Thanks Ron & Donna!
Obviously both the Stowe (1558) and the Phalese (1568) versions must stem
from some earlier version. And the Romanesca would eventually lead to
Greensleeves...
There's a NG entry: (excerpt)
The origin of the romanesca is uncertain. Although the name would seem to
suggest a connection with Rome, the earliest extant musical examples are
found in non-Italian sources. The term appears for the first time in 1546,
in Alonso Mudarra's Tres libros de musica en cifra para vihuela (Romanesca,
o Guárdame las vacas) and in Pierre Phalèse's Carminum pro testudine liber
IV. A set of variations on Guárdame las vacas, with no mention of 'romanesca',
had appeared earlier in Narváez's Los seys libro del Delphin (1538). In
16th-century Spanish collections of instrumental music, the romanesca
remained associated with the text Guárdame las vacas, the first line of a
popular villancico, at times indicated simply as Las vacas (e.g.
Valderrábano, Libro . intitulado Silva de sirenas, 1547; Pisador, Libro de
musica de vihuela, 1552; Venegas de Henestrosa, Libro de cifra nueva, 1557;
Antonio de Cabezón, Obras de música, 1578). In Italy, instrumental settings
and variations on the romanesca began to appear in the second half of the
16th century, in Antonio di Becchi's Libro primo d' intabolatura de leuto
(1568), in Antonio Valente's Intavolatura de cimbalo (1576) and in various
manuscripts, including pieces by Vincenzo Galilei and Cosimo Bottegari (see
Palisca, 1969, and Apfel, 1976 and 1977). The relationship between Spanish
and Italian traditions has never been adequately explained.
G.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Andrico" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Peter Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 2:07 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Romanesca & Galliard
To all:
Donna has managed to post the Romanesca and Galliard in record time.
It is available at the link below.
[1]http://www.mignarda.com/editions/downloads.html
Best wishes,
Ron & Donna
[2]www.mignarda.com
> Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:32:42 +0000
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Romanesca & Galliard
>
> Dear Peter & David:
>
> I edited these pieces from the ms. source some time ago. I'll post
> pdfs of them on our web site this evening.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Ron & Donna
>
> [1]www.mignarda.com
>
> > Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:50:21 +0100
> > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [LUTE] Romanesca & Galliard
> >
> > Dear List,
> >
> > Please note my new email address - I've decided to check the lute
> list at
> > home rather than at work!
> >
> > I've been listening a lot recently to Chris Wilson's fantastic CD
> Rosa and
> > I'm particularly taken with the first two pieces on the CD - a
> Romanesca and
> > Galliard. I'm sure I've played them myself before but I've hunted
> through
> > the piles of sheet music on (and under, and beside, and inside...)
my
> desk
> > and I haven't managed to track it down. Can anyone point me in the
> right
> > direction?
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Peter
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