Congratulations Tristan and Magnus- you have gotten me interested in
getting Reymann's "Noctes"; unfortunately my eyesight has degraded to
the point where I can no longer read facsimiles. Are there any modern
typeset editions? (Any tab system or pitch notation- just has to be
legible to ancient eyes)
Thanks for any leads-
Dan
On 4/26/2019 10:19 PM, magnus andersson wrote:
Dear Tristan,
I have played some Reymann in concert. His Noctes collection is indeed
one of the finest collections of lute music that's come down to us.
His galliardas are among the the most virtuouso pieces in the whole
repertoire.
He must have been a very accomplished musician!
I hope to record some of his music in the future. His Cythara sacra is
a great pendant to Noctes. Much more meditative and less technically
demanding.
Best,
Magnus
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Den fredag, april 26, 2019, 10:29 em, skrev Tristan von Neumann
<tristanvonneum...@gmx.de>:
Just got my hands on Noctes Musicae 1598 by Matthaeus Reymann.
Has anyone played it?
I am amazed that there is absolutely no recording of this amazing very
original music.
The collection has huge choral and other fantasies with lots of great
ideas, and especially pavans that rival the fantastic treatment of
Daniel Batchelar's - these aren't dances anymore, but fantasies ordered
by the pavan model.
The best thing: the difficulty is not that high compared to the effect:
the fingering is very logical and doesn't distract from the beauty of
the pieces.
Huge recommendation.
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