Hello Stuart,
Beautiful music. that is the first time I listen Thackray's music and I like
it very much. Congratulations for the interpretation, you're really a great
guittar player!
Thanks again,
Damien
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart Walsh" <s.wa...@ntlworld.com>
To: "cittern list" <cittern@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 1:11 AM
Subject: [CITTERN] Thomas Thackray
A little bit is known about Thomas Thackray and his life as a musician in
Yorkshire in the second half of the 18th century. He published lessons and
airs for the guittar (English guitar). His "Forty Four Airs' have simple
duets as well as solos. The duet format for English guitar with a second
part for another guittar (often specifying a violin as an alternative)
was very popular. The second part is usually just a simple, as it were,
bass line accompaniment. An accomplished player could probably play both
parts on one instrument but the use of two separate instruments has its
own unique sound.
Here are a couple of simple tunes, a 'minuetto' (Thackray includes both
minuets and minuettos) and 'Temple Newsham'. Temple Newsam still exists in
Leeds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU3BIzB51kM
Stuart
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