Vivaldi clearly specified "mandolino" for the small lute relative
common to his time and place when he intended it. If he'd intended
that octave in RV 540, I suspect he would have specified mandolino
there as well. He simply did not.
RV 540 is a special case. It was written specifically for a visit to
Venice by the electoral prince at Dresden, and as such, could be argued
it was likely intended for performance by S. L. Weiss who was famously
employed by that court. I think it likely Weiss would have played it
on a D-minor lute. That said, Johann Adolph Hasse also worked at the
Dresden court and wrote a decent concerto for mandolino (as discussed
here: g-b-e'-a'-d''-g'').
While I don't think it likely that RV 540 was originally intended for
the mandolino, that's no reason to not perform it on that instrument,
enjoy doing so, and name it an arrangement. If you do decide to play
it on that instrument, feel free to play it with the fingers.
Best,
Eugene
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From: Konstantin Shchenikov [[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 2:34 AM
To: Braig, Eugene
Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Vivaldi solo lute
Thank you all for your interesring comments!
Just to clarify, I played RV 93 and RV 540 several times on my archlute
and it was OK as for me as for the other musicians and listeners. But
now an ensemble engaged me for RV 540 and music director mad about
hearing the lute in the same octave with viola d'amore because in his
opinion music very close to double concertos for 2 violins and here
should be the similar - two instruments in the same octave.
That's why I start to look for some researches and papers.
Thank you, Eugene, I've found mail archives and it makes clear some
rough spots for me.
Sincerely yours,
Konstantin.
2014-06-04 20:23 GMT+04:00 Braig, Eugene <[1][email protected]>:
Indeed. He now concertizes playing Vivaldi's lute works on
archlute.
Eugene
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[mailto:[3][email protected]] On Behalf Of howard posner
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:30 AM
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Subject: [LUTE] Re: Vivaldi solo lute
On Jun 4, 2014, at 7:50 AM, Braig, Eugene <[4][email protected]> wrote:
> On O'Dette's recording of the Vivaldi works with the Parley of
Instruments (1986, Hyperion CDA66160), he speculated the works to
designate "mandolino" to be intended for the five or six course
mandolino (i.e., [g]-b-e'-a'-d''-g'') played with a plectrum and the
Bohemian "leuto" works to be for the same instrument played with the
fingers.
Within a few years after making that recording, Paul no longer thought
that the Vivaldi works were for a treble instrument.
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