Very nice playing!
Rolf Lislevand told me that the notes in the Capirola manuscript is
written in Venetian. But I understand even less than Italian or Latin so I
hope someone else will translate.
mvh
Are
Dear lutenists,
in the ms. Capirola inxed there is a not-so-clear text that the SPES
Dear Arto,
It's a dedication. I quote from Otto Gombosi's introductory essay
on the manuscript, from his 1955 SMA edition of Capirola:
'We can be more definite in determining the identity of 'lalcier,'
who, together with an unnamed apothecary, possessed Ricercar VIII:
he was Alvise Arcieri,
