Yes, they are all the same, except for mistakes. What one discovers when collating all of the sources (which you list) is that seldom are mistakes corrected in subsequent editions, so that the more reprints, the more mistakes. They are compounded.
Incidentally, Matonya is not being truthful when he claims that John Ward provided me with all of the sources needed for that edition,. I had to go out and find them myself, an especially difficult task given that reference tools like Brown and RIMS hadn't yet been published. With the assistance of my classmate Colin Slim and Brigadier Prynne I was able together up almost everything and collated some 640 sources for his music. One of my most exciting discoveries was the Siena Lute Book, which was not known to be a source for Francesco's music because so few of the pieces have composer attributions. There is a facsimile of the 1547 print edited by Rick Falkenstein publ. Minkoff. It already has lots of mistakes, but I think I caught most of them in the HUP edition. But the "1566" edition is earlier, and was edited by Francesco's student Pierino Fiorentino. It is virtually error free, and confirms that my corrections are valid.<g> (I had access only to an incomplete copy, a complete copy turned up later.) ----- Original Message ----- From: LGS-Europe To: Arthur Ness Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 4:37 AM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Melchior Neusidler Dear ARthur I have already repied to you via the list. But a question specifically to you: Francesco's intabulation of Quando io penso al martire has come to us in four prints, Gardano 1547, 1562, 1563, 1566. Are they all the same, or do they have differences? All I have is the 1562 Minkoff facsimile. This project of comparing intabulations has started out as a small thing, but I find it very interesting to compare styles, ficta, and perhaps even lineage of sources used. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Ness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LGS-Europe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 5:42 PM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Melchior Neusidler Did you check it with the vocal score. I've worked with some pieces in that print. But do not recall if I found many mistakes. It is not my recollection thatit was fajulty. Newsidler was in Stuttgart atthe time it was published, so hemay have overseen it. Francesco (No. 123) did an intabulation and that might help you. Incidentally, that Dorothea is Dorothea of Denmark!! Reputely the most beautiful woman in Eruope. Her lutenist Ochsenkhun was on his death bed and I think MN wanted to replace him. Arthur,. Arthur. ----- Original Message ----- From: LGS-Europe To: Lute net Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 8:45 AM Subject: [LUTE] Melchior Neusidler I have transcribed Arcadelt's Quando io Penso al martire from melchior Neusidler's Teutsch Lautenbuch (1574). Its seems to have rather many mistakes, but then again, German tablature is not my forte ;-). Anybody has experience with this lute book and its reliability? David ***************************************** David van Ooijen Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Http://home.planet.nl/~d.v.ooijen/ ***************************************** To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --