>> Recorder Method) was my introduction into early music when I was a >> teenager. When beginning with the lute it was a nice surprise >> discovering his baroque lute method in "Ars Antiqva" (Madrid). The >> handwritten text is absolutely marvelous, and please keep in mind that >> many books were printed in Germany using "die gotische Schrift" even in >> the beginning of the XX Century, long before 1933. My generation still >> had to practice it (with a special pen dipped in ink) in the "Deutsche >> Schule" in Madrid, where I studied. In fact, this is how I learnt to write as well, the fountain pen was permitted in 4th grade, and the ballpoint didn't arrive until the 7th. RT
> It was a good exercise, like >> learning poems by heart, or commiting facts to memory, things that >> children don't do nowadays, at least here in Spain... >> >> Greg M. Silverman wrote: >> >>>Greet Schamp wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Dear Mr. Silverman (isn't that a German name too?? very suspicious!), >>>> >>>>I think you did wrong accusing Giesbert and insulting all Germans >>>>living now as if they were collaborating with or responsible for the >>>>mistakes of Hitler. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> I agree absolutely, and would like to add: that sort of generalizations >> must be avoided, at least in the context of Internet, where irony or >> sense of humor is nearly impossible to express. >> Being german does not mean being automatically a nazi. >> The german font is not nazi, it is german. >> The german jews killed by the nazis were german. >> >>>Uggh! :-( Sorry for any misunderstaning my post may have sent. I >>>meant no insult to anyone... I was only replying sarcastically to Dale's >>>comments (for which I humbly apologize for any misunderstanding >>>generated by my comments). >>> >>> >> ok, we forgive you ;-) >> >>>And regarding my lastname: the name is from my grandparents who >>>originated from Rumania, >>> >> >> There are still german communities in Rumania, speaking german, etc... >> Perhaps you are german... >> >> Saludos from Barcelona >> >> Manolo Laguillo >> >> -- >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> > ___________________________________________________________ $0 Web Hosting with up to 200MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. Signup at www.doteasy.com
