I wasn't able to access the facsimile of this manuscript so can't really comment in details. However I think it is a bit doubtful whether Losy actually composed any music specifically for the guitar; what survives in manuscript may be arrangements of lute pieces. It is also unlikely that he composed anything for the 6-stringed guitar. There is no way of knowing what method of stringing Losy preferred - if he had any preferences - but surviving music attributed to him works well with the so-called "French" tuning i.e. a low octave on the 4th course only. Is the facsimile available on another web site? It would be interesting to have a look at it.
MOnica ----Original Message---- From: dshos...@mac.com Date: 03/01/2018 17:07 To: "VihuelaList"<vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> Subj: [VIHUELA] Moravsky Manuscript Iâve come across the Moravsky manuscript which is an interesting mix of bandora, baroque guitar, â6 string/courseâ guitar and other works in standard notation. Much music of Losy (Logy). A link is here: http://www.classicalguitardelcamp.com/viewtopic.php?t=67271 <http://www.classicalguitardelcamp.com/viewtopic.php?t=67271> If anyone has info on the Ms, Iâd like to ask the following: 1) On page 48 there is a page of tuning for guitar and mandora. While note values aren't given for the guitar the sixth course for the mandora is a G and that seems to work for the guitar pieces. Is there evidence for a 6 course guitar that Losy composed for? I've tried them on my Romantic guitar just playing the E string stopped at the 3rd fret. 2) Any sources for the tuning that Losy used? Switching between the Romatic guitar and my baroque guitar in re-entrant tuning some pieces seem better suited to one of the other. 3) How clear are the attributions to Losy? I did find one Rondeau that says Logi but appears in the Haslemere lute MS attributed to Weiss and in another attributed to von Bohrenfels. 4) None of the guitar works have strumming indications. All plucked or would the performance practice to be strum away? Thanks Danny -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
