Theoj89294,
Jacob Arcadelt is wonderful composer to try your hand at transcribing
vocal works if you don't see them elsewhere. The thinner textured
French pieces are easier to work with and were even considered
acceptable on the 4-course guitar. With one of the 4-c intabs of this
piece and the vocal original you fill it out more thoroughly on the
lute since there were inevitably some corners cut. Let Adrian, Albert
and Melchior do the harder 4-part material of Crequillon, Sandrin and
Rogier but there's a lot to learn from Arcadelt precisely because it's
easier to work with.
If it gets too easy why not try filling it out with passaggi, writing a
second part, or even singing the vocal line? (some other things
musicians did beside play a composer's notes on the page). The 5th of
the Adrian LeRoy 4-course guitar books has a lot of Arcadelt set for
voice and guitar but they are easily transcribed for lute. See also
Arcadelt's O felici occhi miei in Ortiz 1553 for ideas on decorating a
Cantus or adding a new line altogether.
Personally, I find his French pieces a relief after his more difficult
Italian vocal works. His Italian madrigals can be a handful (See
Vindella's 1546 work dedicated to JA) but he had a solid lute following
in any event and pieces like Cosi mi guida were very popular. All I'm
trying to say is that Arcadelt is a good vocal composer to work with
for 16th century lutenists, then and now.
my 2c, Sean
On Wed, Nov 6, 2019 at 6:54 AM Rainer <[1]rads.bera_g...@t-online.de>
wrote:
Should be "nous voyons que les hommes".
According to Brown there are two intabulations for guitar - a bit
thin for the lute.
Rainer
Am 05.11.2019 um 23:42 schrieb
[2]theoj89...@new-old-mail.cs.dartmouth.edu:
> Lutetopia:
> Does anyone know if there is an in tabulation of the Arcadelt
chanson
> "nous voyons ques les hommes"? (It is a charming little
tune). Thanks
> trj
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