[VIHUELA] Re: Baxa de contrapunto

2011-12-09 Thread David van Ooijen
Thanks to all who responded. I'll have enough to chat my way through the concert coming Sunday. Espeically Juan Pablo's story is good, as the theme of my concert will be 'Spanish Music in Flemish Sources and Flemish Music in Spanish Sources - Music from Phalése and Narváez' on lute and vihuela.

[VIHUELA] Re: Baxa de contrapunto

2011-12-09 Thread R. Mattes
On Fri, 9 Dec 2011 15:39:08 +0100, David van Ooijen wrote Thanks to all who responded. I'll have enough to chat my way through the concert coming Sunday. Espeically Juan Pablo's story is good, Yes, in the category of: Se non è vero, è ben trovato. ... But, since that saying is supposed to come

[VIHUELA] Re: Baxa de contrapunto

2011-12-09 Thread Monica Hall
.Baxa/Baja in Spanish can refer to the bass part. Monica - Original Message - From: R. Mattes r...@mh-freiburg.de To: David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com; Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 3:11 PM Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Baxa de contrapunto

[VIHUELA] Re: Baxa de contrapunto

2011-12-09 Thread Ariel Abramovich
Baxa/Baja in Spanish can refer to the bass part. Are you sure of this, Monica? I'd rather think of a baxa danza, rather to the part. In Spanish you'd say commonly contrabaxo for the bass part... To get on or off this list see list information at

[VIHUELA] Re: Baxa de contrapunto

2011-12-09 Thread Monica Hall
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Baxa de contrapunto Baxa/Baja in Spanish can refer to the bass part. Are you sure of this, Monica? I'd rather think of a baxa danza, rather to the part. In Spanish you'd say commonly contrabaxo for the bass part... It's actually baxo - Sanz refers to the bass

[VIHUELA] Re: Baxa de contrapunto

2011-12-09 Thread Juan Pablo Pira
I don't think it has anything to do with the Netherlands in spite of the good story. Saddly, you are probably right. The whole phrase is Baxa de contra punto el canto llano lleva el tiple, es de octavo tono. which I think translates Bass of the counterpoint. The treble part carries the

[VIHUELA] Re: Baxa de contrapunto

2011-12-08 Thread Ariel Abramovich
Baxa= baja= low. Low dance In this title of Narvaez' piece, what does 'baxa' mean? David David van Ooijen [1]www.davidvanooijen.nl -- References 1. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ To get on or off this list see list information at

[VIHUELA] Re: Baxa de contrapunto

2011-12-08 Thread R. Mattes
On Thu, 8 Dec 2011 11:26:22 +0100, David van Ooijen wrote In this title of Narvaez' piece, what does 'baxa' mean? Low as in 'Basse danse'. HTH Ralf Mattes David David van Ooijen [1]www.davidvanooijen.nl -- References 1. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ To get on or

[VIHUELA] Re: Baxa de contrapunto

2011-12-08 Thread Monica Hall
In his dissertation John Ward says - The last piece...is una baxa de contrapunto. No identification of the baxa=basse dance is offered by the composer, nor is it immediately clear whether the bass, discant or musically ill defined alto-tenor carries the borrowed material. There is a lot