Dear Rainer, I've had a quick look through your Holborne edition, and can't immediately find a reference to mad dogs. Please could you give me the folio reference in Dd.2.11. It's impossible to say without seeing the music, of course, but is there any chance that the piece could be a courante/ coranto of some kind rather than a galliard? "Courante" in English is sometimes written as "Currant". If Galliard is shortened to "Gal.", and "Almain" to "Alm.", "Currant" would be shortened to "Cur", which is another word for a dog. I just wonder of there might be some play on words here.
Best wishes, Stewart. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rainer aus dem Spring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LuteNet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 12:22 AM Subject: Re: Mad Dog > Leonard Williams wrote: > > A short while back, there was a thread concerning a composition from the 2nd Matthew Holmes Lute > > Book entitled "Mad Dog". I have some questions about it: > > > > 1) Was this the actual title in the book, or was it simply a title chosen for the program in which it was > > performed? > > This "title" is based on nothing. > > > > > 2) Is this perhaps a galliard? > > yes. > > > > > 3) Composer known, or the prolific Irishman Anon O'Mouse? > > Holborne. > > > Rainer adS
