I play it in concerts. I play from a continuo bass. Btw. Valerius was not in the position to pay a proofreader because Valerius was dead by the time his book was published.
David On 20 May 2013 09:55, Stathis Skandalidis <stathisskandali...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Dear lute wisdom, > has anybody tried so far to > reconstruct/perform Verstandige, handige (pp.212-213) from Adriaen > Valerius's Nederlandtsche gedenck-clanck as a lute song? Valerius gives > as a source the 'Engels Prins Daphne', which is no other than Robert > Johnson's famous Almain and provides lute and cittern tablature > accompaniment which simply doesn't fit with the given melody part in > notation. There are many obvious mistakes and points where melody, > bars, harmony (you make your pick!) simply clash and serious editing > decisions have to be made. So, the question that arrises is if in such > cases we should try to make an acceptable version of Valerius > Verstandige with a lot of editing or is it better to play Johnson's > Almain and try to fit the Dutch text over it? In any case authenticity > is gone, but since Valerius didn't want to pay a proofreader as the > plethora of mistakes in Nederlandtsche gedenck-clanck reveal, I have to > make a choise and your valuable opinions are mostly welcome. > Thank you all in advance > Stathis > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- ******************************* David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com www.davidvanooijen.nl *******************************
