Dear Ed,
I think we are talking about two pieces by E. (vieux) Gautier
I got a nice facsimile (#12) from Roman's tombeau site which is from
Perrine. Now that I look at it, I see it is quite a different piece.
Unfortunately, that is the only one with the name Mezangeau there.
Hm, maybe that is the one that is called eventually
le testament de Mezangeau
?
That one "is also played as a gigue" , as Perrine tells us, who
prints it double !.
The CNRS edition mentions several concordances, as
Saizenay, the "Livre de tablature" again [as with the tombeau],
Berlin 40626, Rostock XVII 54, Oxf. G618, Brossard,
Gottweig I and Paris Vm7 6211.
But only Oxford calls it "Les derniers paroles ou testament de Mezangeau",
others have "Allemande du V:G:" . Rostock thinks it is the "Testement
de Mons. Gautier", and so does Perrine.
Livre de Tablature would be the Denis Gaultier source, which I have a
copy of.
It is Denis AND Ennenmond.
"Livre de tablature des Pièces de Luth de Mr Gaultier Sr de Nève et
de Mr Gaultier son Cousin."
Nepotism! ;-)
Lovely piece for a beginner like me,
ROTFL
and again ROTFL, because there are at least two jokes...
In both versions the first measure is just 2 beats and the last
measure of the first part is 2 beats.
Yes
there is a first and 2nd ending measure which differs in length.
The CNRS makes it | o. instead of | |
in the first ending. (=> 4 | instead of 2 |)
The Livre seems to have the same irregularity.
In the Gaultier there are no first
and second endings but a 2 beat last bar (of the first section) and
the second section is all 4.
Exactly.
Isn't this somewhat strange to have a
different measure structure in a 2 part piece?
A little bit strange at least, but I wouldn't mind :-)
Does anyone have a scan of the facsimile of Perrine 1680 p.3-4
handy that they could send me?
Sorry, I don't....
And are there any other versions of Tombeau de Mezangeau besides
the one in Livre du luth. publ. by Denis Gaultier?
No, as far as the CNRS editors knew.
EOF
B.
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