Yes, and several puns on ground--the sweetest ground is set as an
inversion, first forwards, then backwards in the bass.
For no ground else is set in a stretto.
as the same repeats the same notes up a third
So sounds my muse--the interval of a fifth, repeated. The fifth
muse is Melpomene, who
NB: Melpomene in Greek, literally means the one who sings and she
was also the patron of lyre (=lute) playing.
Yes, and several puns on ground--the sweetest ground is set as an
inversion, first forwards, then backwards in the bass.
For no ground else is set in a stretto.
as the same repeats the
Like as the lute uses a series of musical puns. The pun on touch is
the pluck, which is here marked short.
dt
At 12:37 AM 3/13/2011, you wrote:
Ben:
Gordon is a very careful musicologist, recently retired from Acadia
University, and you can trust his transcriptions. He sometimes monitors
this
Relish, for example.
dt
At 05:51 AM 3/16/2011, you wrote:
That's interesting - some of the word painting is plain, but what are
some of the other puns? BCS
Quoting David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net:
Like as the lute uses a series of musical puns. The pun on touch is
the pluck, which is here
Hello, Benny! (p.s. this is my last message for today. sorry to dominate
the proceedings.)
Many years ago Gordon was a regular and valued contributor to this newslist.
You have a partial contact in the link you provided. Gordon is now retired,
if I'm not mistaken, as professor at Acadia
Ben:
Gordon is a very careful musicologist, recently retired from Acadia
University, and you can trust his transcriptions. He sometimes monitors
this list, but I don't know if he is on at present.
In fact the Scolar Press facsimile shows exactly the rhythm that appears
in the transcription in
