That's what I'm thinking, too. The very first piece in Dalza's book is the Caldibi Castigliano and it certainly points to a refined and complex idiom unlike anything else in his Ferrerese or Venetiana dance cycles.
Sean On May 4, 2015, at 9:52 AM, Gary Boye wrote: A word of caution here: We are making judgements based primarily on the printed evidence (i.e., the 7 main vihuela tablatures); there was a great deal of music (most of it!) that took place in Spain outside of these formal, published works. Publishing was a big deal in the 16th century. Getting an imprimatur from a conservative and literally Inquisitorial government was unlikely with a large collection of dance music; much easier to play it conservative and stick to sacred intabulations. The vihuela manuscripts hint at a wider repertoire, as does the existence of guitar music from a later period. Who knows what was happening on the streets, but the Inquisition wouldn't have had much to do if everyone in Spain was a straight-laced as the vihuela tablatures make it seem . . . Gary Dr. Gary R. Boye Professor and Music Librarian Appalachian State University On 5/4/2015 12:37 PM, Dan Winheld wrote: > In other words, because the only two ethnic/cultural groups that had any > rhythm were invited to leave the premises at once. It was said that when all > the Jewish & Moorish doctors, scholars, scientists, and artists & academics > showed up on his doorstep, the Sultan of Turkey asked "Has the King of Spain > lost his mind?" > > Lacking some rhythm myself, I do enjoy the all the great vihuela music a lot- > but even I have to sometimes "move" over to Italy & Germany for a little > jumping around. > > Dan > > On 5/4/2015 3:36 AM, Ron Andrico wrote: >> Well, the first answer that springs to mind is because Spain had >> recently kicked out all the dance musicians, who had moved to Italy. >> They were left with a bunch of upwardly mobile courtiers (Milan), and >> serious-minded priests with so much time on their hands that they >> intabulated every piece of vocal polyphony they could put their hands >> on. >> Actually, there is quite a bit of dance music in Fuenllana's print, >> some but much less in the other six published books. Also, there was >> quite a bit of dance music evident in Naples, which was Spanish at the >> time. >> RA >> > Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 09:29:52 +0200 >> > To: [email protected] >> > From: [email protected] >> > Subject: [LUTE] Spain vs. Italy >> > >> > Hi all, >> > In the early 1500s, why are dances so common in Italian lute music >> and >> > so rare in the vihuela rep. ? >> > Thanks >> > -- >> > Sent from my Android phone with GMX Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >> > >> > >> > To get on or off this list see list information at >> > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> -- >> >> > >
