At 06:14 PM 12/4/2003 +0100, Jerzy ZAK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Dear Matanya, > >I feel a little uncomfortable sending my question to the List - and >that way obviously to you as well - again. Some time ago, when I joined >the List, I was mainly expecting fresh news and knowledge in small bits >shared by people dealing with all aspects of lute and it's music. But >time showed that some people prefer wasting time - ours, mine, on >personal quarrels.
This last quarrel was not personal. I avoided the thread until Albert Reyerman had a chance to defend himself. I think he did a marvelously clear job, and it was then that he was attacked personally. I intervened on his behalf, not because he is a friend of mine, but because he is a colleague, and even though his edition of the John Johnson competes directly with mine, I know exactly from my own experience how difficult it is to publish lute music and how unfair the charge of greed is. My intervention was mild by all accounts, but it still generated an ad hominem attack on me, starting with a distortion of my name, and referring to my _reputation_ as a justification for classifying my current statement as vile. The rest of this ugly affair is in no need of being mentioned. > Lets to the point, then. May I ask you again (you >could just overlooked my small posting, but you were present on the >list in the meantime): > >What are the discoveries of Francesco Castelfranco, and other recent >discoveries? I know very little about it directly. I heard that 2 new pieces by Francesco da Milano were discovered in Castelfranco something or other in Italy. Paul O'Dette is said to have recorded them, and there are copies circulating in the lute grape vine. Ron Andrico once told me he had them. I have not seen one myself. The subject has been mentioned here before, mostly by Arthur Ness who will be better informed about this than I am. As for other discoveries, it is only a simple postulate that argues that we have no way of knowing what it is we do not know. New things come up for air all the time. For example, many years ago, I photographed in Leningrad., when it was still Leningrad, a lute manuscript in one library. In a more recent attempt to get an official copy of it, I was told the manuscript does not exist there anymore, and they would not tell me where it is now. For all I know, my photographic copy of this manuscript may be the only existing copy of it. I really do not know anything about this manuscript, and I have not looked at the film in many years. It may be something that is very well known, or that was known to people like Kosak and Neeman, or it may be an entirely new discovery. One of these days, when I am in a better mood and when I can deal with lute music and lutenists directly, without regard to my so-called reputation, I may investigate this further. Matanya Ophee Editions Orphe'e, Inc., 1240 Clubview Blvd. N. Columbus, OH 43235-1226 Phone: 614-846-9517 Fax: 614-846-9794 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.orphee.com
