[LUTE] Re: Another Newbie Question

2005-09-01 Thread Roman Turovsky
Is the baroque lute much harder than renaissance? No. It is the other way around. I really enjoy Bach and Weiss, and I'd be prepared to tell my lute teacher that I'd like to concentrate on baroque lute, but I don't want him laughing his head off at my naivety. Also, there seem to be a

[LUTE] Re: intabulation guides

2005-09-01 Thread Daniel F Heiman
Chris: Often your local public library will have an interlibrary loan arrangement whereby you can get access to books from other libraries, including universities. Talk to the people at the service desk if it is not obvious how to make that work on the library's website. I did exactly that in

[LUTE] Re: Matanya Ophee and the lutelist

2005-09-01 Thread gary digman
Dear Roman; I have no opinion at all regarding the comparative merits of Arthur's or Matanya's views except to say that Matanya's ad hominem postings concerning Arthur were very insulting and Arthur's postings were restrained and professional arguments ad rem. I just felt that it was not

[LUTE] Re: Fingering

2005-09-01 Thread gary digman
Thank you, Stewart. Most informative and helpful. Much food for thought. Gary - Original Message - From: Stewart McCoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lute Net lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 4:12 AM Subject: [LUTE] Fingering Dear Gary, The

[LUTE] Re: Another Newbie Question

2005-09-01 Thread Taco Walstra
On Thursday 01 September 2005 04:23, jim abraham wrote: Sorry for the asinine questions, but here's another: Is the baroque lute much harder than renaissance? I really enjoy Bach and Weiss, and I'd be prepared to tell my lute teacher that I'd like to concentrate on baroque lute, but I don't

[LUTE] OT: Italian solfege

2005-09-01 Thread LGS-Europe
For something we must translate: How do Italians say C-sharp minor, B-flat major, F-sharp minor? Sorry to bother the list with this, answers off-list. David * David van Ooijen Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Http://home.planet.nl/~d.v.ooijen/

[LUTE] Re: intabulation guides

2005-09-01 Thread Arthur Ness
Dear Chris, AIM, American Institute of Musicology, publications are now sold by A-R Editions in Wisconsin. The MacClintock translation and edition is volume 39 in AIM's Musicological Studies and Documents and sells for $US 64 (248 pp.), which may have been its price when it was issued in 1985.

[LUTE] Re: Guitar and lute

2005-09-01 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 09:51 AM 9/1/2005, Roman Turovsky wrote: Still, I believe baroque music for guitar can be made to work as well on 6-string guitar as any baroque music if loosely approached, again, as transcription. 'Fraid not. Inasmush as you cannot play Froberger on a Steinway. It really depends. As

[LUTE] Re: Matanya Ophee and the lutelist

2005-09-01 Thread Roman Turovsky
Dear Roman; I have no opinion at all regarding the comparative merits of Arthur's or Matanya's views except to say that Matanya's ad hominem postings concerning Arthur were very insulting and Arthur's postings were restrained and professional arguments ad rem. I just felt that it was not

[LUTE] Re: Another Newbie Question

2005-09-01 Thread Greg M. Silverman
Roman Turovsky wrote: Is the baroque lute much harder than renaissance? No. It is the other way around. Unless you com from a guitar background. Still, as I am finding out, it is not insurmountable. I really enjoy Bach and Weiss, and I'd be prepared to tell my lute teacher that

[LUTE] Re: intabulation guides

2005-09-01 Thread Arthur Ness
Chris, I should have included Fronimo in the yesterday's list of Renaissance instructions on intabulation procedures. You should also look at the Adrian Le Roy instructions in the CNRS series. He wrote two books of instructions,and you will want the Briefe and plaine instructions, the

[LUTE] Re: Another Newbie Question

2005-09-01 Thread Roman Turovsky
Is the baroque lute much harder than renaissance? No. It is the other way around. Unless you com from a guitar background. Still, as I am finding out, it is not insurmountable. If there is a will: there is a way... RT To get on or off this list see list information

[LUTE] Re: Guitar and lute

2005-09-01 Thread Eric Crouch
lute@cs.dartmouth.edu On 1 Sep 2005, at 14:51, Roman Turovsky wrote: Still, I believe baroque music for guitar can be made to work as well on 6-string guitar as any baroque music if loosely approached, again, as transcription. 'Fraid not. Inasmush as you cannot play Froberger on a

[LUTE] Re: Ophee - his views

2005-09-01 Thread G. Crona
- Original Message - From: Howard Posner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 7:55 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Ophee - his views G.R. Crona wrote: I must say, that I'm very disillusioned by this move to make what has previously been an open forum,

[LUTE] guitarists and the baroque lute

2005-09-01 Thread Greg M. Silverman
Roman Turovsky wrote: Is the baroque lute much harder than renaissance? No. It is the other way around. Unless you com from a guitar background. Still, as I am finding out, it is not insurmountable. If there is a will: there is a way... Aye laddie... As a

[LUTE] Beethoven influences, was Re: Matanya Ophee and the lutelist

2005-09-01 Thread Arthur Ness
The discussion was about Beethoven influences on 19th century guitar music, in a thread started by Eugene Braig. It had nothing to do with Matanya, but he came charging in any way. I remembered the example of a typical Beethoven chord progression that I saw in that Irish fantasia on his web

[LUTE] Re: Ophee - his views

2005-09-01 Thread Arto Wikla
Dear lutenists Howard wrote: But the forum is no less open and no more censored than it was before. The only difference is that one more person is now on the list of those excluded from posting. And Göran replied: I don't understand, what kind of legal logic or lingo you refer to for

[LUTE] Re: Ophee - his views

2005-09-01 Thread Roman Turovsky
And while Roman's insults and bellicose language may be frequent, they are hardly interminable. They are usually mercifully brief. English is not my first language. Interminable, frequent, endless, call them what you will. He still gets to make them, while Matanya cannot anymore. And that

[LUTE] Re: OT: Italian solfege

2005-09-01 Thread Tony Chalkley
Why off-list? I would have minded knowing, even though I didn't think of the question - Original Message - From: LGS-Europe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lute net lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 7:21 AM Subject: [LUTE] OT: Italian solfege For something we must

[LUTE] RE : Re: OT: Italian solfege

2005-09-01 Thread Lino Messina
Ciao David, Do Diesis Minore, Si Bemolle Maggiore, Fa Diesis Minore Best regards Lino -Original Message- From: Tony Chalkley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 7:02 PM To: Lute net Subject: [LUTE] Re: OT: Italian solfege Why off-list? I would have

[LUTE] Re: Ophee - his views

2005-09-01 Thread G. Crona
- Original Message - From: Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Howard Posner [EMAIL PROTECTED]; G. Crona [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 7:30 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Ophee - his views previously been an open forum, a censored one. But

[LUTE] Announcing the 'Toronto Continuo Collective'

2005-09-01 Thread Lucas Harris
Dear friends, Please read below about the launch of the `Toronto Continuo Collective,' a new ensemble of Toronto-based instrumentalists dedicated to studying the art of basso continuo or Baroque accompaniment. Please help us by forwarding this message to anybody who might be interested in

[LUTE] Re: OT: Italian solfege

2005-09-01 Thread Gernot Hilger
I believe they changed ut to do and si to ti because ut is much harder to sing and si could be confused with ti, at least that is what I remember from school. g On 01.09.2005, at 20:40, Tony Chalkley wrote: Grazie Lino e Roman. It's very like French, so next question - why 'Ut' in French

[LUTE] Re: OT: Italian solfege

2005-09-01 Thread Gernot Hilger
Proof reading helps a lot. Sorry! I believe they changed ut to do and si to ti because ut is much harder to sing and si could be confused with sol, at least that is what I remember from school. g On 01.09.2005, at 20:42, Gernot Hilger wrote: I believe they changed ut to do and si to ti

[LUTE] Re: OT: Italian solfege

2005-09-01 Thread Tony Chalkley
Mmm, they _sing_ do in French, but the key name stayed ut. - Original Message - From: Gernot Hilger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lute net lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 8:42 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: OT: Italian solfege I believe they changed ut to do and si to ti

[LUTE] Re: OT: Italian solfege

2005-09-01 Thread Bernd Haegemann
Hi all, the whole thing stems from a method of teaching the position of tones in the mediaeval system, developed by a certain Guido (from Arezzo). This method is called solmisatio and used a standard song with the following text: UT quaeant laxis REsonare fibris/ MIra gestorum FAmuli tuorum/

[LUTE] Re: OT: Italian solfege

2005-09-01 Thread Ron Fletcher
Si Bemolle Maggiore - Isn't Moll minor in German? Must be awfully confusing for a mixed consort! bg Best Wishes Ron UK -Original Message- From: Tony Chalkley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 01 September 2005 19:40 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Lute net' Subject: [LUTE] Re: OT: Italian

[LUTE] Re: Ophee - his views

2005-09-01 Thread Roman Turovsky
May I ask, what in the world justifies letting Roman rant on with his interminable insults and obsessive, bellicose language when we can't stand Matanya's equally insulting postings? Why should there be a difference? I don't know that anything justifies some of Roman's more

[LUTE] Next POD'CD

2005-09-01 Thread Jose Luis Rojo
Hello, Does somebody know the contents of the next POD'CD Lusty Gallant? There is already a Lusty Gallant recorded in the CD Robin Hood Best wishes, Jose Luis -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Next POD'CD

2005-09-01 Thread Nancy Carlin
I got the monthly mailing from Harmonia Mundi (which I think you can find on the Harmonia Mundi web site) and it said in the small type that Lusty Gallant comes from 2 previous of Paul's CDs, one of which was out of print. I will send a note down to their publicity department and see if I can

[LUTE] Paul O'Dette's new CD

2005-09-01 Thread Nancy Carlin
I just talked with the publicity people at Hamronia Mundi. The new Lusty Gallant is a combination of 2 complete albums that some of you already have: Lord Herbert of Cherbury's Lutebook Robin Hood Nancy Carlin Nancy Carlin Associates P.O. Box 6499 Concord, CA 94524 USA phone 925/686-5800 fax

[LUTE] Re: Paul O'Dette's new CD

2005-09-01 Thread Jose Luis Rojo
Thank you! I almost have pre-ordered this CD, but a failure in the Browser in the last moment it prevented to place it! I have already the two CDs Best wishes, Jose Luis Nancy Carlin escribió: I just talked with the publicity people at Hamronia Mundi. The new Lusty Gallant is a combination

[LUTE] Re: Ophee - his views

2005-09-01 Thread Roman Turovsky
Arto scripsit: I agree with Göran; censorship is censorship is censorship! MO did not spam, did not write much off topic. I don't recall him to ever be on a lute topic. He did use insulting words and wrote as he thinks and sees, but he certainly is not the only one in the list to do that.

[LUTE] Re: MN 1574 intabulation.

2005-09-01 Thread demery
LGS-Europe [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Hmm, the Strassbourg book (1572) is my next target. The different sizes of the same sign are confusing, indeed, as they do look a little different. The early printers were in competition with scribes who wrote by hand. It was felt necessary that the

[LUTE] Re: Ophee - his views

2005-09-01 Thread JEdwardsMusic
In a message dated 9/1/2005 9:22:32 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Of course not. Where is your logic? Actually I had no time and interest to find out what MO was fighting and why. Not very entertaining. best regards, Arto Hi Arto, All this folderol reminds me of the