You're confusing Steinbeck's tales told about two idiots, if I can
paraphrase Shakespeare. Lenny in Of Mice and Men has enormous physical
strength. The ursine Johnny Bear in The Voice of Johnny Bear can
reproduce overheard conversations, exactly imitating the speakers' voices.
And there is
Martin,
We seem to have said a similar thing at about the same time, I saw your
message after I sent mine, and I'm sure you did the same. You expressed it
more briefly, and probably better. I do tend to ramble on on the topic based
on my BA in Psych from 1957, which gives me no more knowledge
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From: Stewart McCoy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Lute Net [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 15 October 2003 00:17
Subject: The cost of lute music
snip
Boone was musical successor to the dichotic phenomenon Blind Tom,
who, though said to be semi-idiotic, repeated the most complex
Arthur Ness (boston) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There's an
idiot savant in one of Steinbeck's short stories, Oh yes. Of Mice and Men.
Wasn't he called Bear?
You're confusing Steinbeck's tales told about two idiots, if I can
paraphrase Shakespeare. Lenny in Of Mice and Men has enormous
catalogue is
p=ublished in an article by Catherine Weeks Chapman in Journal of the
American Musicological Society 21 (1968): 34-84.
I don't know if this gets us any nearer establishing the cost of lute
music back then.
arthur.
Arthur Ness (boston) wrote:
snip
There are some remarkable musical minds. One was a colleague from Holland,
a Dr. K. He had a photographic memory and perfect pitch, and was somewhat
of a whiz at mathematics (he could add up 30 or 40 numbers in a few
seconds, and then give the average).
http://spazioinwind.libero.it/donatella_galletti/index.htm
- Original Message -
From: Howard Posner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lute net [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 12:38 AM
Subject: Re: The cost of lute music
Denys Stephens at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Costo en Roma 110
I think if one were to investigate the price of score in the 16th century,
you would find that their high price made them accessible only to wealthy
persons. (And many professional lutenists were wealthy.) I once looked
into the price of high quality paper in 16th century Augsburg, paper of the
I was thinking this question of what lute music may have cost in past is somewhat
accademic. If I am not mistaken, people could remember a lot more than they care to
now. Not that we cannot, it is just that we do not have to. There was a program with
James Burke (Connections or one of those
boy
or
a cleaner ( woman) earned 6 soldi a day, an adult ( man) about 10-15 soldi
a
day according to the kind of job ( =mestiere -craft). I don't know about
Rome, but according to this the cost of lute music described was equivalent
to two days work of a craftsman.
Before Gutemberg things were
Dear Arthur,
Please could you tell us which manuscript you have in mind.
Best wishes,
Stewart McCoy.
- Original Message -
From: Arthur Ness (boston) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: LUTE NET [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: The cost of lute music
I have
Arthur Ness writes:
I once looked
into the price of high quality paper in 16th century Augsburg, paper of the
kind one would use to copy lute music. A ream of folio sized paper (about
9x12) in Augsburg cost the equivalent of a kitchen servant's monthly
salary. Today a ream of highest
I once looked
into the price of high quality paper in 16th century Augsburg, paper of the
kind one would use to copy lute music. A ream of folio sized paper (about
9x12) in Augsburg cost the equivalent of a kitchen servant's monthly
salary. Today a ream of highest quality paper could be
Dear All,
Recent mailings to the list have set me thinking about the cost of lute =
music.
In my experience it's always been expensive - my copy of Diana Poulton's
Dowland edition cost the equivalent of my two weeks wages when it was
published. I didn't resent it at the time - it was incredible
I'll add in a couple of months couple of vihuela songs in which I've been
working. You can tell me what's the best place for them to be.
Best,
A
Denys Stephens at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Costo en Roma 110 quatrines por Setiembre de 1512.
I am neither a linguist nor a numismatist, but I guess this refers to
the cost of the book? Can anyone throw any light on what this means,
and if it is the cost, how it relates to the present day?
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