The Umlauts in my message seem to have gotten garbled, so I'll write the
volume name like this: Ars Iocundissima: Festschrift fuer Kurt Dorfmueller
zum 60. Geburtstag., ed. Horst Leuchtmann and Robert Muenster.
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From: stephen arndt
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2015 11:25 PM
To: lute mailing list list
Subject: [LUTE] Intabulation
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
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