Jon Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > But I'm sure that I've seen in a scholarly account that point made. The > ability for the musicians to have their own copy of the music allowed a > larger group. I'll look for the reference.
I know from personal experience that it is a good thing to put paper in the hands of each singer in modern groups; but, when printing of music became technically feasible during the 1500's, books were not cheap, not as they are now; it has been the modern copy machine that makes that truely affordable. Many more renaissance editions were published in parts than in score, the table book was a fairly late concept, and (haveing experimented with them), not the easiest thing to play from especially when one is myopic. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
