Ricercare a Due Voci no. 12, Francesco Guami, 1588

[Sherry C]

Hi guys,

Well, we don't have to require sound files (and the storage space would start getting a bit much) but it is certainly nice to hear a song the way that the person creating it intends it to sound.

One way that we've accomplished that in the past is to have folks use something like DropBox, SoundCloud, SoundClick, etc, and then share the link to listen. There is a thread with links to some of these "store and share" sites at http://www.notation.com/vb-forum/showthread.php?t=3130 (please feel free to add others.)

However I also know that sometimes folks are creating a work that is intended for a live band and so don't always tweak the .not or .mid file to what they hear in their head. They annotate the score and then let the live musicians do the work. I plead guilty on that one myself

So, please do feel free to share sound files if you want/can. But don't feel obligated

ttfn,
Sherry

[aulos43]

I only have time now to post the mp3 file. I'll chime in on ictus, cc's and sound libraries, and publish a convincing case supporting it being a vocal piece, later.

Unfortunately, I am not able to produce a straight rendering of the Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth on my Windows Vista laptop. I used iTunes on the exported midi file for the conversion and it has added some ambiance (at least the reverb). Not sure if it used the MS GS Synth, or supplied its own GM library.

Walt

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[aulos43]

Herbert,

"I doubt, w[h]ether the music was composed for singing. The rhythmic contents of the voices are to[o] different to permit a common text."

There is an enormous amount of music, especially before 1800, were there is not a "common text," as I take your meaning.

Attached are two bicinia, one, by Orlando di Lasso, 1577, using an actual text, and another, by Francesco Guami, 1588, shown as sung using solemnization.

I think this answers your doubt.

I enjoyed the opportunity to research this -- it's been decades since I've delved into this in depth.

Regards

Walt

PS These two examples are from a PhD thesis, "Two-part Didactic Music in Printed Italian Collections of the Renaissance and Baroque (1521-1744)," by Andrea Bornstein, found at http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/677/1/Bornstein01PhD.pdf

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[herbert]

Hi Walt,

Thank you for that. You have convinced me that the music could be sung. Looking forward to hear from you on the other matters.

Herbert