[LUTE] Elizabethan Feast

[Stewart McCoy]

Thanks, Ron. It's a very interesting programme. Haddon Hall is certainly
worth a visit. I've played the lute there quite a few times over the
years, accompanying two dancers, and playing an occasional solo. The
long gallery is very lute-friendly with its resonant wooden floor. The
stone floor downstairs in the room with the minstrel's gallery, is very
uneven, and its irregularities are invisible under a carpet. I was in
that room once, playing for one of the dancers. He was very tall and
athletic, jumping high into the air with great panache for a galliard.
Suddenly his foot landed on a particularly nasty lump. He fell to the
floor in agony, and didn't dance again for months. A cautionary tale.

Normally people are not allowed to touch the furniture at the Hall, but
they made an exception for me, and I was allowed to sit on one of the
ancient chairs. Interestingly, although the upright chairs all looked
the same, they were slightly different heights, so I could pick the one
which suited me best for holding a lute.

Rumours have circulated that there may be some old music at Haddon Hall
yet to be discovered. One lives in hope. A complete set of Morley and
Rosseter's consort lessons would be nice. The only musical artefact
which survives there, is a viol bridge. I think there was an article
about it in _Early Music_ some years ago.

Best wishes,

Stewart McCoy.


-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Fletcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 11 May 2008 22:43
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [LUTE] Elizabethan Feast

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This re-construction is only available to view for three more days.
Haddon
Hall is about 40 miles from me.

 

Elizabethan music is introduced towards the end, so move the slider
along
until you find it, if you are not into the gourmet arts.

 

Enjoy

 

Ron (UK)

 

BBC i-Player - BBC Four (A Tudor Feast at Christmas) if the link does
not
work.

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