Sunday, November 9, 2014

van Eyck series, no. 5

"Lavignone": the first and simpler of two versions in the Fluyten-Lusthof. There is little to say about this one beyond that the sequential rise from ^5 to ^8 is as plain and clear as one will find anywhere. Like "Meysje wilje by," it also reinforces the basic importance of the modal ambitus (here, the octave D-D) as the frame for the melody.