Very simply: because Bream was a great musician. RT ==== http://turovsky.org Feci quod potui. Faciant meliora potentes.
> On Jun 18, 2019, at 8:17 PM, Franz Mechsner <franz.mechs...@gmx.de> wrote: > > My question was and is: how does it come that Julian Bream sounds so > good on the lute - though every body today is convinced > to know better.... > > Dr. Franz Mechsner > Zum Kirschberg 40 > D-14806 Belzig OT Borne > +49(0)33841 441362 > franz.mechs...@gmx.de > > > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 19. Juni 2019 um 02:08 Uhr > Von: "spiffys84121" <spiffys84...@cs.dartmouth.edu> > An: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Julian Bream on Lute > I wouldn't say that Bream pioneered lute technique as he didn't really > use lute technique. He played a lute shaped guitar like a classical > guitar. > He was very influential to future lute players though, but does > --anyone-- today play a Bream type lute/object with guitar technique? > Susan > Bream is still alive btw > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. > -------- Original message -------- > From: Franz Mechsner <franz.mechs...@gmx.de> > Date: 6/18/19 5:13 PM (GMT-07:00) > To: Dan Winheld <dwinh...@lmi.net> > Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Julian Bream on Lute > Dear Dan, > Julian Bream actually pioneered lute playing very early. Watch > this beautiful movie on him that makes me smile (lute things come > somewhere in the > middle): [1][1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUdunh_wMCI > Warm regards and best > Franz > Dr. Franz Mechsner > Zum Kirschberg 40 > D-14806 Belzig OT Borne > +49(0)33841 441362 > franz.mechs...@gmx.de > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 19. Juni 2019 um 01:07 Uhr > Von: "Dan Winheld" <dwinh...@lmi.net> > An: "Franz Mechsner" <franz.mechs...@gmx.de>, lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Betreff: Re: [LUTE] Julian Bream on Lute > Nope. Never heard of him. >> On 6/18/2019 3:49 PM, Franz Mechsner wrote: >> Dear collective wisdom, >> >> I just heard some pieces played by admired guitarist Julian Bram > on > the >> lute. It seems to me he played kind of classical guitar style on > the >> lute. Strange, but It sounds wonderful to me, not only bold for > the >> time. Does anyone understand how he played the (maybe special) > lute > and >> produced the wonderful sound on a lute admittedly built for him? >> >> Best and curious >> Franz >> >> Dr. Franz Mechsner >> Zum Kirschberg 40 >> D-14806 Belzig OT Borne >> +49(0)33841 441362 >> franz.mechs...@gmx.de >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> [2][2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> > References > 1. [3]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUdunh_wMCI > 2. [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > References > > 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUdunh_wMCI > 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUdunh_wMCI > 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
