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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