Talk:Descendi in ortum meum (John Dunstable)
Sources of this work
This work survives in two fragmentary sources which fortunately show two voices each (British Library Add. 52423 and Canterbury Cathedral PRC 50/5). However the manuscripts are damaged and lack certain parts of the music so any edition is necessarily a reconstruction of the work, though enough exists to stitch up the source material.
None of the above information is in the edition by Sabine Cassola so I have flagged it and provided something on this page. I think it highly misleading to make public an edition of an incomplete work without any indication that it is a reconstruction. All editions should show which sources were used to make them, and highlight anything editorial (reconstructed sections should have brackets around them).
Daniel Rollison (talk) 18:10, 28 December 2012 (CST)
Spelling inconsistency: Hortum vs. Ortum
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I usually see it spelled Hortum rather than Ortum (including other scores on CPDL). If both are correct, we should have a redirect so people can find it under either spelling. Otherwise, we should fix the spelling. |
- There is no 'H' in Latin. The graphic was adopted from Greek, where it represents a vowel, rather than a consonant. The same goes for J, as you'll find Jerusalem next to Ierusalem. Trying to get Latin spelling consistent is a daunting task, comparable to what Dave is doing to Dowland's English currently. I'd suggest leaving it as it is, with possibly a redirect leaving both options possible. joachim 17:11, 11 August 2008 (PDT)
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