Forget the Horace, Peter, and also the question about the identity of A! H is "Humanistenoden" stuff, that means: information about lute versions of music composed to set texts from ye olde latin classics for the use in Latin Schools has somehow contaminated the informational content refering to Hofhaimer intabulations, erm... "A": does not refer to a Person, but to the beloved girl or lady the text is directed to. The name of the adored one must not be mentioned in the song to guard her honour against the Jealous, the Faux Jaleux... German song lyrics of the late fifteenth/early sixteenth century is either bawdy or - as in this case - a late blossoming of Trouvere/Troubador song. All best and a belated Happy New Year, dear list! Gioacchino detto Il Tedesco del Liuto
Gesendet von meinem BlackBerry 10-Smartphone. Originalnachricht Von: Peter Martin Gesendet: Freitag, 5. Januar 2018 00:09 An: Lute list Antwort an: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu Betreff: [LUTE] Mein Einigs A Hello all, Back to the old stuff! There's a lovely little piece in Newsidler's 1536 book with the cryptic title of Mein Einigs A. A seems to be a person. Does anyone know who A is? HMB identifies this song (and several other Newsidler pieces) as being by Hofhaimer, and IMSLP suggests that Hofhaimer's words may be settings of Odes by Horace. By which point I am rather lost..... Peter -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
