Stuart Walsh wrote:
That is fascinating! I haven't had time to look at the pieces
closely but it doesn't surprise me. Most of the introduction to
Granata's 1646 book has also been copied from Foscarini. And he
accused Corbetta of plagiarism! But the pieces may not be by
Foscarini either!
Monica
Here are the two corrente (Fosco and Granata)
http://www.pluckedturkeys.co.uk/FoscoGran.jpg
(I hope I haven't made them too small). They are not the same - but
very similar - especially when you play them.
and here is the Foscarini 'sarabande' with the Granata 'pasacagli'
http://www.pluckedturkeys.co.uk/FoscoGran1.jpg
Stuart
Stuart
----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Walsh" <s.wa...@ntlworld.com>
To: "Vihuelalist" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 8:12 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Foscarini-Granata
I suppose this is well known, but it's news to me:
A French chap on the EG&V ning site put up a scan of Granata (1659)
a few days ago. It's got some re-entrant tunings at the end of the
book and it has got the re-entrant tuning that Foscarini used, 'la
cordatura diferente' (Fosco p.99). And it's got a couple of the same
tunes too!
This particular tuning in Granata (B-D-G-B-D) begins on page 88. The
'corrente' on page 90 in Granata is the very similar to the
Foscarini 'corrente' (admittedly with some differences) and the very
sultry sarabande in Foscarini, is here in Granata (p.92) a
'pasacgli'. Granata's 'pasacgli' is different in some ways but it's
such a characterful piece that it is unmistakably the same material
(including a particularly juicy chord) as Foscarini's 'sarabande'.
Stuart
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