Wow Gernot,
I think I may have seen that Holbein years ago, but didn't associate it
then. What lovely detail, almost a primer on the construction of a lute. I
confess I'd associated Holbein with some of his other styles, the rakish
villagers and such.
Don't take this off your webspace
Forgot to point out that the printed music is in an approximation of the
modern clef rather than the tabulature. The fret based tabulature of the
lute music we read is a guide to performance rather than music as such. It
can only be played on a lute, or with a knowledge of the lute so that one
can
- Original Message -
From: David Van Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Martin Shepherd [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 18 October 2003 20:45
Subject: Re: fret diameters
Dear Martin,
I was a bit startled by your contention that single frets are mainly
a modern usage and
Saw this on ebay:
VINTAGE GERMAN BOOK IS A BEGINNER'S BOOK FOR THE GUITAR OR LUTE
TITLE: ERSTER LIEDERSCHATZ FUR GITARRE ODER LAUTE
AUTHOR: HERMANN SCHMIDT
COPYRIGHT: NOT DATED
PUBLISHER: MUSIKHAUS H. SCHMIDT NACHF.
TYPE: MUSIC INSTRUCTION BOOK
Stewart,
I think there's enough detail in the globe to the left of the lute to see
that a number of countries are color coded. I think it may even have been
related to religion. I will photo it too and send it to Gernot. Yes, please
make these images avilable to any.
Sean
At 02:02 AM
I am going to look forward to finding out how Jon's flat back turns out and
if he likes it. But unlike him, I'm boycotting the World Series.. How can
anyone cheer a baseball team named after a fish?
Some one suggested a few weeks ago using dental abrasive to sand groves for
the strings. My
Robert,
This book in English was published in a French series, so you may be able
easily to find it in a local library.
There is a modern edition of La Magdalena and after dances with tablature
(by Pierre Blondeau from Dixhuit basses dances) is available in one of the
classic editions of lute
Please, somebody could send me a modern intabulation of the M. Galilei's
- Volta II? Thanks,
Best regards,
Jose-Luis
Folks,
Sean Smith has kindly sent me two more hi-res pics of the ambassador
painting. Thank you, Sean. I have removed the old pics from my website
and have uploaded a very primitive HTML file with links to the full-res
pics.
www.jsbach.mynetcologne.de/ambassadors.html
I could not persuade
