[LUTE] Jean Wirth, La tabulature de luth de Stephan Craus

2006-01-02 Thread Wolfgang Wiehe
a happy and peaceful new year to all, i got the following reference to the stefan craus lute book. Jean Wirth, La tabulature de luth de Stephan Craus, in: Musique ancienne vol. 7 (Oct.-Dec. 1979) S. 4-20 d oes somebody got this article or can tell me the authors adress? greetings from old and

[LUTE] Jean Wirth, La tabulature de luth de Stephan Craus

2006-01-02 Thread Wolfgang Wiehe
a happy and peaceful new year to all, i got the following reference to the stefan craus lute book. Jean Wirth, La tabulature de luth de Stephan Craus, in: Musique ancienne vol. 7 (Oct.-Dec. 1979) S. 4-20 d oes somebody got this article or can tell me the authors adress? greetings from old and

[LUTE] Re: double fisrst course

2006-01-02 Thread Vance Wood
For what it's worth I have been using a doubled first course on an eight course Lute for almost thirty years. It produces a beautiful sound and I recomened it to anyone. I can tell you what the major draw back is. Understand that I do not use Gut, so perhaps that might rule me out of the

[LUTE] Re: Airs de cour

2006-01-02 Thread Taco Walstra
On Monday 02 January 2006 15:21, you wrote: I'm no specialist, but the airs de cour are written down until ~ 1640 with tablature in renaissance tuning. I don't think there are any any airs written for d-minor tuning because the taste moved to a continuo way of notation mostly intended for

[LUTE] Re: Airs de cour - transition to continuo

2006-01-02 Thread Christopher Schaub
I'm playing some of these pieces right now and am interested in the transition from intabulation to continuo. I've read Nigel North's great book on continuo and he talks about Dowland being a sort of transitional figure. A very interesting time to be alive for sure. Does anyone have any more

[LUTE] Continuo sources

2006-01-02 Thread Rob MacKillop
Some talk recently of continuo playing. Here is a great website for those interested in such things: http://www.bassus-generalis.org/ Rob MacKillop To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Do pegs wear out?

2006-01-02 Thread Herbert Ward
A bit mundane, lo siento mucho. Do pegs wear out? If so, how long does it take, and what are the symptoms, and what do you have to do to fix it? I tried a Google search on this subject, figuring the violin community might provide an abundance of information, but such was not the case. To

[LUTE] Music Therapy

2006-01-02 Thread Charles Browne
A Happy New Year to all! There was an article in one of the UK national newspapers recently about Harpists being 'employed' in operating theatres and in Chemotherapy Units to help reduce tension and anxiety in patients. I followed this up by looking at various links to formal Music Therapy and I

[LUTE] Thanks to Wayne - Thanks to everyone!

2006-01-02 Thread Wayne Cripps
Well, I would like to thank you all for your words of appreciation! I would also like to thank everyone who contributes their postings to the lute list. Without all your postings it would be dull, indeed. Wayne Let the first of my long list if thank yous for the past year go to Wayne.

[LUTE] Re: Music Therapy

2006-01-02 Thread Daniel F Heiman
Charles: 1) One of my friends, a violin player, does a weekly music therapy session at the local Veterans' Hospital for soldiers who are having a difficult time readjusting to civilian life after combat experience in the Middle East. I asked him about the format, and he replied that he usually

[LUTE] Re: Music Therapy

2006-01-02 Thread Ed Durbrow
It heals me. On Jan 3, 2006, at 5:29 AM, Charles Browne wrote: I gather that the Harp, among other instruments, is often used because of its particular properties. I wondered whether the lute would be similarly useful. Has anybody on the list experience of this? Ed Durbrow Saitama,

[LUTE] Re: Music Therapy

2006-01-02 Thread lautenist
It depends on who is playing :-) But seriously I never heard the lute would be used in that context. Although it could be very smoothing ... Happy new year to all of you Thomas It heals me. On Jan 3, 2006, at 5:29 AM, Charles Browne wrote: I gather that the Harp, among other instruments,

[LUTE] Re: Music Therapy

2006-01-02 Thread Ed Durbrow
Actually a friend of mine's wife was in the hospital and he played Dowland songs for here everyday. On Jan 3, 2006, at 4:38 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But seriously I never heard the lute would be used in that context. Although it could be very smoothing ... Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan