Dear Jean Michel,
Yes; interesting! We are only talking about Corelli's Op. 1 (Opp. 2-4
all call for archlute according to surviving editions--no mention of
theorbo there). I suppose this could either reflect common practice in a
city (Rome vs. Bologna/Venice) or publisher preference. Or just
happenstance--what editions the publishers happened to copy. The raw
numbers:
There are 15 known editions of Op. 1, published between 1681-1735.
Archlute is called for in the first edition in Rome, as well as 2 other
Roman editions, 1 edition from Modena, and 3 editions from London.
Theorbo ("tiorba") is called for in 7 editions, published between
1682-1707. 5 of the editions are from Bologna (printed by G. Monti or
Silvani) and 2 are from Venice.
There is an additional Dutch edition by Roger that calls for both
instruments in a catalog published later. This seems to support Martyn's
statement about different uses for the instruments in this music
(violone vs. figured bass parts).
There are some that see a very limited role for the archlute in general,
mainly in Rome. But in addition to Corelli, the archlute was called for
in title pages of other's music outside of Rome more often than in Rome
itself:
London 21
Rome 10
Amsterdam 10
Venice 6
Bologna 5
Modena 3
Antwerp 1
Florence 1
Lucca 1
[To search on my web page, go to:
http://applications.library.appstate.edu/music/lute/continuo.html and
CRTL + F "archlute"]
This is not counting the solo music in tablature, just the continuo
sources. For a list of the solo music for archlute, see:
http://applications.library.appstate.edu/music/lute/C17/archlute.html
So I have some trouble limiting the archlute to Rome, but perhaps it
starts there . . .
Gary
On 1/24/2014 2:51 AM, jean-michel Catherinot wrote:
Dear Gary ,
Here are the links to the first editions, on IMSLP. Both are published
in Roma, and mention arcileuto. The publications you cited are all not
in Roma. This fact is indeed interessant, isn'it?
http://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ImagefromIndex/280129
http://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ImagefromIndex/280136
Le Jeudi 23 janvier 2014 17h45, Martyn Hodgson
<[email protected]> a ecrit :
Dear Gary,
Indeed, and often overlooked (tho' I suspect not by you) is that
theorbo is an alternative to the bass violin and not the principal
figured bass continuo instrument so a stratospheric higher register
is
not required.
rgds
Martyn
__________________________________________________________________
--
Dr. Gary R. Boye
Professor and Music Librarian
Appalachian State University
To get on or off this list see list information at
http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
