Even though Basel Schola is a turning point in lute teaching, it is certainly not the only one ! Bor Zuljan, for one, didn’t study there and yet he is undoubtedly in the lead regarding lute playing ! Young Dunford never completed his curriculum there, etc etc... Lukas Henning was probably one of the most gifted students of Hoppy Smith and deserves a much better recognition. There are talented people everywhere and that’s a very good thing indeed ! The lute is undergoing a strong revival and that rejoices me a lot as it proves the older generation did a hell of a good job ! Jean-Marie Poirier
> Le 27 août 2020 à 14:15, Timothy Swain <timothy745w...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > That's not speaking of Thomas Dunford, an incredible lutenist whose got > several recordings out. But what I've witnessed since the 1960's is > incredible: we do not need to worry about the lute & theorbo > anymore--many very fine players throughout the world, including > Hopkinson Smith who teaches at Basel. I do NOT write comments about the > lute--this is rare for me--but as someone who watched from the 1960's > (& played) there's not much to worry about (except perhaps the > happenings of such terrible things as COVID-19!) I agree with the > naming of Lukas Henning--who deserves all the support --- & many many > others. It is simply incredible where the lute has arrived today -- > Timothy Swain > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 10:45 PM Jurgen Frenz > <[1]eye-and-ear-cont...@protonmail.com> wrote: > > It is my impression that there are quite a few outstanding young > players who will continue the tradition of great lute playing. Names > that immediately come to mind are Lukas Henning and Bor Zuljan. We > should ask the teachers at the Schola in Basels what they think of > young players. - Further, when you look at the "new members" section > in the latest Lute News magazine by the British Lute Society there > are quite a few Japanese sounding names - that indicates to my > opinion a growing interest in lute music outside of Europe which is > very encouraging. > Another thing is that amateurs who spend a lot of time and effort in > transcribing lute music from manuscripts and hard-to-find prints > into a modern typeset and put it for free online - Sarge Gerbode is > doing outstanding work in this respect (and if you doubt his > competency he also puts the faksimiles online so that everybody can > individually verify). > Those 3 ingredients (well trained young players, growing interest > outside of Europe and a large stock of available music without cost) > are an indication that we don't have to be concerned for the future > of lute playing. My opinion, that is. > âââââââ Original Message âââââââ > On Thursday, August 27, 2020 5:53 AM, howard posner > <[2]howardpos...@ca.rr.com> wrote: >>> On Aug 26, 2020, at 6:38 PM, Richard Brook > [3]richa...@mail.cs.dartmouth.edu wrote: >> >>> I note Henry VIII (source: Hilary Mantel) executed a lute player > for sleeping (so Henry claimed) with Anne Boleyn. >> >> That would be Mark Smeaton; hence Theodore's foreboding about a > Smeaton-themed movie. But it has more or less happened already. > Smeaton was a significant character in The Tudors, a Netflix series > that seems (as far as I could see from dropping in while my wife > binge-watched it), to combine insight and outrageous nonsense in > roughly equal measure. >> >> Addressing the larger question, assuming the world rebounds well > from Covid shutdown (a dicey proposition in the USA, I know) the > lute should do just fine because ensembles and orchestras should be > a steady source of professional gigs, and that area still seems to > be growing. Some responses here treat the lute as if it were just a > vehicle for solo lute music, which was never the case except in the > early days of the lute revival. >> >>> So things are looking up. >>> Dick Brook >>> >>>> On Aug 26, 2020, at 8:13 PM, > [4]theoj89...@new-old-mail.cs.dartmouth.edu wrote: >>>> Dear luters: >>>> What does the future hold the lute? >>>> In the waning days of this wonderful email list (Thanks > Wayne!!), I >>>> thought I would invite thoughts regarding the future of the > lute and >>>> the lute community. As I muse, it seems that this present lute > revival >>>> started in 1960's - 70's largely out of the folk music revival > and >>>> early music revival. I notice that many of our fellow lute > enthusiasts >>>> are growing older (as am I). And with the recent passing of > Julian >>>> Bream, I thought it prescient to reflect: >>>> What will the next 10, 20, or 50 years look like for the lute > and lute >>>> community? >>>> Is interest in the lute on the decline, ascendency, or moving > in some >>>> other direction? >>>> Is this trajectory different in different countries? >>>> The internet has revolutionized access to manuscripts, > publishers, and >>>> recordings. Will the internet ultimately drive interest to > diversions >>>> other than the lute? >>>> And when will Hollywood finally make a sizzling historical > romance >>>> about a lute player and bring the lute back to be a symbol of >>>> seduction, as it should be? (Hopefully the movie won't be > about Mark >>>> Smeaton.) >>>> Thoughts? >>>> theodore jordan >>>> -- >>>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>>> [5]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. mailto:eye-and-ear-cont...@protonmail.com > 2. mailto:howardpos...@ca.rr.com > 3. mailto:richa...@mail.cs.dartmouth.edu > 4. mailto:theoj89...@new-old-mail.cs.dartmouth.edu > 5. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
