Are you referring to the little strokes after the tablature letter 'a'
as found, say, on page 115 in the ms? - I take them to be rests.
Incidentally, in an earlier private correspondence about this
particular ms I pointed out that the source contains some works very
similar in texture to those by Nathanael Diesel in the very large ms
compilation held in the Royal Library Copenhagen (Diesel was employed
at the Danish royal court around 1740) thus confirming Nordic
acquaintance with this sort of repertoire. I'd also suggest a date of
around 1740 for the compilation of the Hertzberg MS.
The works are treble and bass orientated and thus probably the
instrument had bass bourdons on the fourth and fifth courses - perhaps
even on the thumb side (like a lute).
Whilst I'd agree that the likely instrument for the Hertzberg book
pieces is the five course guitar (probably with bourdons), the music is
also eminently playable on the five course mandora (an instrument
rapidly gaining in popularity across Europe around this time) so this
other possibility should not be ruled out. Indeed, a very interesting
ms source (CZ-Brn Ms D189) equates intabulated pieces for the guitar
and also for the mandora/gallichon(here called Callezono). For
example, f. 48 has a 'Fundamenta Chytarra' and 48v has 'Accordo
Chytarra et Mandora' with many pieces following (f.48v - f. 96v) for a
five course guitar or mandora.
Finally, regarding the old-fashioned nature of some of the contents of
the Hertzberg book, it's not unusual for a young pupil to copy out
works given them by their teacher. It's therefore not surprising that a
teacher from an earlier generation would have passed on works from
their own youth.
MH
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Subject: Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Ms 5038 in Norway, ca 1830?
I haven't seen those accentuated "a"s before in a BG ms.
G.
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