Hello Dante! Of course, the edition includes Critical Notes!! I had to compile them before my work was submitted to the Press for approval. The critical notes were to be published separately on microfilm and to be made available from the Harvard music department. See the General Editors' Note on page ix, and pages 10-11. Important alternate versions are printed complete in the Appendix, which more players should examine for repertory. <<<snip>>> Sorry I lost this message until I spotted it this evening. Arthur
On 07/26/14, Dante Rosati<[1][email protected]> wrote: 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][2][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][3]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 -- References 1. [4]mailto:[email protected] 2. [5]https://www.bems.com/ 3. [6]http://abebook.com/ 4. [7]http://alibris.com/ 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:[email protected] 2. mailto:[email protected] 3. https://www.bems.com/ 4. mailto:[email protected] 5. https://www.bems.com/ 6. http://abebook.com/ 7. http://alibris.com/ 8. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/
