Re: Byrd - horizontal and vertical

2005-07-31 Thread Sean Smith
to pick out the notes of La Spagna is determined by how well one is familiar with that tenor. All the best, Stewart. - Original Message - From: Sean Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lutelist lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 2:24 PM Subject: Byrd - horizontal

Re: Byrd - horizontal and vertical

2005-07-31 Thread Mathias Rösel
Sean Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: The Spagna by Francesco is a different animal from most spagnas that I have seen. a while ago, Stewart and me had a little chat about the Spagna. Stewart, I hope you won't mind me forwarding your mail to the list? Stewart wrote: The important thing about

Re: Byrd - horizontal and vertical

2005-07-31 Thread Sean Smith
On Jul 31, 2005, at 6:45 PM, Mathias Rösel wrote: Sean Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: The Spagna by Francesco is a different animal from most spagnas that I have seen. a while ago, Stewart and me had a little chat about the Spagna. Stewart, I hope you won't mind me forwarding your mail

Re: Byrd - horizontal and vertical

2005-07-31 Thread Alain Veylit
Does anybody have any information on theorbo music from the book of Charles Hurel? Alain To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

Re: Byrd - horizontal and vertical

2005-07-31 Thread Mathias Rösel
Alain Veylit [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Does anybody have any information on theorbo music from the book of Charles Hurel? why, yes. I could copy the preface of Minkoff's edition and post. But I'd prefer more specific question. Would you mind to elaborate? -- Regards Mathias -- To get on

Byrd - horizontal and vertical

2005-07-29 Thread Stewart McCoy
Dear Gary, Agreed. Whether with a quartet of viols or a single lute, 16th-century polyphony is a curious mix of the vertical (harmony) and the horizontal (melody). You hear notes in two ways: as part of a melodic line; and as part of a chord. There are times when four viols are each playing their

Byrd - horizontal and vertical

2005-07-29 Thread Sean Smith
Hi Stewart, The note to Gary about linear vs vertical is very interesting. I've been working w/ a lot of 3-part vocal music intabs from the 15th century and it's usually practical and doable to bring out the cantus (or tenor) but if the tenor and countertenor(s) start crossing excessively

Byrd - horizontal and vertical

2005-07-29 Thread Stewart McCoy
is familiar with that tenor. All the best, Stewart. - Original Message - From: Sean Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lutelist lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 2:24 PM Subject: Byrd - horizontal and vertical Hi Stewart, The note to Gary about linear vs vertical is very