Dear, Ralf, Howard and Roman,
Thank you for your thoughts on Barbella's little cross. I think Roman is
probably right to say it means ten. It sometimes appears in places where the
treble parts are a ninth and tenth above the bass, and doubling these notes
an octave lower on a harpsichord (as a second and third) would be
inappropriate.
Best wishes,
Stewart McCoy.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ralf Mattes
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2017 8:51 AM
To: howard posner
Cc: Lute Net
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Barbella's little cross
Am Donnerstag, 28. September 2017 07:36 CEST, howard posner
<howardpos...@ca.rr.com> schrieb:
> On Sep 26, 2017, at 12:57 PM, Stewart McCoy <lu...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
> The cross cannot
> mean a sharp ( # ), because there are plenty of those elsewhere in the
> piece. Please can anyone explain what the little cross means?
It could mean the printer ran out of #’s in his font.
Serioius? The printer used moveable type in the late 18. century?
Cheers, Ralf Mattes
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