Dear Arthur, Interesting what you say about Francesco and the viola da mano. I wonder how often he is mentioned in connection with that instrument. Perhaps it is no coincidence that an anagram of
"Francesco Canova da Milano plays lute." is "Lutes? Francesco can play viola da mano." Best wishes, Stewart. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Ness (boston)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LUTE NET" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 11:42 PM Subject: Re: Astro Logos > Yes, AstroLogos is simply re-selling the UMI product. UMI (now ProQuest) > in Ann Arbor is the only firm authorized by the copyright owners to > reproduce the HUP edition oof FdaM's works. UMI's price $157, AstroLogos's > price $190. Even at $157price it is less expensive than gathering together > all of the facsimiles with Francesco's music. It comes in two volumes, > printed on both sides of the page in a Perfect Binding (each sheet is glued > to the spin, but with a rubbery glue that resists drying out (as cheap > paperback do). > > The older edition is still quite complete, since only 4 1/2 new pieces have > surfaced, and 4 or 5 will be removed in the revised edition because they > are not by FdaM. Just a few months ago I discovered, and received a copy > with the assistance of Kenneth Bé and Candace Magner, a 5-voice motet > attributed to "Francesco da Milano, detto della Viola [da Mano]." I think > there is another place where he is called that, too. Maybe one of the > astrological reports. > > ajn
