Hi Michael, For more info about the HG in France in the 18th Century I recomend you Robert A. Green's publication: "Hurdy-Gurdy in Eigtheenth Century France". published by Indiana University Press. You will find lots of interesting things about our instrument.
Best wishes, Tom Lozano On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 2:09 PM, Michael Muskett < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I’ve mislaid my copy of Vol 1 Shepherds Delight and I would appreciate > your assistance. > I would like to know how popular the HG was in 18th cent France. I have > the sense that it was the domestic instrument instrument of choice of the > educated classes for 100 years from about 1680.but have no positive proof. > Apparently it is frequently mentioned in literature of the period > but… Perhaps un francais could help? > We know the dates of the composers so a listing of the number of > their compositions combined with a list of teaching methods would be an > indicator of popularity. A chart might show how the popularity > varied throughout the period. > It is interesting that he methods are almost identical and seem to emanate > from one source, each person giving his own name as the author. > Incidentally, since I am no longer able to produce further editions of our > Method I have an offer from a music publisher to do so! I have always said > that as long as new makers are busy there will be a demand for this book > and this seems to be the case. There will be additional sections especially > for beginners. Vive la vielle! > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "hurdygurdy" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy > > The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at > http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from > new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "hurdygurdy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
