Hi Arthur: Might you you be confusing the concerto in G, RV 532 with the "Noah's Ark" (for lots of pairs of instruments) concerto in C, R 558?
On Oct 13, 2013, at 10:15 AM, Arthur Ness <[email protected]> wrote: > But notice the original instrumentation includes 2 "Salmo" (=chalumeaux), > 2 theorbos and the violins are designated "violini in tromba marina." (See > the red stripe.) The comment that the Malipiero score is "urtext" is misuse > of the term! > > I have never discovered convincing explanation about what "violini in > tromba marina" are. I know what a > tromba marina is, but violini? The best explanation is that one plays the > notes in harmonics. In the solo sections??? Any other explanation? I don't > buy the explanation by <????> that they are to be played on board a ship.<g> -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
