Dear lutenists, if La Monica was one of the hits of 16th-17th centuries, La Furstenberg must be another of the next century.
I played an anonymous theorbo version from ms. Vm7_6265, p. 44, to the "tubes". Links and music (pdf) can be found at the end of page http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/Tiorba/deVisee/ The theorbo arrangement could be by de Visee, because mostly the ms. has music by him. In the Saizenay the piece is named just "Contradance". And there are some interesting factors in that piece: * The song is possibly a mockery of the countess of that name, who was said to be the Bishop of Strasbourg's mistress. * Many composers have used this popular melody in their works: Purcell's "First Act Tune" of The Virtuous Wife. In Playford it is called "St. Martin's Lane". Also at least Campra, Philidor and Corrette made their versions of this melody. * [And yes, my performance could be faster and wilder... more virtuosic. But perhaps you'll anyhow get the idea of this very good piece?] All the best, Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
