Dear Lute Friends, I recently had occasion to compare several lute intabulations with the vocal original and became very interested in the process of intabulating. While doing a bit of Google searching, I came across this article: Marie Louise GAP:llner, "On the Process of Lute Intabulation in the Sixteenth Century," in Ars Iocundissima: Festschrift fA 1/4r Kurt DorfmA 1/4ller zum 60. Geburtstag, ed. Horst Leuchtmann and Robert MA 1/4nster (Tutzing, 1984), 83 a 96.
I have actually found the volume for sale at a not too expensive price but, since I am interested in just the one article, I was wondering whether anyone on the list has read it and, if so, could tell me what it is about. In particular, does it contain any "rules" or guidelines to help someone learn the art of intabulation? If so, I may well purchase the volume. (On the other hand, if anyone owns the volume, I would be happy to compensate him or her for the trouble of scanning and sending me the relevant pages.) More generally, can anyone recommend an article or a book that would give helpful suggestions for adapting Renaissance vocal works for the lute. If someone somewhere has summarized whatever is to be found in historical sources, that would be wonderful. Just out of curiosity, I tried intabulating a little two-voiced duet by Orlando di Lasso, first transcribing it note-for-note and then adding some runs to lengthen the longer notes that cannot be sustained for their full value on the lute, and I wasn't too displeased with the results. I would like to try my hand at some further intabulations, but, rather than learning through trial and error, it would be nice to profit from whatever instruction already exists. Thank you. Best regards, Stephen Arndt -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
