manelalsina on Nostr: One thing I do for work and that I find very relaxing and fun is to transcribe old ...

One thing I do for work and that I find very relaxing and fun is to transcribe old scores from the choir archive. Our choir is almost 75 years and the archive is full of scores written by hand. I do love working with handmade scores 'cause it makes me feel more attached to the composer who did it. But singers prefer renewed scores that are easyer to read and are easy to read on tablets or whatever tool they use.

This is the begining of the sardana "Els degotalls". Els degotalls is a rock located in the mountain of Montserrat, an iconic one here for the catalan people (even the ones not religious like me) where you can find the monastery of Montserrat where one can admire "la moreneta", one of the most importants images of the Virgin Mary with the particularity that is a black one. The monastery of Montserrat is a Benedictine one that was first mentioned on 882 AD so its really ancient one. From there we have "El llibre vermell de Montserrat"(the red book of Montserrat) from 1399 and it's full of medieval music, but let's talk about that in another ocasion.

If you have interest on having the full score, I can send it to you once it's fully translated.