That is fascinating! I haven't had time to look at the pieces closely but
it doesn't surprise me. Most of the introduction to Granata's 1646 book has
also been copied from Foscarini. And he accused Corbetta of plagiarism!
But the pieces may not be by Foscarini either!
Monica
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart Walsh" <s.wa...@ntlworld.com>
To: "Vihuelalist" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 8:12 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Foscarini-Granata
I suppose this is well known, but it's news to me:
A French chap on the EG&V ning site put up a scan of Granata (1659) a few
days ago. It's got some re-entrant tunings at the end of the book and it
has got the re-entrant tuning that Foscarini used, 'la cordatura
diferente' (Fosco p.99). And it's got a couple of the same tunes too!
This particular tuning in Granata (B-D-G-B-D) begins on page 88. The
'corrente' on page 90 in Granata is the very similar to the Foscarini
'corrente' (admittedly with some differences) and the very sultry
sarabande in Foscarini, is here in Granata (p.92) a 'pasacgli'. Granata's
'pasacgli' is different in some ways but it's such a characterful piece
that it is unmistakably the same material (including a particularly juicy
chord) as Foscarini's 'sarabande'.
Stuart
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