Audio recording of a lute piece from the E-LAUTE project

Overview

This dataset contains an audio recording of the piece "La Traditora (La Traditora)", a 16th century lute music piece originally notated in lute tablature, created as part of the E-LAUTE project (https://e-laute.info/). The recording preserves and makes historical lute music from the German-speaking regions during 1450-1550 accessible.

The recording is based on the work with the title "La Traditora (La Traditora)" and the id "Yale_tab_n36" in the e-lautedb. It is found on the page(s) or folio(s) 26v-28v in the source "Yale Tablature" with the source-id "Yale_tab".

The original source and multiple transcriptions of the work can be found on the E-LAUTE platform: https://edition.onb.ac.at/fedora/objects/o:lau.Yale_tab/methods/sdef:TEI/get?mode=n36.

Links to the source: https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/17451985, .

Dataset Contents

This dataset includes:

• Audio file (wav): The audio recording of the lute piece in .wav format
• Audio file (mp3): The audio recording of the lute piece in .mp3 format (192 kbps VBR)
• Metadata file: A metadata file with detailed information about the recording in .json format

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/