The Lute will have a future. It's just too beautiful. I'm working on it by playing in the park. A friend of mine wants to get a lute now.
As for films: I wonder why they are missing out on opportunities. Best lute film I have seen in recent years: "Bill" It's about Shakespeare's early years. Too bad they didn't really use Elizabethan music though. But the lute is featured prominently. I think John Dowland would make a good story. Or Bellerofonte Castaldi, though he might have been a scumbag... Terzi is mysterious enough for some artistic license to be granted, and the music would blow everyone's minds who hasn't heard of him. A good Early Music movie has yet to be made... Gesendet: Donnerstag, 27. August 2020 um 02:13 Uhr Von: theoj89...@new-old-mail.cs.dartmouth.edu An: "lute@cs.dartmouth.edu" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Betreff: [LUTE] future of the lute Dear luters: What does the future hold the lute? In the waning days of this wonderful email list (Thanks Wayne!!), I thought I would invite thoughts regarding the future of the lute and the lute community. As I muse, it seems that this present lute revival started in 1960's - 70's largely out of the folk music revival and early music revival. I notice that many of our fellow lute enthusiasts are growing older (as am I). And with the recent passing of Julian Bream, I thought it prescient to reflect: What will the next 10, 20, or 50 years look like for the lute and lute community? Is interest in the lute on the decline, ascendency, or moving in some other direction? Is this trajectory different in different countries? The internet has revolutionized access to manuscripts, publishers, and recordings. Will the internet ultimately drive interest to diversions other than the lute? And when will Hollywood finally make a sizzling historical romance about a lute player and bring the lute back to be a symbol of seduction, as it should be? (Hopefully the movie won't be about Mark Smeaton.) Thoughts? theodore jordan -- To get on or off this list see list information at [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html References 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
