On Wednesday 21 September 2005 09:37 am, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: > At 03:42 PM 9/20/2005, David Raleigh Arnold wrote: > >On Tuesday 20 September 2005 02:12 pm, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: > > > > > Does anybody know of any variations composed on La Folia for guitar > > > from ca. 1830-1900? > > > >Nap Coste, op 38, no. 23(?) D minor. It starts with La Folia but > >it's not exactly a theme with variations, it's more of a fantasy. > >daveA > > > I think you have no. 24. in mind.
I have two editions which have different numbering. I've listened to McFadden's recording of > the op. 38 and played through the opening bars of no. 24 myself a few times > last night. This is similar to la Folia, maybe even directly inspired by > it, but it doesn't quite fit the progression; it doesn't move to VII or III > where it should. It isn't a theme and variations, formally. It fits the progression well enough, especially considering that Coste could have considered the bass progression or the chord progression or both. The main thing is that there could have been no doubt whatever in the author's mind that his theme was La Folia. If you don't want to consider it because it's not strictly a theme and variations, fine, but the theme itself is plenty close enough IMO. daveA -- The only technical exercises for all guitarists worth a lifetime of practice: "Dynamic Guitar Technique". Nothing else is close. Free download: http://www.openguitar.com/instruction.html daveA David Raleigh Arnold dra..at..openguitar.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
