Well, in his book on Milan, Luis Gasser suggests that Milan may have been a Jewish converso.Apparently Jewish converts often chose names of towns as their surnames. The duchy of Milan in Italy was a Spanish Hapsburg possession. Also Milah apparently is the Hebrew word for circumcision!
Cheers Monica ----- Original Message ----- From: G.R. Crona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 10:54 AM Subject: Re: Names of composers (Was: Vihuela) Dear Arthur, when reading the postings of this thread, it suddenly struck me: Luís de Milán... Luigi da Milano. Was he actually an Italian? Or did he get his epithet from having spent part of his life in Milano? In those days, surnames often indicated provenance. His music was quite italianate and his book "El cortesano", (1561) was apparently based on Castiglione so he probably spoke Italian. I gather, that not much of his earlier life is known, so hypothetically he could have been an expatriate Italian, seeking his fortune in Spain. Also his unique (and in my view superior) use of Neapolitan TAB. Funny how threads on this list suddenly trigger a new question! Best Regards Göran ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Ness (boston)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LUTE NET" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 13. desember 2003 19:20 Subject: Re: Names of composers (Was: Vihuela) | Editors, library cataloguers and others who have to deal with older | writings, recognize two kinds of titles or spellings of name. | | A "diplomatic" title or name would be the spelling given in the old | original. (pauan, luys, Kapsperger) | | The "standard" spelling would be an attempt to use a uniform modern | spelling. (pavan, Luis, Kapsberger) | | This is important when one deals with dictionaries, and library catalogues. | Unless there is uniformity, the would be a great deal of confusion. In | the U.S. the Library of Congress maintains a "Name Authority" file which | gives one standard spelling of a name or term, and all others would just | have a "see" reference: Most U.S. libraries use the Name Aithority file | for their own catalogues. | | Mylan, Luis. see Milán, Luís. | | Fantazia. see Fantasia. | | Usually to find the standard spelling, use the spelling given in a recent | dictionary. Or the spelling given in a library catalogue. In a program, I | see no reason not to use the diplomatic spellings for pieces (as Kenneth | does), but I would think that all titles should be diplomatic, not just a | few. I have Kenneth's program ere, and guess what? He did it properly. All | of the pieces are cited with their diplomatic titles. His program ended | (except for the encores) with "Tarletones riserrectione." | | By the way, sometimes it is Luís de Milán. I do not know where the "de" | came from. Is "don" in Spain an aristocrat? I rather suspect the "de" | came from Andres Segovia. He was always hyping his music. Segovia also | added a "de" to Mudarra, Alonso de Mudarra.<g> | | Arthur de Ness. | Kenneth Béwrote==================== | In a message dated 12/13/03 7:39:09 AM Eastern Standard Time, | wiklas.Helsinki.FI writes: | | > Yes, these versions of names are interesting. > For ex. > Monteverdi's | name was written Monteverde, > Kapsbergers name Kapsperger. > > I have | sometimes written "Kapsperger" as he himself saw his name > written on his | books. Normally someone complaints of my error... > | | In my recent concert at Yale from the Osborn Bray lutebook in that library | collection I peformed the two fantasias in it by Francesco di Milano and | reproduced the original spelling from the manuscript in the printed | program, spelled differently each time: | | A fancye of ffrancys myllayne | | A fantazia frauncis de myllayne | | | - Kenneth | | -- | | |
