Alain and all,
Thanks for bringing up Corigniani. I have for years really liked this
concerto in Bb for baroque lute duo. I recorded it with lutenist Paul
Berget 20 years ago in an album which was never released, as it was a
home-made recording and the equipment used was basic, not of
professional standards. At any rate, I could e-mail the pieces in mp3
format to anyone interested.
Toyohiko Satoh also recorded his concerto with Miki Satoh, his
daughter. It is on a CD entitled, "Ayumi", Carpe Diem CD- 16275. I
shall write out the notes he included in the liner notes:
"The Concerto in B flat major by Corigniani consists of four movements:
Introduzzione, Adagio, Allegretto, and Allabreve. The manuscript of
this concerto is now kept in Brussels in Belgium. Concerning the
composer, no document is found. It is most likely that Corigniani was
a pen name of some German composer, as Telemann used a pen name,
Melante. The reason is that there are no solo lute pieces left with
this name and it is hard to regard this work as a composition by a
lutenist. A lutenist would have used higher positions. In the
Breitkof catalog of 1761 there are two sonatas for lute duet by
Corigniani, but it is not clear whether one of them is this concerto.
The second lute part of introduzzione and Adagio is written to
compensate the first part. Allegretto and Allabreve are contrapuntal
pieces, both lutes treated equally. Originally a bass part for cello
or violone was added to this concerto. It is omitted in this
performance, considering the fact that the bass is already doubled by
the two lutes. After a minute comparison of the lute parts with the
bass part, missing notes of the bass were added to the lute parts,
which made the performance only a trifle more difficult. Although in
a low register and therefore not so brilliant, this is still a very
graceful concerto."
If anyone has additional information, please share it!
Best,
ed
On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 11:37 AM Ralf Mattes <[1]r...@mh-freiburg.de>
wrote:
Am Freitag, 21. Juni 2019 18:02 CEST, Alain Veylit
<[2]al...@musickshandmade.com> schrieb:
> There is a very nice concerto for 2 Baroque lutes and basso at the
> Brussels Royal library by a mister (or mrs) Corigniani. Google
turns up
> very little on that composer, except that it may be a pseudonym
for a
> German composer. What is the rationale/research to doubt that
Corigniani
> was Italian? Is there a notice for Corigniani in the latest
Grove?
No, nothing except the mention of the concerto in 'Sources of Lute
Music'
([3]https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.26299) by
Ness and Kolczynski.
Cheers, RalfD
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