[LUTE] Re: G Theorbo or movie prop+Jean-Marie Poirier?

2008-02-02 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
this instrument as an archlute and it works quite well indeed. I think that's it for my memorabilia ;-). Tony, hope to see you at our concert on Saturday ! Best to eveybody, Jean-Marie Poirier [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02-02-2008 To get on or off this list see list

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time

2008-02-05 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Exactly Jerzy. I think that's what theoreticians call tactus inequalis : 1 tactus in a binary measure (= normally a half measure in modern transcriptions ) is equivalent to 1 tactus in triple time ( one measure in modern transcrition). In other words if you beat time with a regular tactus in

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time

2008-02-05 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
of a pavan measure. In mensural notation (not modern, often changing values) it might be: 3 half notes of a galliard (one measure) = 1 half note in a pavan (1/4 of a measure). On 2008-02-05, at 17:49, Jean-Marie Poirier wrote: Exactly Jerzy. I think that's what theoreticians call tactus

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time

2008-02-05 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
I don't quite agree on that one ! I've been playing a lot of the English broken consort repertoire and my colleagues always had fun too, believe me. This music usually leaves a lot of space for divisions of other instruments than the lute and it depends on how much the other musicians like to

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time

2008-02-05 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Merci Bernd !!! Everything's OK then, Jerzy ! Best , Jean-MArie === 05-02-2008 18:51:39 === PS : sorry I used a wrong name in my first post; I had not paid enough attention to your signature :-( Jurek, c'est le terme d'affection de Jerzy. :-) bonne soirée! B.

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time

2008-02-05 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
of a galliard (one measure) = 1 half note in a pavan (1/4 of a measure). On 2008-02-05, at 17:49, Jean-Marie Poirier wrote: Exactly Jerzy. I think that's what theoreticians call tactus inequalis : 1 tactus in a binary measure (= normally a half measure in modern transcriptions ) is equivalent to 1

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time

2008-02-06 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Jaroslaw, I think it's right ! I have attached two examples : the first strain of the Pavane La Bataille in Phalèse, Chorearum Molliorum, 1583, and the eqivalent first strain of the adjoining Gaillarde. What I tried to explain is apparent here and the tactus inequalis applies perfectly. I was

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time

2008-02-06 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Sorry, Jaroslaw, the list doesn't seem to take attachments... :-( JM === 06-02-2008 13:33:01 === Jaroslaw, I think it's right ! I have attached two examples : the first strain of the Pavane La Bataille in Phalèse, Chorearum Molliorum, 1583, and the eqivalent first strain of the

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time (linking)

2008-02-06 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
, to a photographic site for example. Nice to see you on this list. Regards Anthony Le 6 févr. 08 à 13:38, Jean-Marie Poirier a écrit : Sorry, Jaroslaw, the list doesn't seem to take attachments... :-( JM === 06-02-2008 13:33:01 === Jaroslaw, I think it's right ! I have attached two

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time (linking)

2008-02-06 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Oops ! I forgot about those accents in French - on Phalèse - that IE refuses to accept ! It should be OK now. Jean-Marie === 06-02-2008 14:25:16 === there seems to be a path error! So, Jaroslaw and all those interested, my music examples are here :

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time

2008-02-06 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Jaroslaw, I'm afraid missed your point altogether :-(( ! Sorry about that. I totally agree with what you say in this last mail, of course... All the best, Jean-Marie === 06-02-2008 15:17:10 === Jean-Marie, Actually I haven't said I don't agree with what you wrote. I just reacted

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time

2008-02-07 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Better still : A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-Century Music, edited by Stewart Carter (Schirmer Books, 1997), chapter 15 by George Houle : Meter and Tempo, full of interesting information ! Best, Jean-Marie === 07-02-2008 13:32:55 === Good point, Ron, and another good (short)

[LUTE] Re: Pittoni's theorbo?

2008-02-08 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
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[LUTE] Re: Pittoni's theorbo?

2008-02-08 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
before and, of no further use. They only add to the size of the e-mail. I hope this helps Ron (UK) Jean-Marie Poirier [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08-02-2008 Nˆ¶‰è®‡ß¶¬–+-±ç¥ŠËbú+™«b¢v­†Ûiÿü0ÁËj»f¢ëayÛ¿Á·?–ë^iÙ¢Ÿø§uìa¶i

[LUTE] Re: Pittoni's theorbo?

2008-02-08 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
accustomed. regards Martyn PS If it's of any succour, it may be that some early amateurs might possibly have played small theorbos in A or G as double reentrant (altho no evidence has been presented) but I presume we are speaking about 'best practice' here. Jean-Marie

[LUTE] Re: Tombeau de du But and others...

2008-02-12 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
There is a beautiful one too, for Charles de Gallot (1669) in the de Gallot guitar manuscript from the Bodleian Library, Oxford UK. You can hear it played by Thierry Meunier on the website of our ensemble Le Trésor d'Orphée : http://tresordorphee.free.fr/thm.htm Best, Jean-Marie ===

[LUTE] Re: Signor Tiorba

2008-02-12 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Well, Timo, I suspect Finland must be one of Google's pet countries... ;-) Here, in France, I have the same problem as many others on the list : I get a map of the world with little red flags and the comment : Places mentioned in the text in French though but, that's all. No theorbo and no

[LUTE] Re: Tombeau de du But

2008-02-12 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Very beautiful piece and excellent interpretation too ! This instrument and you sound great. Thanks for this fine mp3, Rob, and very best wishes for a total and fast recovery. Jean-Marie === 12-02-2008 11:54:02 === This one is very moving, and I hope you enjoy listening to it. I

[LUTE] Re: Fronimo with Wing Dings!

2008-02-15 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Ron, 1 - Maybe you should send an email to Francesco Tribioli directly. He usually answers questions on troubles with Fronimo. 2 - Try to suppress all the Fronimo fonts from the Windows Font directory and re-install the lot from Fronimo directory in you Program Files dir. using the new font

[LUTE] Re: Spinacino colloquium

2008-02-17 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Sean, I was away for the week-end and coming home now (sunaday evening French time) I find your message about the Spinaciono coloquium in Tours, last December. I wasn't there unfortunately, but a friend who attended the colloquium did a nice report on the French lute list. Alas, for you,

[LUTE] Re: Spinacino colloquium

2008-02-17 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
come back from a week's well deserved holidays on the other side of the Mediterranean ! It's only a report, but well worth reading. All the best, Jean-Marie Expéditeur original:Jean-Marie Poirier Adresse expéditeur original: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sean, I was away for the week-end

[LUTE] Re: Mimmo's new basses

2008-02-26 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
David, I currently use Aquila loaded basses on my 6 course Frei (62 cm) for courses 6 and 5. I've used them for quite a few months now and they work perfectly well, stay in tune with a very ice tone color. Best, Jean-Marie === 25-02-2008 11:53:32 === Did anybody try our Aquila's new

[LUTE] Re: Gian Maria Allemani

2008-03-06 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
: Jean-Marie Poirier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 7:30 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Gian Maria Allemani | Thank you a thousand times Arthur for this exciting account of Gian Maria's exalted life ! | Thank heavens, not all Gian Marias are violent

[LUTE] Re: New piece of the month

2008-03-09 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Thank you very much, Arthur, for your excellent explanations about concordances, sources and the complexity involved in researching them. Just one little point, about Musica Nova : it IS OOP but you can find several good second-hand copies on specilised sites like Abebooks. If Martin follows

[LUTE] Re: MySpace - Lute Musiq -

2008-03-12 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
.Whats the other title of this absolute masterpiece ? Isn't it something like Rob in the hood ? ;-))) Jean-Marie PS : contact me before you smash any of your lutes up, Rob ! === 12-03-2008 07:53:23 === Such nuance. Such subtlety. There is much we can learn there. Thanks Roman! My

[LUTE] Re: We've_got_a_WINNER!_Robert_de_Visés's_Musical_Gravestones

2008-03-14 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Jolly good, Benjamin ! Old Bob ;-) de Visée's lute lusic certainly deserves a lot more attention than it usually receives, and I am glad that your article contributes to that. I am impatient to read your essay. All the best, Jean-Marie Poirier === 14-03-2008 15:29:29

[LUTE] Re: Amateur recordings

2008-03-16 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Passion is a delicious fruit too, David ;-) ! I agree with you and I also deplore the standardization of lute sound in recent recordings. But H2s or equivalent devices can be very useful, impartial tools to work with, certainly NOT to make a Cd !!! I am preparing to do a recording next summer

[LUTE] Re: live lute performances recorded with a zoom h2

2008-03-17 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Would you mean single bells ? ;-) === 17-03-2008 21:38:47 === s i n g l e = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] 17-03-2008 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: live lute performances recorded with a zoom h2

2008-03-18 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
True, Igor. Massimo Moscardo, who plays tiorbino for this Alpha cd, is a name that sounds very, very French indeed ;-) ! Best wishes, Gianmaria, francese === 18-03-2008 07:13:30 === -- Forwarded message -- From: igor . [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at

[LUTE] Re: Abebooks has found the book you want (fwd)

2008-03-26 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Anthony, you were faster than me !... I will have to survive with my old photocopies ;-( Jean-Marie === 26-03-2008 10:14:52 === Dear Peter I sent a message to Abe books saying I was ready to buy the copy. Perhaps I am one of hundreds, but thanks for sending the

[LUTE] Re: Abebooks has found the book you want (fwd)

2008-03-26 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Anthony Le 26 mars 08 à 13:00, Jean-Marie Poirier a écrit : Anthony, you were faster than me !... I will have to survive with my old photocopies ;-( Jean-Marie === 26-03-2008 10:14:52 === Dear Peter I sent a message to Abe books saying I was ready to buy the copy

[LUTE] Re: Buying Francesco da Milano - Ness

2008-03-26 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
I do concur, Luca ! Jean-Marie === 26-03-2008 14:51:14 === Dear friends, it's crazy. I cannot figure out why a decent 2nd edition could not be re-issued! I bought in the US the copy auctioned on eBay last week and ended up paying: - US$ 102,50 for the book - US$ 36

[LUTE] Re: plucked bass

2008-03-27 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Hi Brad, If you can find your way around in French have a look at this web page : http://le.luth.free.fr/mandore/index.html I put it up a few weeks ago because I have developped a great interest in the French mandore (17tn century) and I am expecting my first instrument in the next few days

[LUTE] Arthur Ness's da Milano edition

2008-03-27 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
your interest to the appropriate parties, so I am sure someone will be looking into it. Best regards, David Bryant Harvard University Press -Original Message- From: Jean-Marie Poirier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 12:30 PM To: Contact_HUP Subject: Enquiry

[LUTE] G. de Chambure

2008-03-27 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Anthony, I remember there was an exhibition of the Chambure collection at the Bibliothèque Nationale (not yet de France at the time) in 1980. I still have the complete catalogue of this extraordinary collection of music - printed and manuscripts - and instruments. A real treasure indeed, more

[LUTE] Re: WG: Charles Mouton lute music EL 082326

2008-03-28 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
I had the same problem with tthem Rob, for other downloads... They eventuelly sent me a different address system and I could download what I had paid for, at 2 ko/second... It took the day ! They should do something to improve their service and make it reliable. Too bad, especially as they

[LUTE] Re: WG: Charles Mouton lute music EL 082326

2008-03-28 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
. They obviously read this list. I'm sure some of you have had no problems, but clearly some of us have had problems. Apparently we should all apologise to them, so here goes: I am indeed sorry I bothered trying to download one of your discs. It won't happen again. Rob On 28/03/2008, Jean-Marie Poirier

[LUTE] Re: 7c at 64cms

2008-04-02 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Why is that so, Rob ? Did one of them bite you when you were a child ;-) ? Best, Jean-Marie === 02-04-2008 13:38:45 === A couple of folks have written to me off-list suggesting an 8c. Sorry, not interested. Just don't like them. Neither one thing or another. I'll go either 7 or 10.

[LUTE] Re: 7c at 64 cms

2008-04-02 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
No Stewart, it didn't get lost : I got it in my mailbox a couple of hours ago. It just took its time to fly across the Channel AND the Atlantic ! Best wishes, Jean-Marie === 02-04-2008 17:22:57 === Dear Rob, I sent this message yesterday evening, but it seems to have got lost in

[LUTE] Re: 7c at 64cms

2008-04-02 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Jean-Marie Poirier [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02-04-2008

[LUTE] Re: 7c at 64cms

2008-04-02 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
à 15:27, Jean-Marie Poirier a écrit : Anthony, Rob, Why such a disdain for 8 c. lutes ? I have one and will soon have a new one from David Van Edwards and I love the instrument : well- balanced, convenient for most of the repertoire from 1560 to 1620. It puzzles me to see you reject

[LUTE] Re: 7c at 64cms

2008-04-02 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Fine with me, David. That's a deal ! ;-) Jean-Marie === 02-04-2008 21:05:30 === I have a suggestion that will solve all our problems. How about this: on odd-numbered years the 8- course will be proclaimed the best all-purpose renaissance lute, and on even-numbered years the

[LUTE] Re: 7c at 64cms

2008-04-03 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Ok Valéry, get your Lagavulin ready then !!! ;-) Jean-Marie === 03-04-2008 14:02:30 === Should we make a Club of the 8 course proud users ? Val (is it an half penny idea ?) ;-))) - Original Message - From: Edward Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jean-Marie Poirier [EMAIL

[LUTE] Re: 7c at 64cms

2008-04-03 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
, Jean-Marie Poirier a écrit : = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://poirierjm.free.fr 03-04-2008

[LUTE] Re: rocha fuso

2008-04-03 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Thank you, Arthur, for sharing this exciting memory about the Donaueschingen Manuscript. Fascinating, as susual ! All the best, Jean-Marie Poirier Dear Bernd and Denys, That is most likely a Venetian street song. El fuso is Venetian dialect (NOT Spanish as in RISM for Munich 1511B!!!sigh

[LUTE] Re: Aarrrgghhhh!!!

2008-04-17 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Kohut... ? Could he be a misspelt reincarnation of Kohaut ? ;-))) Jean-Marie === 16-04-2008 23:28:48 === This page left me speechless: http://www.kiltmagazine.com/KiltMagMusic0305.html - does anyone know this guy? He even 'quotes' me - I said no such thing. And it's good to have

[LUTE] Re: These new network sites

2008-05-23 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
they can. Discuss... Rob MacKillop Jean-Marie Poirier [EMAIL PROTECTED] 23-05-2008 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: These new network sites

2008-06-02 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
to make the so-called revival of the interest in Early Music possible. I am very happy to know part of this network in spite of all the frustrations you express ! Take care, as our American friends say, and all the best, Jean-Marie Poirier (from France) === 02-06-2008 11:31:02 === on 22

[LUTE] Re: [LUTE] Re: Double headed 12c/loaded/Demi-filé

2008-06-03 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
I've posted a picture of this painting (L'homme au luth) here : http://lutegroup.ning.com/profile/JMP Just join the group (free) and enjoy ! Best, Jean-Marie === 03-06-2008 15:24:22 === Lots of good questions that obviously haven't been satisfactorily answered. One thing that has

[LUTE] Re: [LUTE]Re: [LUTE]_Re: Double_headed_12c/loaded/Demi-filé

2008-06-03 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Just go there first, Valéry : http://lutegroup.ning.com/profile/JMP ;-) Jean-Marie === 03-06-2008 16:45:21 === I think you are speaking of the lute player, in Troyes (France) Beaux-arts museum, with uncertain attribution to Rubens. I saw many times the original and some strings are red

[LUTE] Re: look what the cat brought in

2008-06-05 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Same here :-( Jean-Marie === 05-06-2008 20:58:36 === I couldn't get any of the sound files to work. Pity. Rob 2008/6/5 LGS-Europe [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.sabbatum.com/ :-) David David van Ooijen [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.davidvanooijen.nl

[LUTE] Re: Meantone

2008-06-18 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Dear Stewart and all, I am not a great enthusiast of meantone temperament as a result of my readings of concordant theoretical sources which do not seem to advocate this particular tuning, and of my experience in consort playing. Of course, I do use it when requested to, no problem, but not so

[LUTE] Re: Meantone

2008-06-18 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
, but a good player can bend notes a little to alter the pitch, something a keyboard player cannot do. Best wishes, Stewart. -Original Message- From: Jean-Marie Poirier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 June 2008 12:53 To: lute Subject: [LUTE] Re: Meantone Dear Stewart and all, I am

[LUTE] Re: Meantone

2008-06-19 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
;-)) === 19-06-2008 09:07:17 === Jean-Marie Poirier écrit: Anyway, the bulk of historical evidence is clearly in favour of a more or less equal temperament when considering fretted instruments like lutes or viols, and the ear of the musician (not the OT-12 or any other tuner ;-) usually

[LUTE] Re: Meantone

2008-06-19 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Message- From: Jean-Marie Poirier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 June 2008 21:58 To: lute Subject: [LUTE] Re: Meantone Dear David, Thank you for your reply. Of course I agree about most of your assertions, but I am still very reluctant to adhere to the general enthusiasm regardin the so-called

[LUTE] Re: Meantone

2008-06-19 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
- From: Jean-Marie Poirier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 June 2008 21:58 To: lute Subject: [LUTE] Re: Meantone Dear David, Thank you for your reply. Of course I agree about most of your assertions, but I am still very reluctant to adhere to the general enthusiasm regardin the so-called

[LUTE] Re: Meantone

2008-06-19 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
in the 16th - 18th centuries. It is not a clear-cut matter with certainties and final conclusions : doubts, doubts, and experiments... All the best, Jean-Marie === 18-06-2008 23:24:06 === On Jun 18, 2008, at 1:58 PM, Jean-Marie Poirier wrote: Anyway, the bulk of historical evidence

[LUTE] Re: very low pitch

2008-06-30 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
In France, from my experience, we tend to use A =404, aka the Peugeot pitch ;-) a lot for the early baroque repertoire. Jean-Marie === 30-06-2008 17:41:50 === David, Not impressed. Black Sabbath was playing at 370 and below, way before anyone else back in the early 1970's. Most

[LUTE] Re: Facsimiles.

2008-07-02 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Hi Marco, One place to start : http://www.bncf.firenze.sbn.it/Bib_digitale/Manoscritti/M19_105/main.htm There are more but I'm on my way to work ;-( I'll try to gather more links later on. Haave a good day, Jean-Marie === 02-07-2008 04:36:00 === Probably an already asked

[LUTE] Re: Rene Mesangeau

2008-07-02 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
d'origine- De : Jean-Marie Poirier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : mercredi 2 juillet 2008 13:53 À : lute Objet : [LUTE] Re: Rene Mesangeau ??? Jean-Marie === 02-07-2008 13:35:04 === = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://poirierjm.free.fr 02

[LUTE] Re: Rene Mesangeau

2008-07-02 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Not reborn at all, our dear old René... Pure blank ... ;-) :-( === 02-07-2008 14:19:49 === = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://poirierjm.free.fr 02-07-2008

[LUTE] Re: Rene Mesangeau

2008-07-02 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
on our lute? Conversely, if we play him badly, will he haunt us in our nightmares? Sorry Rene if our performance practice has offended you. Just be happy that over 300 years later, people are still playing your music! DS On Wednesday, July 02, 2008, at 08:06AM, Jean-Marie Poirier [EMAIL

[LUTE] Re: Rene Mesangeau - what Henning is trying to say

2008-07-02 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Oh, Henning ! Don't do that again please ;-))) Come on, plain text and no html anymore please. I also change my courses1 and 2 when shifting to new tunings, otherwise the blance is very poor indeed and the lute uncomfortable to play. Never heard of single second courses either... Best wishes

[LUTE] Re: Facsimiles.

2008-07-03 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Thank you Peter for the IMSL project info, but each time I try to open a pdf from their site I get a message error saying the file is corrupt or whatever... Is it the same with you ? === 02-07-2008 19:09:22 === By the way, the totally excellent International Music Score Library project

[LUTE] Re: Facsimiles.

2008-07-04 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
/IMSLP:File_formats to see if you have a compatible PDF reader. Regards, The Other Stephen Stubbs. On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 18:10 +0200, Jean-Marie Poirier wrote: Thank you Peter for the IMSL project info, but each time I try to open a pdf from their site I get a message error saying the file

[LUTE] Re: Facsimiles.

2008-07-04 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
checked/cleared for public domain, which isn't quite the same thing as corrupt. I just did the Fortune my Foe one, which apparently has been cleared and it worked fine. Tony - Original Message - From: Jean-Marie Poirier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thursday

[LUTE] Re: Facsimiles.

2008-07-04 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
of PDF reader is not supported. Check out http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:File_formats to see if you have a compatible PDF reader. On Thu, 2008-07-03 at 18:10 +0200, Jean-Marie Poirier wrote: Thank you Peter for the IMSL project info, but each time I try to open a pdf from their site I get

[LUTE] Re: Facsimiles.

2008-07-04 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
I have some home-made in stock. You're welcome any time, Roman ! Jean-Marie === 04-07-2008 20:11:14 === Real men drink calvados. RT - Original Message - From: Jean-Marie Poirier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 2:07 PM Subject

[LUTE] Re: Facsimiles.

2008-07-04 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
a message saying that the file is still blocked. Try Attaingnant (Deux Livres d'Orgue) and see if that works for you. Daniel Heiman On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 20:07:59 +0200 Jean-Marie Poirier [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sill an anti-French stratagem ;-))) ??? Never mind, we've got the wine. Gallo's zinfandel

[LUTE] Re: Packington's Pound

2008-09-11 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Stephen, Keep an eye on your private mailbox : I have just sent you a scan of the original piece (Nn 6.36) Best, Jean-Marie === 10-09-2008 06:07:55 === I have two versions of Packington's Pound, both supposedly from Cambridge Nn.6.36. They differ in a number of respects,

[LUTE] Re: Packington's Pound

2008-09-12 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Hi Stephen, This scan of Packington Pound comes from volume 1 in the series Music for the Lute entitled Elizabethan Popular Music edited by Brian Jeffery and published by Oxford University Press (1968). A long time out of print, I'm afraid, but still useful, as you noticed ! As far as I know

[LUTE] Re: ...help !

2008-09-18 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
-2008 02:48:19 === - Original Message - From: Jean-Marie Poirier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 8:52 AM | Dear collective wisdom, | | Could anyone on this list give me some precisions about the attribution of some pieces in Galilei's

[LUTE] Re: On preparing to record

2008-09-20 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Martin, such quality is something special to French churches, didn't you notice ? ;- Jean-Marie ( no kidding I agree 100% with what you wrote about recording and I also own a H2 Zoom : wonderful little machine !) Just an aside - the small size and built-in mics of the Zoom make it

[LUTE] Re: ...help !

2008-09-20 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzepq31c/arthurjnesslutescores/ Other Matters: http://mysite.verizon.net/arthurjness/ === - Original Message - From: Jean-Marie Poirier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thursday, September

[LUTE] Re: Lute sound

2008-09-25 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Valery, I was going to ask the same question about which tutors advocate playing close to the bridge... I remember something like that but in the baroque period, not in the renaissance, and it seems that the increasing number of strings/courses influenced the right hand position and that

[LUTE] Re: Lute sound

2008-09-28 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Well put, Vance. A very sensible account of the problem of sound ! Thanks for making things clear for everybody. There's relativity in everything, as someone said before me... ;-) Jean-Marie === 28-09-2008 18:01:08 === I suspect a couple of things on this issue that go toward the

[LUTE] Re: No ay en la tierra

2008-09-28 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Hi Greet, This song is by Guillaume Tessier, Charles's father, and the only known source is an incomplete set of parts of 1584 : altus missing, so it needs reconstructing. The original edition of 1582 is worse : we only have the tenor part ! To my knowledge, there was never a version with lute

[LUTE] Re: No ay en la tierra

2008-09-28 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
bericht- Van: Jean-Marie Poirier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: zondag 28 september 2008 18:52 Aan: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Onderwerp: [LUTE] Re: No ay en la tierra Hi Greet, This song is by Guillaume Tessier, Charles's father, and the only known source is an incomplete set of parts of 1584

[LUTE] Re: Lute sound/split sound

2008-10-03 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Gentlemen, I kindly advise you to read the following book : Musiques savantes, musiques populaires : les symboliques du sonore en FRance , 1200 - 1750 by an excellent ethnolmusicologist Luc Charles-Dominique. It published by the CNRS Editions (available there :

[LUTE] Re: Russian Strumming

2008-10-03 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Hips, barman, one more vodka, please ;-) ! JM === 03-10-2008 20:15:14 === Amateurs of strumming strings... just for fun : [1]http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=HLOImuuc7Y4 Val ;-) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://poirierjm.free.fr 03-10-2008 To get on or off this

[LUTE] Re: Broken consort

2008-10-04 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Puzzling, indeed ! I really look forward to the publication of Ian Harwood's book on the subject. Last time I went over to Norwich, in June this year, David van Edwards told me the book was well under way. I contacted Ian by email after that and he told me the same thing, but also that he had

[LUTE] Re: Broken consort

2008-10-04 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
that it will be an excellent book. Best wishes, Stewart McCoy. -Original Message- From: Jean-Marie Poirier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 October 2008 14:41 To: lute Subject: [LUTE] Re: Broken consort Puzzling, indeed ! I really look forward to the publication of Ian Harwood's book on the subject

[LUTE] Re: Bartolotti

2008-10-04 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Dear Monica, A hearty thank you for putting all this fascinating stuff online. Don't worry, some will enjoy it, I already do ! Thanks for sharing all this tremendous amount of work. All the best, Jean-Marie === 04-10-2008 21:56:27 === Dear List I now have on my web page a

[LUTE] Re: [LUTE]Broken consort

2008-10-06 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
I have had the same experience as Nancy, and playing consorts with a recorder was not a problem at all. You can just check that by listening to The Sacred End Pavin ( http://tinyurl.com/54jvhd ) and the Galliard to The Sacred End ( http://tinyurl.com/4tw9mp ). No bandora, a bass lute in D

[LUTE] Re: [LUTE]Broken consort

2008-10-06 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Sadly true, Doc...for fear we might get wired up ;() Jean-Marie === 06-10-2008 12:37:36 === No wire strings??? What IS this world coming to... = = = = = = = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://adueliuti.free.fr 06-10-2008 To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: John Wilson Preludes

2008-10-06 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Thank you for the tip, Howard, but I must say that is one of the most impractical sites I have ever visited online :-( ! . I could not find out how it worked and how you could order anything from them. Eventually I wrote to the address indicated for Diapason Press on the site and never got an

[LUTE] Re: John Wilson Preludes

2008-10-07 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Dear Eric, Thank you for these precisions about your transcriptions of Wilson's preludes, but I think what Arthur meant was that M. Spring's transcription edited by Diapason Press was difficult to read, not the facsimile... Best, Jean-Marie === 06-10-2008 22:51:11 === My reason

[LUTE] Re: E. M. Dombois Biography

2008-10-07 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Quite correct, Juan. Same problem with Walter Gerwig, another pioneer who would largely deserve a decent page on the web, like Eugen Müller Dombois... Even Diana Poulton remains absent from the web ! Time to do something, maybe. I devoted a page to some lute pioneers on one of my sites, but

[LUTE] Re: John Wilson Preludes

2008-10-09 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
/ === - Original Message - From: Jean-Marie Poirier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 2:05 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: John Wilson Preludes | Dear Eric, | | Thank you for these precisions about your transcriptions of Wilson's

[LUTE] Re: From the court of Henry the VIII

2008-10-13 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Dear Arthur, I checkep up for you in Simpson's Broadside Ballads for Greenseleeves. Here's what Simpson says : The earliest reference to 'Greensleeves' in the Sationers' Register is dated September 3, 1580, when Richard Jones was licensed to print A newe northern Dittye of ye Ladye Greene

[LUTE] Re: Romanesca Galliard

2008-10-14 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Dear Donna and Ron, May I remind you that Chris Goodwin, of the English Lute Society, published his own transcriptions of the lute music in this particular manuscript (BL Stowe 389) and that these transcriptions were distributed as one of the music supplements of their Lute News quarterly. I

[LUTE] Re: Romanesca Galliard

2008-10-14 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Thank you, Ron, for your reply. It was just a reminder, not a cristicism at all. I do appreciate your reconstruction and thanks for sharing it here. I meremy thought is was interesting to compare your solutions with Chris's to make this otherwise rather confusing material by Ralph Bowles

[LUTE] Re: Romanesca Galliard

2008-10-14 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Chris Goodwin has just given me the exact date of this publication of his transcriptions of Stowe 389 : It was March 1996, issue 37... Jean-Marie === 14-10-2008 10:19:25 === Dear Donna and Ron, May I remind you that Chris Goodwin, of the English Lute Society, published his own

[LUTE] Re: From the court of Henry the VIII

2008-10-15 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
You are absolutely right, Dana, and I totally concur. I was simply quoting the exact passage of Claude Simpson's book which Arthur Ness did not remember precisely. I never intended to say it was THE definitive solution ! Thank you for your very appropriate precisions. All the best, Jean-Marie

[LUTE] Re: Romanesca Galliard

2008-10-15 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Yes, Nancy, there are a few more pieces which can be made interesting with a bit of editing. Keep an eye on your private mailbox ! Best wishes, Jean-Marie === 14-10-2008 19:02:10 === Those are really nice pieces. Are there any more like them in that manuscript? Nancy Carlin

[LUTE] RE : Dalza / Spinacino

2008-10-17 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
True, indeed. Just a reminder about Spinaccino : http://ricercar.cesr.univ-tours.fr/3-programmes/EMN/luth/corpus/corpus_luthistes.php Enjoy and I hope Dalza will have some similar celebration somewhere in the world... Best Jean-Marie === 17-10-2008 22:19:41 === No, Luca,

[LUTE] Re: Weiss, Logy and archlute

2008-10-24 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
...Good point Mathias, and don't forget our good old Frenchy Perrine and hi s Livre de musique pour le lut. Contenant une m?tode nouvelle et facile pour ap rendre ? toucher le lut sur les notes de la musique (...) et une table pour apre ndre ? toucher le lut sur la basse continu? pour

[LUTE] Re: Merula Ciaccona

2008-11-09 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Welcome back igor. We were all missing your subtle sense of humour sooo much ! JMP === 09-11-2008 14:44:20 === Not bed ! desafinado but in time ! They should definitely go for more if open sound -- To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: Laveche and Queen's Goodnight

2008-11-23 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
From Julia Craig McFeely's thesis ( http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/julia/ ) 1/ Galliard for 2 lutes after Lavecchia (= after laveche ) FIRST : Ballet Lute Book, 46 SECOND : Ballet Lute Book,47 Musically unrelated to Johnson's 'Lavecchia' pavan and galliard, even though this galliard and

[LUTE] Re: Laveche and Queen's Goodnight

2008-11-23 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
, Manolo El 23/11/2008, a las 21:22, Jean-Marie Poirier escribió: From Julia Craig McFeely's thesis ( http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/julia/ ) 1/ Galliard for 2 lutes after Lavecchia (= after laveche ) FIRST : Ballet Lute Book, 46 SECOND : Ballet Lute Book,47 Musically unrelated

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