All of Besard's ensemble music, including the few duets in 1603, is the equivalent of throwing a can of paint against the wall. One gets the idea that he started with one part and just scribbled any old thing that came to mind for the other parts without checking for voice leading and overall effect. In terms of "classic" disposition for a lute quartet, I don't think those four pitches are named. The tuning intervals among the four instruments are named. The "classic" lute quartet, like so many conventions and terms we use today, is a modern construct. RA > Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2015 11:36:19 +0200 > CC: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Subject: [LUTE] Re: What is a classic lute quartet? > > Yes, the infamous Bizarre print. > > ******************************* > David van Ooijen > [1][email protected] > [2]www.davidvanooijen.nl > ******************************* > On 7 June 2015 at 11:23, G. C. <[3][email protected]> wrote: > > A A Not strictly quartets, but potentially so: > A A The Novus partus , while not nearly so extensive a collection > as the > A A Thesaurus, is of interest on several counts. It is one of the > last > A A books to have been printed from woodblock in Germany; and its > 59 > A A compositions (also in French tablature) are divided into three > A A sections, the first having 12 pieces for three differently > tuned > A A concerting lutes and two other instruments or voices, (...) The > A A similarities and differences between the contents of the > Thesaurus and > A A those of the Novus partus reveal the differences in musical > tastes in > A A 1603 and 1617, particularly towards concerted music. (...) The > chief > A A differences between the collections lie in the absence of vocal > A A intabulations in the Novus partus, its emphasis on the expanded > lower > A A range of the "theorbed" lute, and the astounding increase in > the number > A A of concerted works. > A A Julia Sutton > A A And who said they were riddled with mistakes? > A A G. > A A -- > To get on or off this list see list information at > [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > 2. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ > 3. mailto:[email protected] > 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
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