The Lute Society of America Quarterly

Volume XLVI, 2011

Table of Contents, Issue No. 1

• President’s Message, by Dan Larson ~ 3
• Editor’s Message, by Jocelyn Nelson ~ 3
• Plucked Notes, by Dan Larson ~ 4
• Update your e-mail address, by Nancy Carlin ~ 6
• To James Tyler (3 August 1940 – 23 November 2010) ~ 8
       Contributions by
  • Julian Bream ~ 8
  • Nina Treadwell ~ 9
  • Cathy Liddell ~ 9
  • Rockford Mjos ~ 10
  • Arto Wikla ~ 10
  • Jakob Lindberg ~ 11
  • Anthony Rooley ~ 11
  • Bertazzina (facsimile for Baroque guitar in Italian tablature), Carlo Calvi, Intavolatura di Chitarra e Chitarriglia, Bologna, 1646 ~ 14
  • Bertazzina (in French tablature for Baroque guitar), Carlo Calvi, 1646, edited by Rockford Mjos ~ 14
  • Bertazzina (tablature for lute in vielle ton tuning), Carlo Calvi, 1646, arranged by Rockford Mjos ~ 15
  • Bertazzina (in pitch notation for viola & B.c.), Carlo Calvi, 1646, arranged by James Tyler, transcribed by Rockford Mjos ~ 16
  • Preludio detta la Wikla (tablature for lute in vielle ton tuning), James Tyler, ~ 17
  • Tombeau, by Antoine Carré, edited by Michael Fink ~ 18
• Sanseverino’s Alfabeto Songbook, by Monica Hall ~ 19
  • Desdeñado soy d’Amor (parts in pitch notation with alfabeto), Sanseverino, El segundo libro de los ayres…, transcribed & translated by Monica Hall ~ 23
• Teaching the Lute to Children, An Interview with Anne Bailes, by Susan King ~ 26
• The Recent Survey of LSA Members, by Dan Larson ~ 31
• The Wire Connection, by Andrew Hartig ~ 33
  • Chord and fingerboard diagram for citara (facsimile), from Reglas, y advertencies by Minguet y Yrol, 1745 ~ 36
• Reviews:  CDs
  • Nymphidia:  The Court of Faerie, Pantagruel — Anna Maria Wierod, voice; Dominik Schneider, flutes, gittern & voice; and Mark Wheeler, lutes, cittern & bandora (Carpe diem Records B0004DIPKZU), reviewed by Bobbye Larson ~ 39
  • Kurofume:  Songs from the Black Ships, Chiyomi Yamada, soprano; Toyohiko Satoh, vihuela & lute; and David van Ooijen, romantic guitar & theorbo (Carpe diem Records), reviewed by Kenneth Bé ~ 39
  • Du Mignard Luth… Fantasies, chansons et danses françaises et italiennes de la Renaissance pour luth et guiterne, Pascal Bouquet, lute (Societé Française de Luth, SFL 1105), and La milanoyse:  Le luth au XVIe siècle entre France et Italie, Charles-Edouard Fantin, lute (Societé Française de Luth, SFL 0903), reviewed by Sean Smith ~ 40
• Reviews:  Music
  • Musica oscura – A Treasury of Forgotten Music for Baroque Lute, Vol. 1, compiled and edited by Earl Cristy, Lute & Early Guitar Society of Japan, reviewed by Daniel Shoskes ~ 41
  • The Balcarres Lute Book, edited by Matthew Spring, 2 volume set, The Music of Scotland Series, The Universities of Glasgow and Aberdeen (August 2010), reviewed by Howard Posner ~ 41

Table of Contents, Issue No. 2

• Message from the LSA President, Dan Larson ~ 3
• Plucked Notes, by Dan Larson ~ 4
• In Memoriam, Ian Harwood ~ 5
• In Memoriam, Colin Everet ~ 5
• In Memoriam, John Bailey ~ 5
• Michelagnolo Galilei and Esaias Reusner, by Paul Beier ~ 8
  • Toccata 1 – Part 1 (tablature), Michelagnolo Galilei, Primo Libro d’Intavolatura, edited by Sarge Gerbode ~ 11
  • Toccata 1 – Part 2 (tablature), Michelagnolo Galilei, Primo Libro d’Intavolatura, edited by Sarge Gerbode ~ 12
  • Toccata 1 – Part 3 (tablature), Michelagnolo Galilei, Primo Libro d’Intavolatura, edited by Sarge Gerbode ~ 13
  • Toccata 2 (tablature), Michelagnolo Galilei, Primo Libro d’Intavolatura, edited by Sarge Gerbode ~ 14
  • Toccata 3 (tablature), Michelagnolo Galilei, Primo Libro d’Intavolatura, edited by Sarge Gerbode ~ 15
  • Galliard 2 (tablature), Michelagnolo Galilei, Primo Libro d’Intavolatura, edited by Sarge Gerbode ~ 16
  • Corrente 2 (tablature), Michelagnolo Galilei, Primo Libro d’Intavolatura, edited by Sarge Gerbode ~ 17
  • Corrente 3 (tablature), Michelagnolo Galilei, Primo Libro d’Intavolatura, edited by Sarge Gerbode ~ 18
  • Volta 3 (tablature), Michelagnolo Galilei, Primo Libro d’Intavolatura, edited by Sarge Gerbode ~ 19
  • Volta 4 (tablature), Michelagnolo Galilei, Primo Libro d’Intavolatura, edited by Sarge Gerbode ~ 20
• An Interview with Donna Curry, by Andrew Hartig ~ 21
  • Overview of the Formative Years of The Lute Society of America, 1966 through 1974 by Donna Curry ~ 22
• Five Pieces from Besard’s Novus Partus (Augsburg, 1617), edited with commentary by Ron Andrico ~ 28
  • Courante – du Sieur de la Barre (tablature), Besard 1617 p. 38, ed. Ron Andrico ~ 29
  • Gagliarda del Signor Jacob chiamato il Polloneze (tablature), Besard 1617 p. 37, ed. Ron Andrico ~ 30
  • Ricercar del Signor Stefano da Pesaro gia Musico del Serenissimo Duca di Vrbino (tablature), Besard 1617 p. 35, ed. Ron Andrico ~ 31
  • Branles de village (tablature for two lutes), Besard 1617 p. 28, ed. Ron Andrico ~ 32
  • Courante MPC (tablature), Besard 1617, Strasburg MS additions, ed. Ron Andrico ~ 34
• Reusner Sonata in B-flat Major, by Daniel Shoskes ~ 36
  • Allemanda (tablature), Esaias Reusner, Neue Lauten-Fruchte, 1676, ed. Daniel Shoskes ~ 37
  • Courant (tablature), Esaias Reusner, Neue Lauten-Fruchte, 1676, ed. Daniel Shoskes ~ 38
  • Gavotte (tablature), Esaias Reusner, Neue Lauten-Fruchte, 1676, ed. Daniel Shoskes ~ 38
  • Sarabanda (tablature), Esaias Reusner, Neue Lauten-Fruchte, 1676, ed. Daniel Shoskes ~ 39
  • Canarie (tablature), Esaias Reusner, Neue Lauten-Fruchte, 1676, ed. Daniel Shoskes ~ 39
  • Ciacona (tablature), Esaias Reusner, Neue Lauten-Fruchte, 1676, ed. Daniel Shoskes ~ 40
• German Tab Made Easy...er Part 1, by Catherine Liddell ~ 43
  • Ein gering Fundament (facsimile), by Hans Neusidler, Ein Newgeordent künstlich Lautenbuch, 1536. ~ 46
• Reviews:  CDs
  • Blame Not My Lute:  Elizabethan Lute Music and Poetry, Ronn McFarlane, lute; Robert Aubry Davis, spoken word (Dorian Recordings), reviewed by Bobbye Larson ~ 49
  • Alla luce, Chatham Baroque:  Andrew Fouts, violin; Patricia Halverson, viola da gamba; and Scott Pauley, theorbo and baroque guitar, reviewed by Kenneth Bé ~ 49
  • Canto y Danza, Chambure Vihuela Quartet:  Edward Martin, Rocky Mjos, Phillp Rukavina and Tyler Kaiser, vihuelas, with Carrie Henneman Shaw, soprano (Gamut Music © 2011), reviewed by Dan Winheld ~ 50
  • Ronn McFarlane & Ayreheart:  One Morning, Ronn McFarlane, lute; Mindy Rosenfeld flute; Willard Morris, bass; and Mattias Rucht, percussion (Dorian Sono Luminus DSL-92111), reviewed by Sean Smith ~ 50
  • Songs of Life and Death, Sytse Buwalda, countertenor; Francine van der Heijden, soprano; David van Ooijen, lute; Freek Borstlap, viola da gamba (Buwalda Classics 2008-01), reviewed by Daniel Shoskes ~ 51
  • The Songs of Philip Rosseter, Part II, Music’s Quill:  Timothy Burris, lute and Timothy Neil Johnson, tenor (www.baroquelute.com), reviewed by Bobbye Larson ~ 51
• Reviews:  Music
  • A Guide to Playing the Baroque Guitar, by James Tyler, Indiana University Press, Bloomington IN (2010), reviewed by Michael Fink ~ 51

Table of Contents, Issue No. 3

• Message from the LSA President, Dan Larson ~ 3
• Message from the Quarterly Editor, Douglas Hensley ~ 3
• Plucked Notes, by Dan Larson ~ 4
• Interview with Norbert Rodenkirchen, by Douglas Hensley ~ 7
• III Meeting of the International Lute Societies and VII Meeting of the Sociedad de Vihuela, report by Edward Martin ~ 11
  • On His Presentation at the Meeting, by Héctor Sequera, ~ 13
• Two Theorbo Works Arranged for Archlute, by Konstantin Bozhinov ~ 14
  • Chiaccona in Partie variate (tablature), Alessandro Piccinini, Libro primo, 1623, arr. Konstantin Bozhinov ~ 15
  • Chaconne (tablature), Robert de Visée, arr. Konstantin Bozhinov ~ 16
  • Corrente XIII (tablature), Alessandro Piccinini Libro primo, 1623, ed. Douglas Hensley ~ 17
• Interview with Sylvain Bergeron, by Douglas Hensley ~ 18
• Playing a Kapsberger Toccata, by Francesca Torelli ~ 23
  • Toccata I (tablature), Hieronymus Kapsberger, Libro IV di intavolatura di chitarrone, Rome, 1640, ed. Francesca Torelli ~ 26
• German Tab Made Easy…er Part II, by Catherine Liddell ~ 31
  • Die Ander Regel and Die drit regel (facsimile), Hans Newsidler, Ein Newgeordent Künstlich Lautenbuch, 1536 ~ 34
  • Ich klag den tag (facsimile), Hans Newsidler, Ein Newgeordent Künstlich Lautenbuch, 1536 ~ 34
  • Ein guts hofftentzlein fur ein schuler (facsimile), Hans Newsidler, Ein Newgeordent Künstlich Lautenbuch, 1536 ~ 35
  • Mag ich unglück nit wiederston (facsimile), Hans Judenkunig ~ 35
  • Ich klag den tag (facsimile), Hans Gerle, Musica und Tabulatur…, 1546 ~ 36
  • Der hoffdantz (facsimile), Hans Judenkunig, Ain schone kunstliche underweisung, 1523 ~ 36
  • Madonna katerina (facsimile), Hans Judenkunig, Ain schone kunstliche underweisung, 1523 ~ 37
  • Zart schönste fraw (facsimile), Hans Judenkunig, Ain schone kunstliche underweisung, 1523 ~ 37
• Woman of the Water – VI. Song (tablature with vocal part in pitch notation), by Frank Wallace ~ 38
• Woman of the Water – VII. The Moment (tablature with vocal part in pitch notation), by Frank Wallace ~ 40
• Frank Wallace, Composer, Guitarist, Lutenist, Baritone ~ 43
• The Wire Connection:  Who’s Afraid of the Diatonic Cittern? by Andrew Hartig ~ 45
• Estampida for Gittern Tuned in 4ths (tablature), by Douglas Hensley ~ 50
• Reviews:  CDs
  • Une larme, Rosario Conte, Baroque guitar (Carpe diem CD 16278), reviewed by Jocelyn Nelson ~ 52
  • A Meeting Place:  Medieval and Renaissance Music for Lute and Ud, Munir Nurettin Beken, ud, and August Denhard, lute (Dorian Sono Luminus DSL-92133, 2011) reviewed by Kenneth Bé ~ 52
  • Baroque Insight, Anna Kowalska, baroque guitar, and Anton Birula, theorbo (LuteDuo 2011), reviewed by Jocelyn Nelson ~ 53
  • Cradle of Conceits – Anthony Holborne, Lee Santana, lute (Carpe diem CD 16272), reviewed by Sean Smith ~ 53
  • Kellner & Weiss:  Works for Lute, Karl Nyhlin, lute (DB Productions 131), reviewed by Daniel Shoskes ~ 54
  • Due – Renaissance Lute Duets, Terzetti Lute Duo – Phillip Rukavina & Thomas Walker, Jr. (Studio 365), reviewed by Sean Smith ~ 54
  • The Art of Vivaldi’s Lute, Ronn McFarlane, lute; The Bach Sinfonia (Dorian Sono Luminus DSL-92132, 2011), reviewed by Bobbye Larson ~ 54
  • Si me llaman – Diego Pisador, Salamanca, 1552 – El cortesano, José Hernández-Pastor, voice, and Ariel Abramovich, vihuela (Carpe diem CD 16276), reviewed by John Griffiths ~ 55
  • Relic… Music for the French Lute, Anders Ericson, 11-course baroque lute (Daphne 1042), reviewed by Evan Plommer ~ 56
• Reviews:  Concert
  • A Parisian concert and lute tasting – Pièces de luth:  recital of Benjamin Narvey, reviewed by Anthony Hind ~ 57
• Reviews:  Music
  • The Schwerin Lute Book (Handscrift Schwerin Mus 641), ed. François-Pierre Goy, Tree Edition, (2011), reviewed by Kenneth Bé ~ 59
  • The Lute Society Music Editions:  An Anthology of Music by S.L. Weiss, ed. Wilfred Foxe, The Lute Society (England), reviewed by Daniel Shoskes ~ 59

Table of Contents, Issue No. 4

• Message from the LSA President, Dan Larson ~ 3
• Message from the Quarterly Editor, Dick Hoban ~ 3
• Plucked Notes, by Dan Larson ~ 4
• Secrets of the Bassadanza tenor, La Spagna, by Dick Hoban ~ 7
  • Re di Spagna [La Spagna basse dance tenor] (tablature), Antonio Cornazano, Libro dell’Arte, c.1455 ~ 7
  • Falla con misuras [La Spagna in Tenor] (tablature), M. Guglielmus [Ebreo], Perugia Ms.431, f95v ~ 8
  • Alta (tablature), Francisco de la Torre, Cancionero del Palacio, c.1500 ~ 10
  • Untitled [La Spagna in Tenor] (tablature), anonymous, Perugia MS 36, f100v-101r ~ 12
  • bassadanza (tablature), Pesaro Manuscript, p.35 ~ 13
  • Bassadanza [La Spagna] (tablature), Francesco Spinacino, Libro Secundo, 1507, f31 ~ 16
  • Spagna - seconda (tablature), Vincenzo Capirola Manuscript, c.1517 ~ 20
  • Counterpoint 1 (tablature), Constanzo Festa, Ms Bologna C36, c.1535 ~ 22
  • Counterpoint 2 (tablature), Constanzo Festa, Ms Bologna C36, c.1535 ~ 23
  • Recercada Primera (tablature, Diego Ortiz, Trattado de glosas, 1553 ~ 24
  • Recercada Segunda (tablature), Diego Ortiz, Trattado de glosas, 1553 ~ 25
• Eduardo Egüez, Interview, by Susan King ~ 27
• More Songs from the Cancionero del Palacio, by Philip Rosoff-Horne ~ 31
  • No fie nadie en amor (tablature with vocal part in pitch notation), Francisco de la Torre, Cancionero del Palacio 137, tr. Philip Rosoff-Horne ~ 32
  • Poco a poco me rodean (tablature with vocal part in pitch notation), Badajoz, Cancionero del Palacio 44, tr. Philip Rosoff-Horne ~ 33
  • Si dolor sufro secreto (tablature with vocal part in pitch notation), Millán, Cancionero del Palacio 197, tr. Philip Rosoff-Horne ~ 34
  • Ora baila tú (tablature with vocal part in pitch notation), anonymous, Cancionero del Palacio 173, tr. Philip Rosoff-Horne ~ 35
• Articulus – Looking at Nicolas Vallet’s Left hand Fingerings for Clues on Articulation in His Music, by Laudon Charles Schuett ~ 37
  • La vallette (facsimile), Nicolas Vallet, Le Secret Des Muses, p.61 ~ 39
  • Courante A 9 (facsimile), Nicolas Vallet, Le Secret Des Muses, p.63 ~ 41
• From Keyboard to Baroque Lute:  One Player’s Approach to Transcription, by Timothy Burris ~ 43
  • Tombeau fait à Paris sur la mort de Monsieur Blancherocher; lequel se joue fort lentement à la discretion sans observer aucune mesure. (tablature for dm tuning), Froberger, tr. Timothy Burris ~ 44
  • Tombeau de Mr de Blancrocher par Mr Couperin (tablature for dm tuning), Louis Couperin, tr. Timothy Burris ~ 46
• German Tab Made Easy…er Part III, by Catherine Liddell ~ 48
  • Hast du mich genumen. (facsimile), Hans Judenkunig, Ain schöne Underweisung, 1523 ~ 50
  • Ain Spaniyelischer hoffdantz (facsimile), Hans Judenkunig, Ain schöne Underweisung, 1523 ~ 50
  • Ain niderlendisch runden dantz (facsimile), Hans Judenkunig, Ain schöne Underweisung, 1523 ~ 50
  • Gassenhawer (facsimile), Hans Newsidler, Ein Newgeordent künstlich Lautenbuch fX, 1536 ~ 51
  • Preambel (facsimile), Hans Newsidler, Ein Newgeordent künstlich Lautenbuch fS iiii, 1536 ~ 51
  • Ich klag den Tag (facsimile), Hans Newsidler, Ein Newgeordent künstlich Lautenbuch fK, 1536 ~ 52
  • Si mon vouloir (facsimile), Hans Gerle, Musica und Tabulatur f3v, 1536 ~ 52
• LSA Sponsors Lute Recitals at the Boston Early Music Festival ~ 53
• Reviews:  CDs
  • The Kingdoms of Castille:  Spanish, Italian and Latin American Music of the 17th & 18th Centuries, El Mundo, directed by Richard Savino (Dorian Sono Luminus DSL-92131), reviewed by John Griffiths ~ 54
  • The Court of Bayreuth:  J. B. Hagen, A. Falkenhagen & C. G. Scheidler, Miguel Yisrael, lute (Brilliant Classics), reviewed by Dan Winheld ~ 54
  • Dowland in Dublin, Michael Slattery, tenor; La Nef, Sylvain Bergeron, lute (ATMA Classique CD ACD22650), reviewed by Ron Andrico ~ 55
  • John Danyel:  Songs to Mistress Anne Greene, Katherine Hawnt, soprano, Ziv Braha, lute, Uri Smilansky, bass viol and guest musicians (Etcetera KTC 1423, 2011), reviewed by Kenneth Bé ~ 55
  • Neidhart – A Minnesinger and His ‘Vale of Tears:’  Songs and Interludes, Ensemble Leones, Marc Lewon, director (Naxos 8.572449), reviewed by Sean Smith ~ 56
  • Adios mi amor:  Duets for Vihuelas, Delitiae Musicae:  Jesús Sánchez, vihuela & Renaissance guitar, Manuel Minguillón Nieto, vhhuela & lute (Brilliant Classics CD 94302), reviewed by Ron Andrico ~ 56
  • Lautenschmaus:  The Ascendancy of the German Baroque Lute, Daniel Shoskes, lute (CD Baby), reviewed by Kenneth Bé ~ 56
  • Mistress Elizabeth Davenant, Her Songs, Rebecca Ockenden, soprano & Sofie vanden Eynde, lute (Ramée RAM 1101), reviewed by Kenneth Bé ~ 57
  • His Golden Locks…, Ludy Vrijtag, tenor & David van Ooijen, lute (AEK 201105), reviewed by Sean Smith ~ 57 ~ 57
  • Dresden Moskau:  Lute Music by Sylvius Leopold Weissl, Berhard Hofstötter, lute (Verlag Klaus-Jürgen Kamprad VKJK 1011), reviewed by Kenneth Bé ~ 57
  • Les caractères de la danse, Tim Blackmore, recorders & harpsichord, Michel Cardin, theorbo & Baroque lute (LaTour LT1-11CD), revieved by Kenneth Bé ~ 58
  • Greensleeves and Pudding-Pies:  Music from the Celtic Lands in the 17th and 18th Centuries, Le Trésor d’Orphée (Peyrole Records MPH 4022), reviewed by Bobbye Larson ~ 58
  • Les Fantaisies de Josquin – The Instrumental Music of Josquin Desprez, Ensemble Leones, Marc Lewon, director & lute (Christophorus CHR77348), reviewed by Dick Hoban ~ 58
  • De gusto muy delicado – Música espanyola del segle XVIII per a guitarra de sis ordres, Thomas Schmitt, guitar (la má de guido LMG2108), reviewed by John Griffiths ~ 59