Yes - this is a bit of a vexed question. I suspect that in the 16th/17th
century players did create their own versions and elaborations - especially
when many of the pieces are very short and last less than a minute.
The problem today perhaps is that not all players are inspired enough to do
this well.
Monica
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eugene C. Braig IV" <brai...@osu.edu>
To: "'List LUTELIST'" <l...@cs.dartmouth.edu>; "'Vihuelalist'"
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Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 4:39 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Four c. guitar
Such improvised indulgences seem to me to find home amongst a greater
proportion of 4- and 5-course guitarists (Lonardi, Lislevand, Ferries,
etc.)
than lutenists or players of modern classical or early 6-string guitars.
I
wonder why that is. Sometimes it sounds quite nice, but is sometimes a
bit
distracting.
Eugene
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From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On
Behalf Of Stuart Walsh
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 11:20 AM
To: Eugene C. Braig IV
Cc: 'List LUTELIST'; 'Vihuelalist'
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Four c. guitar
Eugene C. Braig IV wrote:
> Craddock's recording is now super-hard to find. I would love to have a
> copy, but can't seem to track one down at a reasonable price.
>
> Also look into:
>
> Lonardi, Massimo. 2006. Comiença la Musica para Guitarra. Stradivarius.
>
Massimo plays very well indeed but for many of the little dances he adds
a sort of intro/outro (and sometimes interlude) vamp. Listeners who
didn't know the originals might have thought these (modern-sounding,
folksy) vamps were in the original tablatures . I can see that he's
trying to frame them and make them special but I've often thought of
actually taking the trouble to edit them out.
Stuart
> Marincola, Federico. 1994. Pieces pour Luth/Pieces pour Guitare.
> Disques
> Pierre Verany.
>
> Smith, Hopkinson. 1992. Alonso Mudarra: Tres Libros de Musica en Cifras
Para
> Vihuela. Auvidis/Astrée.
>
> The former is all 4-course guitar and quite nice to my ears. The
> latter
two
> features mostly lute or vihuela, but include a fair number of tasty
guitar
> solos and are also quite nice. ...Not to mention Jocelyn's fine recent
> effort: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/nelsonbartram. Even Anthony Rooley
> indulged in a little 4-course guitar on Renaissance Fantasias, but only
a
> little.
>
> Best,
> Eugene
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On
>> Behalf Of Laura Maschi
>> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:05 PM
>> To: Bruno Correia
>> Cc: List LUTELIST
>> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Four c. guitar
>>
>> Also check michael Craddock wonderful recording released around
>> 2008...
>>
>>
>> Enviado desde mi iPod
>>
>> El 29/07/2010, a las 23:40, Bruno Correia <bruno.l...@gmail.com>
>> escribió:
>>
>>
>>> I think John Williams never read anything about the history of his
>>> own
>>> instrument. Check at 1:38. Couldn't believe he said that, specially
>>> after watching those great videos by Jocelyn Nelson.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_LNU1-s4BE&feature=related
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> References
>>>
>>> 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_LNU1-s4BE&feature=related
>>>
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