Tunes From The "dahlhoff" Collection

[Wolf Molkentin]

Here is my starting a new project, which is in fact a side-project to what others have been doing and setting up over the last years.

 

As for me, Michael Möllers (fiddler extraordinaire from Hannover, Germany) brought me into touch with this newly discovered great collection of dance tunes - an entire world of, say, people's Baroque tunes, apparently focussing on Northern German traditions, all very playful...

 

I was hooked immediately - a treasure for everyone who wants to expand his or her repertoiire...

 

My starting point for today (while still recovering from a bad flu and thus not fully content with the result):

 

Junge Printz Von Frisland - Englisch Offeria

 

Hope some will like this stuff! To be continued...

 

Best wishes - Wolf

 

edited to add the PDF pages: 113, 114

Edited May 29, 2015 by blue eyed sailor

[Steve Wilson]

Nice, very baroque. Good to hear a tune from you Wolf, after a little while.

[Wolf Molkentin]

Thank you Steve, very glad you're enjoying it!

For you and everyone, the next couple of tunes:

 

Polonaise 2.239 a+b

edited to add the PDF page: 195

Edited May 29, 2015 by blue eyed sailor

[Toffie]

Yess, I like this collection too!

I'm learning Menuet "La Schene" 1.65 and think that this will be a long lasting "work in process" .

 

Ciao Elke

 

For those who are interested:

Michael Möllers and other player in Dinker ( the first tune )

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzmtyjTSsZg

[Robin Harrison]

Nicely played and thank you Wolf.

Is it also part of your project to provide the sheet music too ?

He asks with hope & self-interest !

Robin

[Wolf Molkentin]

Thanks a lot for listening and commenting, Robin! I'm very glad you like my takes.

 

As to the sheet music, I might not be allowed to provide transcriptions by third parties (I'll check that) but will be very happy to post copies of the recorded tunes as written down in original manuscripts (a large file which should be available for the public but actually isn't) in any event.

 

New recordings (and dots) are soon to follow (now, that I concluded my TOTM attemtps)...

 

Best wishes - Wolf

[MarkvN]

Hi all,

The Dahlhoff collection is available online, but it is a bit difficult to find. For your convenience, I’ll insert a link to a copy on my google drive account. It consists of 10 Bücher (e.g. volumes) in one pdf file, some 1370 pages and 241 Mb: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6J1H4gAmvwLR2dfTVVkV3FWQTg/view?usp=sharing.

 

I was also given a transcription of the first Buch, made by Jan Kristof Schliep, for further dispersal (6 Mb): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6J1H4gAmvwLR2dfTVVkV3FWQTg/view?usp=sharing.

 

I was given these copies for publication on our website, the Lusthof der Muziek (Garden of Musical Delights, http://lusthof-der-muziek.blogspot.nl/), but I never got around to that. On the Lusthof, there are several transcriptions (pdf, abc, musicxml, mp3) of manuscripts with very similar repertoire, such as Starkenborgh and Kloeckhoff.

 

Hope this helps,

Mark

 

(Edited typo.)

Edited May 28, 2015 by MarkvN

[Wolf Molkentin]

Hi Mark,

 

I wasn't able to download the PDF from the public library source some weeks ago (there appeared to be sort of a malfunction) and got it privately (but also not restricted as to using it) though dropbox. Thank you for providing it for everyone interested here, I will then just point to the PDF page numbers.

 

Best wishes - Wolf

 

P.S.: The "Lusthof" has already been a terrific ressource for me...

[Wolf Molkentin]

So here'e the next couple of tunes, two Minuets:

 

1,119 + 1,65 "Laschene"

Please comment...

 

Best wishes - Wolf

 

P.S.: The omission of repeating each B section of "Laschene" as written down in the manuscript just happened; one thing which may be subject to change in the next take...

 

PDF page numbers: 125 - 71

Edited May 30, 2015 by blue eyed sailor

[Wolf Molkentin]

Track four / ...:

 

Polnis 1.141b / Polonaise 1.112

edited to add PDF page numbers: 47 - 118

Edited May 30, 2015 by blue eyed sailor

[Sebastian]

I downloaded the Dahlhoff collection some time ago. I wonder: Is there anywhere a central point of information about the collection? Something like www.dahlhoff.net where abc transcriptions of the tunes are offered and biographical and paleographic information is collected? Until now I know only about dispersed bits here and there.

[Wolf Molkentin]

Hi Sebastian,

 

there is a dropbox group and folder with some further information. If you PM me and give me your eMail adress, I will forward it for an invitation of your person if you like.

 

Best wishes - Wolf