[LUTE] Re: another controversial question (again)

2020-01-14 Thread Tristan von Neumann
b) "Capirola's Nunquam to Spinacino's and am certain they are by different  intabulators as are the other intabulations." Sadly, one cannot really say :( It could just have been that his skillz were developed during those years. Maybe someone said: Dude, this is really not how you intabulate

[LUTE] Re: another controversial question (again)

2020-01-14 Thread Tristan von Neumann
I think the same way, Ron. I just retold what Lukas Henning presented in his video and what he said to me. Interestingly, the episode is no longer on his channel. Maybe too many Spinacino fans complained? it is still listed here: https://www.musicamemo.com/archive2.html On 14.01.20

[LUTE] Re: another controversial question (again)

2020-01-14 Thread Timothy Swain
Sean, you are absolutely right! Keep on... Tim Swain On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 2:42 PM Sean Smith <[1]lutesm...@gmail.com> wrote: For the record I still believe Francesco Spinacino's two books are indeed cans of worms overflowing with colorful content. I've

[LUTE] Re: another controversial question (again)

2020-01-14 Thread Sean Smith
For the record I still believe Francesco Spinacino's two books are indeed cans of worms overflowing with colorful content. I've compared all the non-ricercars to their originals (where possible) and am certain that a) there are multiple intabulators at work, b) many of the pieces

[LUTE] Re: another controversial question (again)

2020-01-14 Thread Ron Andrico
Tristan, I would hesitate to say that Spinacino was a bad composer for the lute. Quite the contrary, considered in context his work represented a very high standard of writing for the instrument. The value judgement of Spinacino's work must be weighed against the position it

[LUTE] another controversial question (again)

2020-01-14 Thread Tristan von Neumann
After the Milan discussion which I enjoyed a lot, I'd like to bring up again my question, which I would love to be discussed in the same manner as the Milan controversy (which really wasn't one, granted). As you all know, the first prints were of pieces by one "Francesco Spinacino", about whom