>From the booklet of Lislevand's CD "La belle homicide": The homicide in question is indeed a very sweet one. We recall the words from a Dowland song: to see/to touch/to kiss/to die. This Grace procures the metaphorical death of the late Renaissance: the sublime ecstasy of physical love. In Gaultier's Rhetorique des Dieux, he adds the following text under the tablature of the L'homicide:
(just english translation) This Fair Lady, by her charms, brings death to all that see or hear her. But that Death is unlike ordinary deaths in that it is the beginning of life, instead of marking its end. Edgar Am Samstag, 10. März 2012, 08:04:17 schrieb William Samson: > It's a great piece of music. Do you know the date of the > earliest version? > > Does that translate as "The Beautiful Murder"? I wonder why? > > Bill > From: Arto Wikla <wi...@cs.helsinki.fi> > To: baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Sent: Friday, 9 March 2012, 20:31 > Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] La belle homicide > Dear baroque lutenists, > "La belle homicide" is really very strange, very special and > especially very great piece! The music and also the name! And they > knew that - of course - already in the 17th century: There are at > least about 40 versions/copies of this piece in different > manuscripts! I just made my first try using the ms. Barbe version: > [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX4riaTkTP4&feature=youtu.be > Perhaps more versions to come? > And yes, I really do know that my playing is not perfect at > all... But the piece is great! I love it! :) > Best, > Arto > To get on or off this list see list information at > [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX4riaTkTP4&feature=youtu.be > 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
