Thank you kindly! What a nice treat. I will probably order the entire Dlugorai edition, it seems to contain too much exciting material to resist. From the facsimile page, I see that the following "chorea lepida" is apparently derived from the same melody as the "chorea bohemica", being its proportio. Funny, at first glance I was fooled to think that "chorea lepida" meant leaping dance, analogous to "Hupfauff" or "der Sprunck drauff" in the other Central European chorea/tantz tradition... But then I looked it up and was reminded by my Latin dictionary that, instead, "lepidus,a,um" actually means neat, dainty, graceful. And, of course, leaping dance would be chorea saltatoria or something like that. My Latin is degenerating. (Alternatively, the "chorea lepida" might be named to commemorate Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, but that is probably a little bit far fetched...) Best regards Josef
2013/7/14 Albert Reyerman <[1]albertreyer...@kabelmail.de> Please find attached the Chorea Bohemica in german tab from the so called Dlugoraj Lutebooke (on page 366) and also transcribed into the french system as available in the TREE edition. Regards Albert Reyerman TREE EDITION Albert Reyerman Finkenberg 89 23558 Luebeck Germany [2]albertreyer...@kabelmail.de [3]www.tree-edition.com [4]++49(0)451 899 78 48 Find even more music books at [5]http://tree-edition.magix.net/public/ Am 13.07.2013 23:45, schrieb Josef Berger: Hello, I wonder if somebody here on the list has stumbled over a tune titled "chorea bohemica" in Renaissance music collections. Unfortunately, there happens to exist a Czech folk music ensemble of the same name (actually it is rather an art music ensemble inspired by traditional material), and has been in existence since the 1960s, so whenever the words "chorea bohemica" appear on records, it is most likely to be the name of that ensemble and not of the Renaissance dance tune. The only "chorea bohemica" which I am aware of - according to [1][6]www.saulbgroen.nl/pdf/lute.pdf - is supposed to be included as no.337 in the lutebook of Albert Dlugoraj (D-LEm II.6.15). I haven't yet had access to that lutebook, and although I plan to visit some of the European libraries which have a facsimile, this won't be within the next four months. But perhaps some kind lutist on this list has it and knows the "chorea bohemica"? I am curious of this dance (or possibly more such dances, if they exist) and would like to compare it with other dance tunes with regional attributions to Central (or "East") Europe. I don't expect to find anything particular Bohemian (whatever that would be) inside that tune, rather I suppose that it will be indistinguishable from other tantz / chorea tunes fashionable in that period. Nevertheless, I would be glad to try it out, and possibly add it into my repertoire. Josef (born in Bohemia, but living in southernmost Sweden now) -- References 1. [7]http://www.saulbgroen.nl/pdf/lute.pdf To get on or off this list see list information at [8]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html .. -- References 1. mailto:albertreyer...@kabelmail.de 2. mailto:albertreyer...@kabelmail.de 3. http://www.tree-edition.com/ 4. tel:%2B%2B49%280%29451%20899%2078%2048 5. http://tree-edition.magix.net/public/ 6. http://www.saulbgroen.nl/pdf/lute.pdf 7. http://www.saulbgroen.nl/pdf/lute.pdf 8. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
