> >> PS. #73 has an identical beginning as 2 of Molinaro's fantasias. > > Neither remarkable nor much of a coincidence. > The first three or four notes are a formula known in Italy as, if I > recall correctly, the "canzona francese." Pieces based on it were > common--Giovanni Gabrieli was particularly fond of it.<< > This is not about just three or four notes, which would indeed be > coincidental, but about the first 4 bars in Molinaro's fantasia #1 and # 7 > being identical to Poulton's # 73 in form if not in pitch. I didn't find > such a similarity in any other lute fantasias, and considering Dowland's > sojourn in Italy in the right time-frame... If its a common theme in canzona > francese models, I bow to superior knowledge. But as I said, I haven't found > this theme in any other "lute" fantasias (or canzone francese in lute > tablature FTM) but in these three pieces, and there are quite a few lute > fantasias. Coincidence? I know that some of you also thinks so, but others > I've mailed with believe them to at least be based on some common theme.
If I remember correctly, this theme is known in England as "All in a Garden Green" and it is used in a lot of works from this period. I wonder if Howard meant to write the first three or four "bars", not "notes". Does any of you know why this piece is attributed to Dowland? It is a great piece, but to me it doesn't sound like a Dowland piece... Are To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
