On Friday, 16 September 2016, Ron Andrico <[1]praelu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>, mainly via signature riffs (such as the Lachrimae motif) and cadential events<< Although I certainly 'feel' Dowland's signature in many of the solos ascribed to him, I think the falling tears motif is not a good example as it was a stock phrase in the word painting language of the Italian madrigal (and much older, I believe, but no quotes or sources, sorry), whose most direct influence on Dowland can be found in the madrigals by Marenzio, much admired by Dowland. And the cadential doodles are typical of all English Renaissance music for lute. Quite another approach to identify Dowland as the composer of the solos ascribed to him would be to look at fingerings. As a player myself, I find some lute composers return to favored chords, fitting their hands comfortably, one presumes. As extension to that I find lute music by some composer-players easy to play, my hands are similar to their, I guess, and music by other composer-players quite difficult, sprinkled with chords or stretches that are uncomfortable for my hands. David -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [2]davidvanooi...@gmail.com [3]www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* -- References 1. mailto:praelu...@hotmail.com 2. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com 3. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html