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----- Original Message ----- From: "LGS-Europe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lute Net" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>; "dc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 5:36 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Wedding gig >>>or do with 'Caccini's' fake version. >> >> What's the story behind this? Who is the actual composer? > > This is how I remember it. > In one of the very early operas around 1600, was it by Peri or Da > Gagliano?, > there's an instrumental line, nothing much, by Caccini. These operas often > were products of collaboration. This line is picked up in the 20st century > by Steven Mercurio, who writes an arrangement for string orchestra, full > of > unresolved 7ths, rather forgetting all of Alfonso's rules for early 17th > century Italian continuo it seems, and then Cecilia Bartoli makes it into > a > hit. (I also recorded it with a singer, and together with two different > recordings of Amarilli, these are the pieces that get most airplay.) I > usually play it on guitar these days (f-minor on a lute in 415 translates > very conveniently to e-minor on a guitar in 440), but for those of you > that > are interested, I have, for reasons of copyright (I think Mr. Mercurio > arns > well on this song) strictly for educational and research puposes, two > presentable versions for lute and voice available: in g with a continuo > line, in d with a very simple tab-arrangement I made for a friend years > ago. > Send me a mail if you're interested, and I'll send you a pdf. the continuo > version is easy to transpose to whatever is comfortable for your singer, > just ask > > David > > PS: This video sums it all up nicely > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjZ8fBGtMaI > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > _________________________________________________________________ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at www.doteasy.com
