Transcriptions in MEI of a lute piece from the E-LAUTE project

Overview

This dataset contains transcription files of the piece "Saphica (Saphica)", a 16th-century lute piece originally notated in lute tablature, created as part of the E-LAUTE project (https://e-laute.info/). The transcriptions preserve and make historical lute music from the German-speaking regions during 1450-1550 accessible.

They are based on the work with the title "Saphica (Saphica)" and the id "A-Wn_Cod._9704_n21" in the e-lautedb. It is found on the page(s) or folio(s) 23r-23v in the source "Lautenbüchlein des Jakob Thurner" with the E-LAUTE source-id "A-Wn_Cod._9704" and the shelfmark A-Wn_Cod._9704.

Images of the original source and renderings of the transcriptions can be found on the E-LAUTE platform: https://edition.onb.ac.at/fedora/objects/o:lau.A-Wn_Cod._9704/methods/sdef:TEI/get?mode=n21.

Links to the source: http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/AC13955711.

Dataset Contents

This dataset includes 8 MEI files (.mei) with different transcription variants (diplomatic/editorial versions in various tablature notations and common music notation) as well as a provenance file in Turtle format (.ttl) for each of the MEI files.

MEI (https://music-encoding.org/) is an XML-based format for encoding and exchanging structured music notation and related editorial information. Turtle files are a plain-text RDF serialization that represents linked-data statements as triples (subject-predicate-object). Both MEI and Turtle files are text-based and can be opened with any standard text editor.

About the E-LAUTE Project

E-LAUTE: Electronic Linked Annotated Unified Tablature Edition - The Lute in the German-Speaking Area 1450-1550

The E-LAUTE project creates innovative digital editions of lute tablatures from the German-speaking area between 1450 and 1550. This interdisciplinary "open knowledge platform" combines musicology, music practice, music informatics, and literary studies to transform traditional editions into collaborative research spaces.

For more information, visit the project website: https://e-laute.info/