Yes - that seems possible. But why would the continuo group need to
include guitar and spinetta as well as cembalo (harpsichord), organ and
theorbo.
It seems quite a large ad hoc group of instruments.
Monica
----- Original Message -----
From: [1]Martyn Hodgson
To: [2]Monica Hall
Cc: [3]Vihuelalist
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar continuo example
Hello Monica,
I've just returned from an extended Easter break and am catching up
with emails, but this is more interesting than most........
Pitch standards come first to mind when thinking of any reason why the
guitar part
and the keyboard part should be a tone higher than the others. In
short, if the chitarra.
and the spinetta were generally kept at a tone below other instruments
they would need such a part to enable them to play with the other
instruments. Perhaps being more for domestic use than for formal
concerts and thus not requiring so much 'brightness' might explain this
practice.
regards
Martyn
--- On Mon, 9/5/11, Monica Hall <mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
From: Monica Hall <mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk>
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar continuo example
To: "Rockford Mjos" <rm...@comcast.net>
Cc: "Vihuelalist" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Date: Monday, 9 May, 2011, 17:49
Yes - that seems very likely. Singers/players would be listed in
payrolls under just one heading. Multi tasking. Out of 16 people
listed 13 are singers.
Having looked more closely at the guitar part - it doesn't look very
suitable for guitar - it goes down to E below the bass stave in
places
although these could be played an octave higher. The guitar part
seems to be also for the spinetta - either/or perhaps.
Has anyone tried to fit the parts together? Can anyone think of
any
reason why the guitar part and the keyboard part should be a tone
higher than the others?
Interesting.
Monica
----- Original Message -----
From: [1]Rockford Mjos
To: [2]Monica Hall
Cc: [3]Vihuelalist
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Guitar continuo example
If we are looking for possible guitarists to take that second
hand-plucked part, Reggio comes to mind, though listed in the court
payroll as a bass (singer) [See STMF 1961, p. 308]
Kenneth Sparr had this comment:
"During the period 1652-1654 Queen Christine of Sweden had a company
of
Italian musicians and actors employed. Among these musicians you
find
the theorbist and guitarist Angiol Michele Bartolotti as well as the
singer, lutenist and guitarist Pietro Francesco Reggio. "
[4][4]http://www.tabulatura.com/SWEGUIT.htm
-- R
On May 9, 2011, at 10:23 AM, Monica Hall wrote:
Thanks for sharing the info with us. Your delving into this
collection is enormously useful.
It does look as if the guitar is supposed to be playing along with
everyone else. But the list of artists in Albrici's ensemble paid
in
1653
includes Bartolotti as the only theorbo player, one
violinist/violist
and one keyboard player. All of the rest of the artists seem to be
singers. Perhaps they also played various instruments.
Monica
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rockford Mjos"
<[5][5]rm...@comcast.net>
To: <[6][6]vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Cc: "Lex Eisenhardt" <[7][7]eisenha...@planet.nl>
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 5:38 AM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Guitar continuo example
While browsing the online Duben collection I stumbled upon a
Sinfonia
by Albrici with a part listed for Chitarra.
It brought to mind Lex's inquiries about specific mention/uses of
the
guitar as a continuo instrument.
Sinfonia a 6./Primo Tono./di/Sig:r Vincenzo Albrici./1654.
You can have a look here:
[8][8]http://www2.musik.uu.se/duben/presentationSource.php?Select_Dn
r 66
On part 08 click on "Browse Part". It's standard bass clef notation
with figures.
-- R
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