One more: Emanual Adriaensen: Novum Pratum Musicum Longe amoenissimum 1592.
The 8th course (D) has an extended horizontal line through it whereas the 7th (F) has a short line. This seems to predate the diagonal slash. Not much harmonic material is given to the 8th course and it is usually a reiteration of the D-chord root. A quick look at the Pratum Musicum of 1584 showed quite a few 7th course indications (short lines) but no 8ths. In both books the 7th course is occasionally fingered. Sean Smith On Aug 17, 2006, at 11:36 PM, Luca Manassero wrote: > > Thank you, Kenneth. > between the authors you mention Santini Garsi da Parma is really > new to me. > Do you have any example and/or better reference? > Regards, > Luca > [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 17/08/2006 22.54 wrote: > > Luca: > > It is fine to play 6-course tablature repertoire on a 7 or 8 course > lute. > The earliest source of lute music from Italy is the manuscript in > Pesaro from > around 1480 to 1495 and it contains a piece or two requiring a 7th > course > (D)! And the famous Siena Lutebook with mostly 6 course repertoire > was compil > ed > during the second half of the 16th C. and contains some works > requiring a > 7th course. > > For 7 or 8 courses in Italian repertoire: > > in addition to Molinaro and the Raimondi manuscript, you can find nice > pieces to play by Terzi (1593 and 1599), some works by Kapsberger from > 1611 are > playable, as well as Piccinini (1623 and 1640). Also Giulio Cesare > Barbetta > and Santini Garsi di Parma. All of the dance repertoire is nice, > too, and you > can always add extra basses in yourself: Negri and Caroso. > > There are also plenty of Italian-based composers to be found in > Dowland's > Varietie of Lute Lessons 1610 and in Besarde's Thesaurus Harmonicus, > as well as > the Lord Herbert of Cherbury Lutebook (not available as an edition). > > I recommend the Lyre Music Publications anthologies of "The Art of the > Lute > in Renaissance Italy" (three volumes covering Intabluations, Dances, > and > Fantasia) to have much of this repertoire bound in convenient editions > that fit > well on the music stand. > > Kenneth Be > > References > > 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
