[BAROQUE-LUTE] Saizenay figured bass

2008-04-25 Thread damian dlugolecki
On the Ex Libris page of the Saizenay ms. there are two lines of figures without a clef. Does anyone out there have a clear notion why these figures appear here, what their purpose is and how we might use them? Damian -- To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: Ray Nurse's words of wisdom

2008-04-25 Thread Rob MacKillop
Monica's statement was originally on the Vihuela list... BTW, Ray is wrong - we (well, some of us, not me, and probably not you) do kill those whose beliefs we disagree with. I also doubt whether medieval man smelt worse than one of my students...and I haven't yet met a soprano who didn't think

[LUTE] Re: Sanz and the High G

2008-04-25 Thread Stuart Walsh
Rob MacKillop wrote: 2008/4/24 howard posner [EMAIL PROTECTED]: To be fair, I think Monica was trying to avoid one here by not reiterating her position on the high G octave string. I agree, Howard. I'm sorry Stuart used my light-hearted bantering as a platform for raising an attack

[LUTE] Re: Sanz and the High G

2008-04-25 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Thanks for this Rob, I'm not sure a precise knowledge of the particular pitch is a neces= sary here: cannot we assume that, like with lutes, the first course of guitars were pitched as high (or at least not too far off) as they co= uld reasonably bear. This then

[LUTE] Lute Strap

2008-04-25 Thread Henry Villca
Dear Colleages, !! I'm a lutenist from Bolivia-South America now based in Amsterdam, I would like to ask if someone could please give me some information!about lute straps, I've read something!about Mr. Ahumada from France but unfortunatelly I could not find more information

[LUTE] Re: Translation for Ladino text.

2008-04-25 Thread Manolo Laguillo
hi, Herbert, I was a young woman highly born (de casa alta, from a high house) I did not knew about suffering But because I came to know you You put me in the condition of a servant maid Ladino is the old spanish still spoken by the jews in east mediterranean countries whose ascendents had to

[LUTE] Re: Kapsberger

2008-04-25 Thread Are Vidar Boye Hansen
From the comments, by the man himself: ... it's an arciliuto in a with single strings, which was a pretty common practice in Italy in 17th century. What is the evidence for this? Are To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Lute Strap (fwd)

2008-04-25 Thread henner.kahlert
Josè Antonio Ahumada, in Paris: [EMAIL PROTECTED] He makes wonderful straps (bandoulières), Henner ---Ursprüngliche Nachricht--- From: Henry Villca [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Lute Strap Dear Colleages, !! I'm a lutenist from Bolivia-South

[LUTE] John Gorrett lute

2008-04-25 Thread Lisa Ashforth
Hello list members I am wondering if anyone can help me with a query. I have a 7-course Renaissance lute made by John Gorrett (Woodlark lutes) in 1985. I had it made for me in my university days. It's been languishing under my bed for years as due to tendon problems in my wrist I have been

[LUTE] LUTE COURSE in BYDGOSZCZ POLAND

2008-04-25 Thread Anton Birula
Dear Friends, I would like to inform you about the course, I am going to teach lute at this summer. The original Application form in PDF can be sent on request. Best wishes, Anton Birula = ACADEMIA MUSICAE BYDGOSTIENSIS Summer Methodological

[LUTE] Lute Class at 16th International Summer Academy of Early Music. Warsaw/Wilanow Poland

2008-04-25 Thread Anton Birula
Dear Friends, Under this link http://www.concertspirituel.art.pl/html/viewpage.php?page_id=28 there is information about the course in Warsaw, Poland. There will be a Lute class among many other activities. Best wishes, Anton Birula 16th International Summer Academy of Early Music

[LUTE] Re: Translation for Ladino text.

2008-04-25 Thread Herbert Ward
Dear Manolo, Muchas gracias por la ayuda. Can you give us information about this word berbante? Herbert I was a young woman highly born (de casa alta, from a high house) I did not knew about suffering But because I came to know you You put me in the condition of a servant maid ... Yo

[LUTE] Re: John Gorrett lute

2008-04-25 Thread Ed Durbrow
On Apr 26, 2008, at 4:56 AM, Lisa Ashforth wrote: I am considering selling it but have no idea how to go about selling a specialist item like a lute, and I have no idea of its current value. I think I paid about Pounds 300 new for it. Can anyone give me any guidelines as to the best way to