciel and Poi che volse but he >> doesn't do us the favor of naming it. It's certainly set up like a >> frottole w/ its two sections and light approach. >> >> While there are just _so_ many it is fun to search through them. Btw, >> I've been setting some for lute and/or ren. guitar and they can fit very >> nicely. It's a shame we don't have any extant guitar repertory from the >> time so I've been trying to build one. >> >> Sean >> >> >> On Jan 19, 2013, at 9:39 AM, Monica Hall wrote: >> >> Well - Brown doesn't seem to say anything about it but my Harvard >> Dictionary of Music describes the Strambotto thus- >> >> A verse form popular among Italian improvisers in the 15th century and >> taken over into the repertory of the frottola. It consists of a single >> stanza of eight hendecasyllabic lines etc.........Musical settings often >> have only two phrases each repeated four times in alternation....a >> separate phrase for the final couplet may be included... >> >> Perhaps Dalza's Calata is in the form of a strambotto...The Calata is an >> early 16th century dance form. >> >> Hope that information is of some use. >> >> Monica >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean Smith" <[email protected]> >> To: "lute" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 5:13 PM >> Subject: [LUTE] Calata de Strombotti >> >> >>> >>> Dear folks, >>> >>> In Dalza on 44v there's a Calata de strombotti. Could anyone tell me >>> which strombotti this is? I'm afraid I don't have HMBrown's Instrumental >>> Music before 1600 which would probably tell me. >>> >>> My appreciation in advance, >>> Sean >>> >>> >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> >> >> > >
