I recently ordered the reprint from Boulder Early Music Shop and it is
excellent. I just wish it were a true critical edition in the sense
that it provided information on the variants. As it is, variants are
shown in the transcription without any indication of which sources they
come from or how many sources share them. A supplementary volume with
this kind of apparatus would make the edition truly complete &
definitive! Even so, it is a magnificent edition and absolutely
indispensable for FdM!
On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 6:46 PM, AJN <[1][email protected]>
wrote:
A A Dear Sylvie and Harald,
A A (My critical edition was continuously available from
UMI/ProQuest in
A A their "Books on Demand" division after the HUP edition sold
out.
A A (It was the "best seller" in the HUP music series.) A Many
publishers
A A back then used the now defunct UMI/ProQuest "on Demand" service
to make
A A their
A A out-of-print books available to libraries and others needing
A A replacement copies. A Their catalog held an amazing 140,000
titles!
A A The original Harvard University Press edition of The Lute Works
of
A A Francesco Canova da Milano
A A has been available for several years now in an AUTHORIZED
REPRINT
A A EDITION from Boulder Early Music Shop (now in
A A Oregon) [1][2]https://www.bems.com/ A Price $80 (eighty
dollars)--complete
A A in two volumes. A The edition uses the
A A 8 1/2 x 11 plates made by UMI for their "Books on Demand,"
A and
A A includes a half page of updates (on p. xii).
A A The tablature-only edition you cite by Seicento Editions costs
192
A A Euros (=$258). Nor do I know how accurate it is.
A A As a quick look reveals, for each piece I examined, Rainer
<sic> cites
A A the same sources I used,
A A and has many of the same emendations as I. A Of course, I
gathered
A A together perhaps a hundred microfilms,
A A and examined and collated ALL of the existing original sources
for
A A Francesco's
A A music. A It is standard procedure in preparing a critical
edition of
A A music to search out, find, and publish the most accurate
readings.
A A I compared over a two million ciphers and rhythm
signs.<shudder>
A A Copies of the original HUP edition appear on the used book
market about
A A 2 or 3 times per year. A Use the "Book Fetch" / "Wish List"
A A services of international antiquarian book dealers such as
[3]abebook.com
A A or [4]alibris.com A (their coverage is worldwide).
A A Most are in very good condition and are reasonably priced
A (usually
A A well below $150; I bought for $35***; but one recently
A A sold for $300).
A A You must be quick, because most copies are sold within a few
hours of
A A being announced on the online antiquarian market.
A A ***Mint condition. A A single pencil remark on No. 87a,
"Magnificent!"
A A Arthur
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References
1. mailto:[email protected]
2. https://www.bems.com/
3. http://abebook.com/
4. http://alibris.com/
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