Dear Peter, There does seem to be a strong parallel between the German 'gassenhauer' and the Italian dance-song form, and it's interesting that there are lots of gassenhauer pieces in the early German lute tablatures, so they seem to have been very popular at the time. Indeed, it's not unusual to find settings of Italian dance songs like 'la traditora' and 'la cara cossa' in German lute sources. Bearing in mind that the map of Europe was different then! I spent some time studying and editing music from Wroclaw Ms. 352 around 18 months ago, and it made me realise how strong the connections were in the 16c between Italy and the countries north of the Alps. It shouldn't be a surprise really, given the pre-eminence of German lute makers in Italy and the trade routes that supported their industry.
Best wishes, Denys -----Original Message----- From: Peter Nightingale [mailto:n...@pobox.com] Sent: 28 February 2010 19:09 To: Denys Stephens Cc: 'Christopher Stetson'; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Dalza question. Gassenhauer in German? On Sun, 28 Feb 2010, Denys Stephens wrote: > 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 > > > the next auto-quote is: Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science. (Charles Darwin) /\/\ Peter Nightingale Telephone (401) 874-5882 Department of Physics, East Hall Fax (401) 874-2380 University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881
