I agree Stuart--they're basically a mess, as is Granata 1646, some
Foscarini and several others for 5c guitar from the period.
I think that Pesori's books were basically a "vanity press"
publication where he carried around engraved plates, changed a few
things here and there (like the dedicatee!) and presto: a new
"edition" for presentation to a potential patron, probably of a very
limited press run. And we haven't even mentioned the endless pages of
classical mythology and music that appear to be of little value today.
Very interesting, Gary. Thanks.
I can see now how Pesori's work got published.
I wonder if other instruments than the guitar had such scrambled
publications in the 17th century?
Stuart
Interestingly, I will look at one of the surviving exemplars of Lo
Scrigno when I go to Berkeley, California on 16 March. Perhaps I can
post a message about what I'm finding there to the list. There are
about two dozen other sources of interest . . .
Gary
Dr. Gary R. Boye
Professor and Music Librarian
Appalachian State University
On 3/4/2015 10:29 AM, WALSH STUART wrote:
On 04/03/2015 13:31, Gary R. Boye wrote:
Yes . . . I followed right along there and I went through this book
page-by-page in Rochester. Pesori, Pesori, Pesori . . .
To me clunky = amateurish (an Americanism, I guess).
Gary
I don't want to harp on too much about it and it all depends on what
you mean by 'amateurish' but the Lo Scrigno 'mixed tab' pieces don't
seem to be derivative, or plainly or crudely done - or whatever. They
are so scrambled that I don't think they could be reconstructed
without the person doing the reconstruction actually inventing a
piece themselves.
And this is a publication with illustrations - not a personal MS.
Surely some sort of explanation could be given?
Stuart
Some funny pictures in it though ;-)
Gary
On 3/4/2015 4:04 AM, WALSH STUART wrote:
Pesori not Pesaro, indeed...
The relationship of this book to other Pesaro tablatures is
complex; I hope to publish a web page with information on them
soon. I visited Rochester in November 2013 and moved these two
tablatures and a few other things up in the queue; it took them
awhile but they came up in January.
As for quality of music, well, it's Pesaro. I keep waiting for
him to find his voice and be more than historically interesting,
but in vain . . . But I wouldn't say it is unplayable, on the
whole, just "clunky" (to use a non-musicological term).
Gary
I think that, for example, some early Granata and Coriandoli might
be described as "clunky" (= meagre, thin, lacking!?) but Pesaro's
mixed tabs don't even offer the hope of being reconstructed to
"clunky".
Here are a couple of pieces from Lo Scrigno Armonico:
http://www.pluckedturkeys.co.uk/musicp2.jpg
http://www.pluckedturkeys.co.uk/musicp3.jpg
I'm happy to be proved wrong. But it does seem very strange fare
to actually publish. I put up some pics from Lo Scrigno years ago:
http://www.pluckedturkeys.co.uk/Pesori/
Could it be that people bought the book because it looked impressive?
Stuart
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