Dear Stewart, Thank you very much. Capability to read helps ... As I have read your message and opened the booklet again I found the passages which I somehow have overlooked for the past two rehearsals.
Let's see if Paul wants to share his work or if he would rather keep it. Thanks again and all the best Thomas -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Stewart McCoy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 23. November 2006 10:13 An: Lute Net Betreff: [LUTE] Terzi duets - help needed Dear Thomas, The answer to both your questions may be found in the sleeve notes to the CD: "Terzi's _Barriera_ galliard is the longest and most elaborate version known of the homonymous "balletto" in the _Ballarino_ of Fabrizio Carosa (Venezia 1561). Written originally for solo lute, it is presented here in a performance on two lutes, which accentuates its "stereophonic" potential and an even greater harmonic fullness. The transcription is by Paul Beier." So Paul Beier has made his own arrangement of _Barriera_ for two lutes. _Chi farà fede_ has been reconstructed by the other player on the CD, Beier's pupil, Craig Marchitelli. Again the sleeve notes explain what they have done: "Terzi distributes polyphonic material and diminution equally and in repartee between the two instruments. This example has encouraged us to find a hopefully acceptable solution to the performance of Alessandro Striggio's madrigal _Che farà fede al ciel_. The author gives us a single lute part that combines a partial transcription of the vocal original with intermittent virtuoso diminutions, but the work is incomplete as it stands. Terzi leaves us with a somewhat ambiguous note to the effect that it be "played in ensemble ("in Concerto") with a big lute", but no other performance indications. We have therefore decided to perform the madrigal as a lute duet, and Craig Marchitelli has created for the second lute a part that integrates the missing sections of the vocal work with, where appropriate, diminutions inspired on those of the author." You would need to contact Paul Beier and Craig Marchitelli directly. I presume their arrangements have not be published. Best wishes, Stewart McCoy. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
