[VIHUELA] Re: alternative tunings for Baroque guitar - and campanella!

The Piva which is definitely for a high 5th, The Colascione could work for low or high 5th course. The Arpeggiata a low 5th would be best. The Arpeggiata is such a well-loved piece among theorbo players (I enjoyed it when I played theorbo, anyway) that I thought it would be fun to try to ar

[VIHUELA] Re: alternative tunings for Baroque guitar - and campanella!

Mjos & Larson wrote: I also think of scordatura less as playing in another key (although that may well be in a composer's mind given the idea of keys and emotions: see http://www.library.yale.edu/~mkoth/keychar.htm for example), but that it c

[VIHUELA] Re: alternative tunings for Baroque guitar - and campanella!

Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: alternative tunings for Baroque guitar - and campanella! I meant that there is a lot more - but I haven't posted it yet! I've now put dates on the entries and I will indicate changes to earlier posts by writing in red. All the tunings you give below (and in the la

[VIHUELA] Re: Search for Scottish pieces

They might be Irish, considering the Gallot d'Irlande connection, but I would like a look at them if you have them... Rob 2008/8/18 Mjos & Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Are any of the miscellaneous pieces in the De Gallot manuscript Scottish? I'm thinking of Lachimagry (sp

[VIHUELA] Re: alternative tunings for Baroque guitar - and campanella!

Monica Hall wrote: Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: alternative tunings for Baroque guitar - and campanella! Thanks for saying it's an interesting topic! There is a lot more (oh no!) ...with pictures wherever too. Well - I couldn't find any more. I meant that there is a lot more - but I have

[VIHUELA] Re: Search for Scottish pieces

2008/8/18 Martyn Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Rob, Other than these two, the only others which come to mind are in a sense all pieces in Corebetta's 1671 book dedicated to the Stuart monarch. In particular there's a nice sarabande: La Stuart (f. 71) and the preceding Al

[VIHUELA] Re: Search for Scottish pieces

They are not really Scottish unless you regard Charles II as being Scottish. The pieces are dedicated to individuals at the Restoration court. La Stuarde probably refers to Francis Teresa Stuart, known as “La Belle Stuart”, one of the few women that Charles II failed to seduce. I don't know if s

[VIHUELA] Re: Search for Scottish pieces

Rob, Other than these two, the only others which come to mind are in a sense all pieces in Corebetta's 1671 book dedicated to the Stuart monarch. In particular there's a nice sarabande: La Stuart (f. 71) and the preceding Allemande: La Royalle Martyn --- On Mon, 18/8/08, Rob MacKillop <[EMA

[VIHUELA] Search for Scottish pieces

I'm looking for baroque guitar pieces with a Scottish connection. I have the two pieces in the Princess Anne Lute Book and the Schiller manuscript. Speaking of which, can someone give me the full name for the Schiller ms? Rob MacKillop -- To get on or off this list see list in