Joan-Ambrosio Dalza - Tastar de corde, Recercar dietro, lute

[debs4mysweetbaby]

this is so wonderful val :) you play so beautifully and with so much feeling..i love it! :)

[concritique]

Very nice. Well plucked.

[Luthval]

Thanks a lot !

Val

[Luthval]

This is a six course renaissance lute, smaller than the other one (top tuned in A) but I don't own it any more.

Val

[trolabe]

Wonderful music and interpretation, I love the sound of your lute. Thanks

[C6H12B26]

"Caldibi Castiglione" ( Joan Ambrosio Dalza), first piece from his lutebook (1508) could be based on an Arab song

(Howard Mayer Brown "Instrumental music, Harvard University Press, Cambridge Massachussets 1965).

Congratulations( & celebrations...) Mr Val for this "Thing of beauty" !

[van1976]

LUTE Early History: The European lute derives both in name and form from the Arab instrument known as al 'Ud, which means literally 'the wood' The Arab 'Ud was introduced into Europe by the Moors during their conquest and occupation of Spain (711-1492). Pictorial evidence shows Moorish 'Ud players, and 9th and 10th century accounts tell of visits of famous players such as Ziryab to the court of the Andalusian emir 'Abd al Rahman II (822-52).

[Luthval]

It is said that Ziryab put one more string on the lute used in Arabian countries. (Ziryab meaning blackbird)

Here in the early XVIth century in Venice, we have the first printed tablatures for lute, and here start the renaissance lute period, playing polyphonic pieces with fingers, not with a plectrum.

;-)

Val

[Gealach74]

bravo!

[Luthval]

merci !

[salixarbour]

A wonderful contribution yet again, Val.

Thanks for bringing this marvellous music back to life.

Alan.

[Luthval]

Thanks Alan (I'm waiting to see you lute...)

Val ;-)

[salixarbour]

Hi again, Val.

Discussed today with the luthier...perhaps another 6 months or so :-(

Alors, j'aime déballer mes cadeaux de Noël très lentement, très très lentement :-)

Amitiés

Alan.

[jessyquedens]

Would this not originally have been played on a 6-course lute in G? Not that the tablature would have been any different. Anyway, I'm glad to see more Dalza.

[Luthval]

They probably use lute in A, in G, in E or whatever tuning they want. Lute in G was not a standard as we know think. And if we look at songs published by Pettruci in the early XVIth century, most needs an A lute to play with. Even the tuning was not at A=440 but from 392 to 460 was not unusual, also depending of the string length of the instrument and the quality of gut strings...

V ;-)

[kidneykutter]

Tasty chords. Congratulations!

[C6H12B26]

Comme quoi le plus simple est souvent le meilleur !

5 étoiles ! Bravo, Mr Val ! A quand le "Caldibi Castigliano " de Joan Ambrosio Dalza qui gagnerait à être connu ?

[Luthval]

Je vais y jeter un oeil... ;-)

Val

[kreepykrawlie]

Pure genius.

[GeraldBoyClassical]

So nice Val.

[Musicislove123]

Very nice my friend, the first piece especially I think was great.

Keep on playing!

MIL