I erroneously stated " In 1626 it was not between strophes in a song , but had lyrics of its own." I am wrong, you are right. I played through the Briceno and the Passacalles are meant to be between verses. Picture solo guitar + singer/dancer with castanets...
I agree the web site was poorly written (Antonio points out even more errors). But if the point of these dances originating from America(the Americas) is correct, It would show that Music and Life in the Americas was not quite as puritanical and stagnant as some are suggesting. And actually had an influence on the development of music in Europe ( not just Europe to Americas) I will try to track down Richard Hudson's studies( thanks Antonio) -Arthur -----Original Message----- From: Fossum, Arthur Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 8:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Renaissance America - a little more lute related, maybe -----Original Message----- From: Caroline Usher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 2:42 PM In Briceno's method for Spanish guitar there are numerous passacalles with lyrics !!? published 1626. I am not sure if this is important (my Spanish is terrible, and my favorite translator is not available) After listing 12 passacalles(different progressions) he writes "Estos son las Pasacalles contenidos en la Guitarra con ellos se cantaran toda suerte de tonos Espanoles y Franceses graves y agudos" So passacalles in France and Spain in early 17th century. Was it dance first like the Allemande then stylized movement I am pretty sure I have another source... which I am currently looking for... from around the same time that lists passacalles as a 'Baile'... but I have been wrong in the past :) -Arthur To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Renaissance America - a little more lute related, maybe >>=20 >> How come "pas de passacalle" is in Feuillet's Choregraphie from 1713? Evidently by that time the French had created a dance for it, possibly an= outgrowth of its use in stage and/or chamber music: "In France the Hispanic-Italian passacaglia, like the chaconne, was= transformed during the mid-17th century into a distinctive native genre,= although before that the genre had already had some impact as an exotic= Spanish import. A passacalle(in the earlier sense of ritornello) occurs in= an air to a Spanish text by De Bailly (1614), and in 1623 the Spanish= expatriate Luis de Bri=E7e=F1o published in Paris a guitar method that= included in chord tablature brief chaconnes and passacaglias similar to the= early Italian examples -SNIP - To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
