Bear in mind that at the time of Old Gautier, the dance was still very
much influenced by the original Italian ciaccona which was indeed fast
and sort of syncopated (best sources for seeing the transitional styles
are possibly Corbetta's [and others] guitar chaconnes). Only in the
later 17th C did the form become significantly slower and more uniform
until by the 18th we have the very slow form. There is still a fashion
to play these early forms as if they were like the Bach Dm violin
chaconne...
MH
ri, 4/9/09, theoj89...@aol.com <theoj89...@aol.com> wrote:
From: theoj89...@aol.com <theoj89...@aol.com>
Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Gaultier chaconne timing
To: baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Friday, 4 September, 2009, 2:50 PM
All:
I was learning a Vieux Gaultier Chaconne (CRNS ed. no. 49, p.60). It is
written in the timing of 3 beats per measure, and I was playing rather
even. I then heard the recording by Claire Antonini (Les Luthistes
Francais au XVIIeme siecle, Societe Francaise de Luth, 2007;
www.sf-luth.org) and she performs the piece with a fair bit of 'bounce'
or 'dotted eight-sixteenth' rhythm. Are Chaconnes from this time &
place best interpreted in that manner?
..a naive question from an enthusiast (but not a musicologist).
Thanks
ted jordan
USA
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