I always assumed it was one of those noble puns and now I can't
remember which is which.
Sean
On Feb 25, 2012, at 3:52 PM, Christopher Stetson wrote:
Hi, to all,
I don't have a source for Ford's music, alas, and agree with all that
Sean said about it.
However, I'm writing in my curmudgeonly persona to try to nip an
understandable but bogus etymology from taking hold. To whit: the
French style which Ford's songs probably do not represent are airs de
cour, "songs of the court", not airs de coeur, "songs of the heart".
Just sayin', that's all.
Best to all, and keep playing,
Chris.
On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Sean Smith <[1]lutesm...@mac.com>
wrote:
Hi Tom,
I don't see any replies to your question --"Have you driven a Ford
discussion lately?"-- so here's what I know.
He certainly doesn't figure prominently in the first string of late
Elizabethan or Jacobean composers but one book of his survives:
Musicke of Sundrie Kindes Set forth in two Bookes. The First
Whereof
Are Aries [sic] for 4 Voices to the Lute, Orphorion, or Basse Viol,
with a Dialogue for two Voices, and two Basse Viols in parts, tunde
the Lute way. The Second are Pavens, Galiards, Almaines, Toies,
Iigges, Thumpes and suchlike, for two Basse-Viols, the Lieraway, so
made as the greatest number may serve to play alone, very easie to
be performde. Composed by Thomas Ford ... John Windet ...
Fleetstreet 1607.
I wrote out the entire title to give an idea of what was where in
his books. They were printed together and reprinted by Scolar Press
in 1978. The pieces you mentioned are in the 2nd Booke and are set
for two bass viols written in lute tablature much like the Tobias
Hume books (1605, 1607). He was no doubt familiar with at least the
first TH book since he also gives the wide option of almost any
combination (or solo). Both are printed by John Windet. Hume takes
it one further by setting his second book for trios, also for viols
or nearly any combination of lutes, viols and/or orpharions. The
'lira-way' tuning is similar to bandora tuning. You should be able
to transcribe the bandora pieces for lute (something Nancy Carlin
has been doing from the Holmes lutebooks, btw). I haven't tried
Fnord's but Hume's viol music sounds very nice on lute(s) and
wires.
Two other English composers included lira-way viol pieces (Corkine,
Maynard) so the solo viol was apparently enjoying a relative
popularity at the time.
I'm not sure these would join the Airs de Coeur club as the songs
he
wrote are very English in composition (at least the ones I know --I
could be mistaken since it's been a while). I don't know of an
on-line source for these so if you can't find them, let me know and
I'll send you some scans.
best wishes,
Sean
On Feb 24, 2012, at 10:07 AM, [2]t...@heartistrymusic.com wrote:
Dear Lute Friends,
A student of mine heard some Thomas Ford airs de coeur on
public radio performed by Godelieve Monden and Narcisso Yepes.
The selections are:
Allemande
Forget Me Not
A Pavan
A Galliard
The Bagpipes
The Wild Goose Chase
Are these available anywhere in Fronimo or PDF?
Thanks,
Tom
Tom Draughon
Heartistry Music
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