Dear Arthur, You wrote: "(Denys, "O bone Jesu" is by Antonio de Ribiera (not Compère), a Spanish musician in the papal chapel during the time of Francesco's tenure as chamber musician. It does have that sultry mood of Spain. A manuscript in Tarazona calls it "il più bel motetto del mondo." It surely represents another effective work arranged for lute. "
Thanks for that! It's a bit of a shock after thinking it was by Compère for so many years. David is not the only one, then, to be misled by Petrucci! I believe "O bone Jesu" is attributed to Compère in the "Motteti de la Corona" of 1519. I don't mind being wrong in the company of Thurston Dart and Gustave Reese, who rather cemented the attribution to Compère in my mind, but I wish it was easier to keep up to speed with more recent discoveries. It makes one wonder if Petrucci knowingly fostered misattributions if they lent a more charismatic authorship to works included in his publications. It's not hard to imagine that it would improve their saleability. It will be interesting to see if Stanley Boorman has anthing to say about this sort of thing in his book on Petrucci. Best wishes, Denys -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.9.2/55 - Release Date: 21/07/2005 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
