"BTW - in Dresden they had a fasting theorbo that was played in the
Lenten period (J.A.F. Weiss was the last to play it)."
My goodness is it healthy for a theorbo to fast? Those things have the
appetite of a giraffe! If it loses too much weight and the belly
shrivels up it also becomes unbalanced, too tippy to play. And the sound
becomes thin.
No Passover music for lute instruments, thank goodness! (As far as I
know, and let's keep Salamone Rossi out of this, please.)
On 2/10/2015 2:06 PM, Markus Lutz wrote:
Am 10.02.2015 um 19:52 schrieb Ron Andrico:
Since I haven't seen any other public responses to your
questions, I'll
just add a few words.
I believe you are asking for music proper to the 40 days before
Easter,
which is not exactly a simple question in and of itself. Even though
the Lenten period lasts for 46 days between Ash Wednesday and
Easter,
it is counted as 40 days through the typically creative math we
associate with historical administrative practice. (We think, for
instance that Hildegard's 11,000 virgins may have actually been 11.)
This time, it's because of differences between the Julian and the
current calendar, as explained via [1]this link.
It's not that creative as it seems - and as it is explained in the
above mentioned link. The clue is, that Sundays are no days for
fasting and so the time has to be expanded to have the 40 days (46
days - 6 Sundays = 40 days).
BTW - in Dresden they had a fasting theorbo that was played in the
Lenten period (J.A.F. Weiss was the last to play it).
So Lenten is a time for lute instruments, as it seems.
Best regards
Markus
So, it seems you are asking for music proper to Ash Wednesday.
"Exaltabo te Domine" works, and there is a nice setting by Giovanni
Croce. "Inter vestibulum" by Estevao de Brito also works, but
the text
in the Liber Usualis begins "Juxta vestibulum" rather than Brito's
choice, for which we must assume he had his reasons. Of course, the
Marian antiphon "Ave Regina caelorum" is proper for Compline from
the
period of the Feast of the Presentation (February 2) through
Wednesday
of Holy Week.
Of course, you may be looking for Protestant music, for which you
can
track down Psalm settings proper for the Lenten period - there
are many
collections available.
As for free downloads, informed lutenists who wish to perform the
proper music for the proper occasion are still required to either do
their homework and create their own scores or buy performing
editions
of the original research from us "content creators."
Best of luck,
RA
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> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 01:49:00 +0100
> To: [email protected]
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: [LUTE] 40 days
>
> Dear friends,
>
> Does anyone know if there existA any renaissanceA music,A in
french
> tablature, around the 40-days preriod befor eastern. It could be
> songsA or pure instrumental music. I'm very interested at links
where
I
> can download that music.
>
> Thanks inAdvance,
>
> A Wim Loos
>
> ,
>
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References
1.
http://catholicism.about.com/od/holydaysandholidays/f/Counting_Lent.htm
