Dear Chris, In The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, (London: Macmillan, 1980), vol. 3, p. 612, in his entry under Calata Daniel Heartz notes that the Italian word "calle" meaning a path or small street and that the qualifying words included in titles (e.g. "de strambotti" and "dito terzetti" hint at associations with strophic texts.
All of this suggests strong connections with the 'dance song' genre that often appears in early 16c Venetian sources. Concerning 'non-Spagnola' pieces,The calata found in the Thibault Ms,which is roughly contemporary with Dalza, doesn't have any other description attached to it. Best wishes, Denys -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Christopher Stetson Sent: 28 February 2010 16:42 To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Dalza question. Hi, all, Does anybody know, more or less exactly, what a Calata is? Were there non-Spagnola Calatas? I've never really thought about it, but I'm probably playing one in public next Sunday, and would like to seem knowledgeable. Thanks, Chris. PS, I've already thought of most of the Pina Calata jokes. -- C. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
