Snip David Tayler is mistaken when he claims that I "evened up" uneven passages in Francesco's music. No serious editor of early music would ever do something like that. Snip
Actually, I never said anything of the sort, nor would I. All of the material in your edition is in the critical commentary. In fact, what I did say was "I defer to Arthur in all things Francesco"--I don't think I can make it clearer than that. If you use a citation, when making such a claim, then I could cheerfully eat my words. That doesn't mean I don't have any opinion at all. Quote "His polyphony depends more on Josquin's sacred polyphony, rather than the informal contrapuntal style of the Josquin's chansons." End quote As for points of imitation being different in the chansons of Josquin compared to the sacred music, you can see shortened imitation in Josquin's masses, for example Hercules dux Ferrariae, (Gloria), and many other works by Josquin, Isaac, and other composers of both sacred and secular music. And of course, the hundreds of masses and motets based on chansons which rework the motivic material. Standard compositional practice, in my opinion, also that composition of sacred music usually begin with a long note. I have a different opinion than some about some aspects of editing renaissance music. I think any piece can begin on a long. I think original note values should be used in editions, and so on. I think all of the source versions should be digitized and hyperlinked, with no urtext. That's just my opinion, and others may have a different opinion. And each individual piece represents a unique set of circumstances, which is why my initial reaction is to defer the expert, the person who has spent years on one repertory or composer. There's many ways to make an edition, and I myself, as an editor have changed my mind several times over the last forty years. However, "I defer to Arthur in all things Francesco" He's the expert. dt At 02:09 PM 12/4/2010, you wrote: >David Tayler is mistaken when he claims that I "evened up" uneven passages >in Francesco's music. No serious editor of early music would ever do >something like that. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
