Vicentino

The Thesaurus musicarum italicarum (TMI) has been expanded recently:
http://www.euromusicology.org/tmiweb/tmiweb.htm
Now it's possible to read Nicola Vicentino's _L'antica musica_ online!
Among other things (Aaron, Zarlino ..) Only wished my Italian was better.
Read the project information too, it's interesting and high quality work.

Manuel

Thought it would be a good time to write of the recent Vicentino
performance on the past AFMM concert. We are presently awaiting a mastered digital
recording...any day now.

The intonation in the performance was good over all. I might wish
entrances to be "thinner" or less rich. A particular solo is heard quite
differently than I would have designed, for example. But the microtonal movement,
from a just intonation model of tuning, remained intact.

As soon as our video is wedded to the new mastered sound, I will release
the recording for viewing. Alas, we did not have the power of singers who
have devoted themselves to their voices, at 100%. Our soprano described the
performance as "soulful."

Anyone out there see the performance?

Johnny

_http://www.c500.org/afmm/vin.wmv_ (http://www.c500.org/afmm/vin.wmv)

Here's the May 15, 2010 AFMM performance, as promised. Amazed we got as
far as we did.

Comments?

Johnny

--- In tuning@yahoogroups.com, Afmmjr@... wrote:
>
> _http://www.c500.org/afmm/vin.wmv_ (http://www.c500.org/afmm/vin.wmv)
>
> Here's the May 15, 2010 AFMM performance, as promised. Amazed we got as
> far as we did.
>
> Comments?

If ensembles like The Clerk's Group, The Hilliard Ensemble, The Cardinall's Musick, or The Tallis Scholars want to show they are not wussies, they will record a Vicentino album. They can quote the previous sentence on the album cover if they like.