Monica: Si viesse e me levasse is not in Spanish, and certainly is closer to Galego and to Portuguese. That's the one I was talking about, and I of course know about Milán's pieces.
Ariel. > The Portugese villancicos are in Milan's "El Maestro" which is dedicated to > the Portuguese King John. > > Monica > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ariel Abramovich" > <g_abramo...@hotmail.com> > To: "Martin Shepherd" <mar...@luteshop.co.uk> > Cc: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 12:42 PM > Subject: [LUTE] Re: mudarra Tres libros de musica en cifras para vihuela > > >> >> Martin is right: Latin, Italian, Castilian are the languages. If I remember >> correctly, there's even a villancico in some sort of Portuguese (or >> galaic-portuguese) with Spanish spelling. >> >> Many of the poems can be found in non musical editions, such as those by >> Petrarca, Manrique or Garcilaso. >> If some specific poem is needed, I'd be happy to send a link or a copy. I'm >> afraid I can't do that with all of them. >> >> With some patience, most of the texts can be found easily. >> Unfortunately, there's of course work to be done in order to fit the words >> in a reasonable, logical yet artistic way. >> In some of the pieces, as it happens with English lute songs, only the first >> strophe will fit the music, and for adding more texts re writing will be >> needed. >> Some of the verses are missing and literary sources are a must in order to >> fill the gap. Some people (even Spanish speaking people) unaware if this >> perform and record this works >> >> >> >> The writing is pretty much in the style of Guerrero and Vasquez, with a >> strong Italian madrigalistic influence. >> The voices are very independent, and there's a good balance between good >> counterpoint and idiomatic writing. >> >> I'm preparing a recording of most of the songs, which I hope I can offer >> next year. >> >> King and Heringman's version is nice, and there're others: Hoppy and >> Montserrat, Jorge Fresno and Rosemarie Meister, some of the songs also by >> Juan C Rivera and Carlos Mena, etc. >> >> >> Best, >> >> A >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
