Dear David and all,
there is a little piece ("basa e alta") on the last pages that I included in
my edition of the manuscript sources for vihuela. Here's what I wrote in the
comment:
Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, R 14630
Manuscript addendum to: Alonso Mudarra, TRES LIBROS DE MVSICA EN CIFRAS PARA
VIHVELA (Sevilla 1546), later pencil foliation 113r122r.
This manuscript in Italian tablature consists of 6 complete pieces and one
fragmentary piece copied from Miguel de Fuenllanas 1554 print, followed by
an incomplete anonymous dance in a different hand which is edited here for
the first time. It has been argued that at least the first copyist, possibly
one Dominguos Romano who left his name on a blanc page of the book, is of
portugese origin and that thus the manuscript is the only surviving
portugese vihuela tablature. However, and quite surprisingly, the title
page bears a simple drawing of a lute player, added most probably by one of
the copyists.
basa e alta, f. 120v122r
The piece has only rudimentary rhythm symbols and just one barline after the
first measure. The second part, marked alta, was never finished by the
scribe and has been reconstructed according to the romanesca scheme that
probably was intended here. There is another "Bassa,& Alta" printed in
Fabritio Carosos dancing manual "Il ballarino," which is not only
considerably longer but has also a different rhythmic structure.
Ref. Rosa Picado/Joseph Palhão, Rojão - Um Prelúdio Português no Séc. XVIII
(Coimbra, 2004), p. 24.
For my edition see www.lute-and-guitar.com
If anyone wants a copy of the edited piece, please drop me a line. I put it
together later.
Best regards
Stephan
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Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag
von David Van Edwards
Gesendet: Dienstag, 10. Mai 2016 11:31
An: Jean-Marie Poirier
Cc: Dmitry Medvedev; 'Lute List'
Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Not really a lute question but...
Indeed what a resource, thank you!
I originally bought the CD from the Lute Society but had to send it back
because it didn't work on a Mac, so it had more problems than were quite
justifiable right from the start.
BTW have you noticed the heretical drawing of a *lute* player on the
titlepage of the Mudarra book?! Could it be by Dominguos Romano? He was one
of the previous owners and signed a later page in ink.
Best wishes,
David
At 10:49 +0200 10/5/16, Jean-Marie Poirier wrote:
>Wonderful job Dimitry ! Thank you for sharing this link !
>
>All the best,
>
>Jean-Marie
>
>
>--------------
>
>>OK, I know this is not strictly in accordance with copyright and all
>>that, but I did try to contact the original publishers about it with
>>no result...
>>I have recently created a web-based "remake" of the old vihuela books
>>CD, which has all the original catalog information plus the updated
>>images. I would be happy to make it "official" somehow, and I even
>>offered the publisher my help with updating their software, completely
>>free of charge, but like I said, they were not interested...
>>Here is the website itself, feel free to test, and let me know if you
>>want any extra features etc.
>>http://www.musicaparavihuela.com/
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Dmitry
>>
>>On 5/9/2016 5:34 PM, Sean Smith wrote:
>>> Hi Monica,
>>>
>>> I have this CD of vihuela books and also found the interface less
>>>than ideal. I opened it as its own folder (Finder in my case although
>>>I imagine Explore would do it, too) and found the group of images for
>>>each book. I named a new folder on my desktop for each book/composer
>>>and dragged the images en masse to the respective folder. At the end
>>>of the day (ok, it didn't take that
>>>long) I had a folder for each book. To further help keep it straight,
>>>I duplicated the images of the tables of content and labeled them
>>>"TOC, chapter 'X"' as needed so I could find the pieces as I need
>>>them. Then I never used the CD again.
>>>
>>> I took the liberty of responding to the group as well because I've
>>>seen this come up before concerning this CD. I hope this helps.
>>>
>>> Sean
>>>
>>>
>>> On May 9, 2016, at 11:48 AM, [email protected] wrote:
>>>
>>>> Many thanks for this. It will take some time to digest and check
>>>> everything you suggest.
>>>> it was upgraded from Windows 7.
>>>> Inadvertently - it just happened. The CDROM is of the vihuela books
>>>> and the music CD was newish.
>>>> I don't want to take up too much of anyone's time so I'll try
>>>> what you suggest and see what happens.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks to others who also replied.
>>>> Best
>>>> Monica
>>>> ----Original Message----
>>>>
>>>> From: [email protected]
>>>> Date: 09/05/2016 18:45
>>>> To: "mjlhall@tiscali.
>>>> co.uk"<[email protected]>
>>>> Subj: Re: [LUTE] Not really a lute question but...
>>>>
>>>> Hi Monica,
>>>>
>>>> First thing: is this a problem with one CD or all of them? (Had
>>>> to ask.) If it is just one, inspect the surface (not the label
>>>> side) with reflected light and look for oil, finger- grease,
>>>> scratches, etc. Inspect the label side for damage to the inner
>>>> circumference of the metal layer: that's where the 'table of
>>>> contents'
>>>> resides, and if it is damaged, the CD might not be recognized.
>>>>
>>>> A
>>>> couple of needed questions:
>>>> Did you buy this computer with windows 10 on it, or is this an
>>>> upgrade?
>>>> Did the computer come with a CD drive?
>>>>
>>>> (Hey, at least I'm not asking if you turned it off and back on
>>>> again!)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If it's not a problem with 'legacy hardware' and drivers that
>>>> aren't
>>>>
>>>> available for Windows 10', you should be able to play CDs using (I
>>>> kid you
>>>> not) "Groove Music and Movies and TV". This is Microsoft's new
>>>> jukebox. It should be in the "All Programs" list accessible from
>>>> the start button.
>>>>
>>>> If you prefer something familiar, you can find the
> >>> Windows Media Player
>>>> (which is included in Win10) by using the WindowsKey +R
>>>> combination, then typing wmplayer.exe <return> When it appears
>>>> in the search list, right click it and select "Pin to taskbar",
>>>> then it's easier to find when you need it.
>>>>
>>>> That's what you have to do
>>>> to play a CD if the computer recognizes the CD player.
>>>>
>>>> If it doesn't,
>>>> it gets harder. The default CD/DVD reader/writer drivers in
>>>> Windows10
>>>> _should_ work with anything that isn't physically defective. You
>>>> should be able to buy a USB DVD/CD player (writer, etc) and plug
>>>> it in and use it without problems.
>>>>
>>>> If your problem is that the CD player is not recognized by the
>>>> computer, it may be that it isn't getting a good connection. On a
>>>> notebook computer, some CD/DVD drivers can be removed, and if
>>>> they are not put all the way back in properly, they might not.
>>>> In that case, taking them out and putting them back in works.
>>>>
>>>> If you
>>>> have a desktop, and it was worked on recently or went to a shop to
>>>> have the Win10 update, it is possible that the CD was
>>>> disconnected, and not
>>>>
>>>> hooked back up. Fixing that requires getting into the box and
>>>> hooking it back up, and usually, if it was because someone
>>>> serviced it and forgot to hook it back up, they should be happy
>>>> to correct it. (And test it!)
>>>>
>>>> Beyond that, you really shouldn't have to go searching for CD/DVD
>>>> drivers, unless the drive is very weird and came with its own
>>>> driver disk. If it did, the likelihood of finding drivers for
>>>> win10 that support it is very small. If it was very expensive,
>>>> the manufacturer's web site might have updated drivers. It'd make
>>>> more sense just to replace it (especially because the drives have
>>>> been improved a lot since the days of specialized
>>>> drivers.)
>>>>
>>>> If you get
>>>> through all this without success, or have questions, feel free to
>>>> write back, I'll do what I can.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Ray
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at
>>>> 12:00 PM, [email protected] <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Does
>>>> anyone know how to play CDs or CDROMS on Windows 10. Does seem to
>>>> have any drives for this...
>>>>> Best wishes to all.
>>>>> Monica
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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