Also noteworthy are the arrangements of the (Daniel) Purcell pieces in
the Poznan 7033 ms.
Best,
Magnus
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Den söndag, september 27, 2020, 2:26 em, skrev Rainer
:
Very nice. The Rondeau is also from Abdelazer.
Which
Dear Robert,
if you look at the Paladin print from 1553, he uses a dot underneath 3
voices which I ´d interpret to be played by three fingers
and not the thumb. For example the fifth bar in the Pavana chiamata la
Paladina. Thumb plays the bass voice, the fingers the rest.
Best,
Two very long pieces - of excellent quality - are Hans Newsidler ´s
version of "Alexander" in his second book of 1536,
as well as the first set of passamezzo antico variations by Melchior
Newsidler in Philip Agricola ´s lute book.
Der Alexander takes me at least 20 minutes to play
Dear all,
As one can see, none of the dance pieces are written with two different
types of ink.
I initially thought that they indicate a different tuned instrument, as
in
Hassler ´s "Omnes Gentes", 9v.
Bar 8.
2nd Choir sings alone, ink goes red.
This is for a lute tuned
I ´m glad to see that Eysertt ´s book gains more recognition. John
Robinson made me aware of this manuscript.
In my opinion it is one of the finest collections of lute music around
1600.
I recorded two of the Hassler canzonas from this book for my
forthcoming cd dedicated to
It ´s interesting to read through the years and the sources that the
lute is indeed an instrument
that has been played for a selected few- as George points out with the
Burwell quote-
or for more persons as Hans Newsidler described it in 1544:
"... wo die Musica und zuvor die
the catalogue with me, so couldn't
check
whether and why I remember it.
If the 8 course "vague" started with Franciolini, that's a really
nice
hint, David!
All the best,
Luca
Attivato dom, 18 ago 2019 08:59:25 +0200 magnus andersson
Dear Luca, dear David, dear Howard,
thanks for the infos!
It is indeed interesting- checking the lautenweltadressbuch database,
entering "G" as type and looking for instruments with more than, say,
80 cm long petit jeu, I could only find the Berlin instrument by Koch
and the
Dear all,
I hope I haven't missed anyone's mention of Bardi, but he apparently
witnessed the problem discussed here
âand more than once Iâve felt like laughing when I saw musicians
struggling to put a lute or a viol into proper tune with a keyboard..."
My own personal
Dear all,
a nice additional book aimed for musicians, covering the English OP
(with examples from Dowland) between 1500-1800, is Klaus Miehling ´s 2
volumes
"Handbuch der frühneuenglischen Aussprache für Musiker (1500-1800)"
Best,
Magnus
On Saturday, June 8, 2019,
madeus, the ruler of Savoy at
the time when Corbetta visited the town to perform.
We don't actually know whether De Visee played with his nails.
Monica
> On 07 May 2019 at 22:20 magnus andersson
<[1][3]maan7...@cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote:
>
>
, the ruler of Savoy at
the time when Corbetta visited the town to perform.
We don't actually know whether De Visee played with his nails.
Monica
> On 07 May 2019 at 22:20 magnus andersson
<[2]maan7...@cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote:
>
>
>Dear collective wisdom,
Dear collective wisdom,
From what I have understood, it seems like manicure has been around
since at least 3200 BC, so I assume players like Piccinini, Corbetta
(who we know had
to cancel one of his concerts due to a broken nail- and still pay his
fellow musicians from his own
Dear Tristan,
I have played some Reymann in concert. His Noctes collection is indeed
one of the finest collections of lute music that's come down to us.
His galliardas are among the the most virtuouso pieces in the whole
repertoire.
He must have been a very accomplished
Dear Roman,
Not true :)
On the top of my head:
Bartolotti in A- Wn 17706 ( e minor)
De Visée in Saizenay ( b minor and e minor)
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Den fredag, april 19, 2019, 10:12 em, skrev Roman Turovsky
:
A question to the collective
es single strung (as mentioned by Baron) and with the octaves and
do like the double strung octaves better. Played near the bridge I
don't feel a loss of volume with the octaves. Again, a very niche
instrument played by only a few enthusiasts around the world (Hoppy,
Benjamin N
"Besard's treatise is a bit puzzling because he first instructs his
readers to use a thumb-out technique (except when one has a short
thumb, as Martin has already written), but later describes thumb-index
alteration for diminutions, except when the bass is too active."
I don ´t see
I think we have plenty of evidence to support the use of fingernails at
least for archlutes and theorboes...
Piccinini, Silvius Weiss and Mace are three figures that give testimony
to this practice, the latter two although not necessarily in favour of
it.
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Dear Greet,
I can only agree. It ´s a great read and imho a must for anyone
interested in Gregory Huwet and his
doings in Germany. A highly recommendable book!
Best,
Magnus
On Monday, September 10, 2018, 6:44:49 PM GMT+2, Greet Schamp
wrote:
Dear all,
Anyhow the
I think an even lower pitch was used in Rome in Corelli ´s time,
382-386 hz.
I have that box with you David on the archlute, it ´s a wonderful
recording, and your lute (playing) sounds great.
Just a shame that the director of the ensemble went for cello AND
lute/theorbo
on
there is the second toccata from Kapsperger ´s first chitarrone
print
at 29.15 the Crucifixion sonata by H I F Biber
Die lange Nacht der Alten Musik: Ensemble CONTINUUM | BR-Klassik
Bayerischer Rundfunk
Best wishes,
Magnus Andersson
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References
Thanks very much Richard, this is great news!
The pieces (Prelude et Gigue?) look very much as for theorbo.
At the end of the book it ´s written that the owner? of the book, on
the 7th of February has rented? a lute, and
then is to pay Mr. Gallot for 4 months and for the setup of
Dear David, dear lute list,
I completely agree that the passions seem to be for (baroque) lutes. I
always play the passions with "liuto".
I find the low E or E flat work smoother in the higher octave so I
usually put it up an octave. And when playing it on
a swan neck lute, the
This book is digitized. "Unser Magd..." can be found on page 265.
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On a personal note,
I don ´t think I ´d have been able to see the Dresden mss of Weiss
last year hadn ´t it been for
a personal connection at the SLUB. It was so interesting to see letters
in the tablature that have
gone missing in the scanning process.
I had the same
out right!
MH
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To: "[3]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu" <[4]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Monday, 11 December 2017, 16:26
Subject: [LUTE] A stringing question for Sellas E. 545
Dear collective wisd
Dear Miles-
thanks, I don ´t know why I didn ´t think of that! It is a good idea.
It ´ll sure be a lot of experimenting in the beginning to find
the "perfect" setup for this instrument, but I ´m so eager to try it
out!
Magnus
On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 6:34 PM, Miles
Dear Howard, Matthew, Martin and Mimmo,
thanks very much for your insightful comments.
As we all know, lutes and theorboes were rebuilt- I ´d not use the word
mangle here- throughout the history.
Samuel Pepys gives us an example on the 25th of October 1661:
[1]"Home on foot very
Hi all,
sorry for the confusion!
The diapasons are 1300 mm long,
but I ´d need a bit more than that to be able to knot them properly.
Best,
Magnus
On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 5:41 PM, howard posner
<[1]howardpos...@ca.rr.com> wrote:
> On Dec 11, 2017, at 8:23 A
wants to string the upper courses
of the diapasons. Here one needs very thin strings beginning with
0.40-0.42
for the high string of the 7th course Gg, at the string length of ca.
1500 mm...
Any ideas would be highly appreciated.
Best wishes,
Magnus Andersson
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Dear Lute friends,
I don ´t know whether this is common knowledge already,
but I was very happy to see that the Vatican has digitized many
manuscripts-
among them Barberini lat. 4145, 4177.
[1]https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Barb.lat.4145
,
Magnus Andersson
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Göran:
Mathias Lundberg, music prof. in Uppsala, who wrote the inventory of
the whole music collection back in 2009, has promised me to look
at the original next time he ´s in Stockholm.
Best,
Magnus
On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 11:45 PM, Magnus Andersson
<[1]magn
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least 4 pieces attributed to
A S N, anyone has an idea whose initials that might be?
On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 11:30 PM, Magnus Andersson
<[1]magnusl...@gmail.com> wrote:
The ms S 226 was apparently complete when it came to Sweden,
according
to Rudà ©n.
The ms S 226 was apparently complete when it came to Sweden, according
to Rudén.
The order of the pieces are not identical. Copying must have been
cheaper than buying the actual
book...
There are 6 extra pieces in this ms that are not included in the 1536
original edition
Thanks Rainer.
Would anyone like to post a translation of the following paragraphs 20 and 21
which talk about
the unknown inventor of the theorbo, and about Kapsberger?
Best wishes,
Magnus
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Yes, please!
I'm doing a recital with his music in 3 weeks and would love to to know
if any new information about his life or music has been found recently!
Many thanks,
Magnus
--- On Sat, 7/9/11, Rainer rads.bera_g...@t-online.de wrote:
From: Rainer rads.bera_g...@t-online.de
Subject:
Dear collective wisdom,
Are there any articles/sites about Bach and his use of the lute in his cantatas?
Which cantatas do we know that he used the lute in? BWV 198, anything else?
Best wishes,
Magnus Andersson
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Dear Bruno,
from the dictionary il Sabatini Coletti, accessible through
dizionari.corriere.it
String - Corda:
Filo di minugia, di nylon o di metallo, teso sopra la cassa armonica di uno
strumento musicale (detto appunto a corda), che, toccato, produce un suono.
Which will be corde in
1. Allegro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZrcR4zMKOgfeature=channel_video_title
With the International Baroque Players and Magnus Andersson, Baroque lute.
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Dear lute friends,
Small tour of baroque concertos (including the Fasch d minor concerto for lute)
in the UK this week. The International Baroque Players, with Magnus Andersson
on the baroque lute.
22nd February 2011, 19.30
St John's, Smith Square, London SW1P 3HA
Tickets cost £15 or £10
Dear Chris,
the one piece that comes to mind immediately is the final piece of
Esaias Reusner's Erfreuliche Lautenlust. In this piece, he omits the first, the
second AND the third course!!!
It's on page 40.
Couranta sine quinta, quartia e tertia de ER
Reusner seems to have a penchant for
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Date: Saturday, January 22, 2011, 4:10 PM
Dear Magnus,
Major Courantes (on p. 6) in the same book, he only uses
there's also a recording with
musica antiqua Köln, featuring Michael Ducker on an
instrument which sounds like a d-minor lute.
can be found on itunes, Heinichen Dresden Concerti.
/
Magnus
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no.5 this spring, and I do wonder about=0Athe continuo part. It says Violone (
presumably played by the violone virtuoso Zelenka himself) Tiorba. I've tried
to figure out which instrument would be most appropriate
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Sting appeared on Swedish television today.
=0A=0Ahttp://www.tv4.se/player/categories.aspx?progId=0itemId=%20treeId=1003displayTreeId=10031=0A=0Afor
a complete translation of the introduction, please drop me a note and I'll
translate it for you.=0A=0AI must say I found it quite amusing
Dear lute-netters,
I'll be visiting cleveland in two weeks, and I'll arrive on the 22nd of june.
If anyone has a spare bed (or couch) which I could crash on for two nights (
prior to the festival, i.e. 22-24th) I'd be most grateful.
best wishes/
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