Dear Lex, By and large I agree! It was simply that you seemed pretty certain that de Murcia expected bourdons on both fourth and fifth courses for his solo music that I thought you might have some evidence. regards Martyn __________________________________________________________________
From: Lex Eisenhardt <eisenha...@planet.nl> To: 'Vihuelalist' <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Tuesday, 13 May 2014, 13:39 Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN 0-9618527-1-2 It would be difficult to argue about your personal preferences, Martyn. And 'more common solo repertoire tunings of the period'? How about Guerau or Ribayaz, and Castillion? Better to admit that we cannot be sure about those things. Lex -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: [1]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:[2]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Namens Martyn Hodgson Verzonden: dinsdag 13 mei 2014 14:27 Aan: Lex Eisenhardt; 'Vihuelalist' Onderwerp: [VIHUELA] Re: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN 0-9618527-1-2 I agree with you about sizes of 5 course guitars but not about your preferred tuning for de Murcia's solo music: in my view it works best with the 'French' ('Corbetta') tuning with a bourdon only on the fourth course. By best I mean that tuning in which the various parts are clearest with minimal breaks in tessitura. Of course, no historic guitar tuning is perfect for everything and whatever tuning is employed there are going to be some such breaks but I think this is merely the idiosyncratic charm of the instrument. I think it a mistake to presume he would use the same tuning he employed for basso continuo for his solo music. In my view it's more likely he employed one of the more common solo repertoire tunings of the period: ie either the 'French' tuning or possibly that with just high octaves on the fourth and fifth courses Martyn __________________________________________________________________ From: Lex Eisenhardt <[3]eisenha...@planet.nl> To: 'Vihuelalist' <[4]vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Tuesday, 13 May 2014, 12:46 Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN 0-9618527-1-2 The corpus of original guitars (not vihuelas) is often 'very large'. And low octaves A and d seem to be an educated choice for Murcia, taking into account the composers' work (1714) on basso continuo. -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: [1][5]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:[2][6]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Namens Martyn Hodgson Verzonden: dinsdag 13 mei 2014 13:30 Aan: Monica Hall; Braig, Eugene CC: Vihuelalist Onderwerp: [VIHUELA] Re: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN 0-9618527-1-2 Yes it is interesting. But it's surely not a 'very large' instrument: in fact, it looks relatively smaller than the picture of a vihuela played by Orpheus in Milan's collection. Perhaps you mean it's bigger than most vihuelas played nowadays - but isn't that perhaps because of a modern belief that the instrument was generally in G at A440!... regards, Martyn __________________________________________________________________ From: Monica Hall <[3][7]mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> To: "Braig, Eugene" <[4][8]brai...@osu.edu> Cc: Vihuelalist <[5][9]vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Tuesday, 13 May 2014, 9:41 Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN 0-9618527-1-2 Wow! If you go on YouTube and put in Julian Bream + Santiago de Murcia you will find a video of him playing the Preludio and allegro from Passacalles y obras! It is a very large instrument strung with octaves on the 4th and 5th courses.....with a very imposing sound. Interesting indeed. It seems that Segovia included this piece too in vol. 3 of his Obras de guitarra series. Amazing what you can find on the internet. Monica ----- Original Message ----- From: "Braig, Eugene" <[1][6][10]brai...@osu.edu> To: "Monica Hall" <[2][7][11]mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> Cc: "Vihuelalist" <[3][8][12]vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 4:56 AM Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN 0-9618527-1-2 > Bream's de Murcia was recorded on a 1983 "baroque guitar" by Jose > Romanillos. > > Best, > Eugene > > ________________________________________ > From: Monica Hall [[4][9][13]mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk] > Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 4:20 PM > To: Braig, Eugene > Cc: Vihuelalist > Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN 0-9618527-1-2 > > Please do - that would be helpful! > Monica > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Braig, Eugene" <[5][10][14]brai...@osu.edu> > To: "Vihuelalist" <[6][11][15]vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 9:16 PM > Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN 0-9618527-1-2 > > >> Bream's recording actually did use a 5-course guitar (I can check the >> exact phrasing in the liner notes when home from the office), but he >> certainly favored a modern functionality when dabbling in "early" >> instruments. >> >> Best, >> Eugene >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Monica Hall [mailto:[7][12][16]mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk] >> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 4:08 PM >> To: Braig, Eugene >> Cc: Vihuelalist >> Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN 0-9618527-1-2 >> >> That's helpful. I have just realized that Harvey Hope recorded 4 pieces >> by >> Murcia in 1979to . He and James Tyler play "baroque instruments" but >> Segovia and Bream presumably clasical guitar. I am sure there must be >> more. >> >> Monica >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Braig, Eugene" <[8][13][17]brai...@osu.edu> >> To: "Vihuelalist" <[9][14][18]vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> >> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 8:33 PM >> Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN 0-9618527-1-2 >> >> >>>I used to be on the guitar summit list, but I haven't looked in on their >>>activity for years. I'm not certain where to find them any longer . . . >>>or, as you've alluded, if they even still exist. >>> >>> Regarding pre-1987 recordings of de Murcia's music, I am aware of: >>> - Andres Segovia on modern guitar (Prelude and Allegro: 1977); >>> - James Tyler on 5-course guitar (Preludio, Gabota, and La Burlesca: >>> 1978); and >>> - Julian Bream on 5-course guitar (Prelude and Allegro: 1985). >>> >>> I would expect there are more, but these are the ones I have immediately >>> on hand in the day-job office. >>> >>> Some modern-guitar characters with related interests and whom you might >>> want to try contacting directly (several of whom were active on the >>> summit >>> list): Matanya Ophee, Stanley Yates, Carlos Perez (and his teacher, >>> Ernesto Quezada), and maybe Oleg Timofeyev. >>> >>> Luck, >>> Eugene >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [10][15][19]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:[11][16][20]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On >>> Behalf Of Monica Hall >>> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 3:06 PM >>> To: Azalais >>> Cc: Vihuelalist >>> Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN 0-9618527-1-2 >>> >>> I have Lorimer's facsimile. What I am really trying to find out is >>> whether >>> there were any recordings of Murcia's music made before 1987 and also >>> whether any arrangements of it for classical guitar were published >>> before >>> that date. The date 1987 is crucial because that is when Lorimer's >>> facsimile of the Saldivar ms. was published and Murcia suddenly became >>> flavour of the month big time. Several people including myself did >>> dissertations on him in the late 70s-early 80s and Robert Strizich >>> refers >>> to him in his article on ornamentation in the LSA journal of 1974. >>> >>> Incidentally I wondered whether anyone on the list is on the >>> Guitar-Summit >>> list. I sent my message to them because it is more orientated towards >>> the >>> classical guitar and I thought there might be someone who could answer >>> this query which is more about classical guitar versions than baroque >>> guitar. >>> But my message didn't seem to appear on that list and I haven't had any >>> response. Perhaps it is now defunct. >>> >>> Regards to all >>> >>> Monica >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Azalais >>> To: Monica Hall >>> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 7:32 PM >>> Subject: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN 0-9618527-1-2 >>> >>> >>> Hello Monica, >>> >>> >>> Your mention of the pre-1987 cut off date for de Murcia references leads >>> me to believe that you must already have access to Michael Lorimer's >>> book >>> and its bibliography. >>> >>> >>> If not, I have a copy, if you need anything from it. >>> >>> >>> Thank you for the research! 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