Also associated with Francesco Conti in Vienna was Camilla de
Rossi. A few years ago I looked at some of her oratorios (publ.
ClarNan Editions), and
they often feature prominent part (in pitch notation) for
obbligato theorbo, played doubtlessly by Conti, the
Kapellmeister. The sinfonia for one of
the oratorios is (in effect) a lute concerto. I heard it played
on guitar on a CD that included the recently discovered
Tailleferre concerto for two guitars (an excellent work, although
the guitars get lost in the orchestral texture).
==AJN
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerzy Zak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Barocklautenliste Lutelist'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 6:07 PM
Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Narvey article online/Dm continuo in
Italy
Dear Taco,
On 2007-11-27, at 13:12, Taco Walstra wrote:
On Monday 26 November 2007 21:23, Jerzy Zak rattled on the
keyboard:
On 2007-11-26, at 20:06, Roland Hayes wrote:
What about the Francesco Conti ms. - songs with instruments
and d
minor lute in tab (?) Could this be a theorbo in d minor?
R.
...If I remember there is a CD recording of it (I don't have
it), but that
must be a completely diferent, virtual reality.
Jurek
I have the CD at home and it's quite nice music. Typical
Vienna style. I agree
that the music is a bit difficult to understand sometimes.
Never played to
music myself with an ensemble, but it's on a list of pieces to
try.
Is the lute on the CD audible?
Interesting is perhaps that the first book contains lute
tabulature, while the
second does not. Conti was a lutenist, so perhaps these other
cantates were
performed with lute Dm continuo, although conti was also known
as theorbo
player (and of course as 'kapellmeister').
There are several Conti manuscripts in Vienna and the music is
a bit
rediscovered nowadays (for example his operas are regularly
performed in
Austria). Don't know if there are more examples of explicit
lute tabulature
in his music. I have read somewhere, if I remember well, that
after his
death they asked weiss who was working in dresden to come as
his replacement.
Taco
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