Dear Kenneth: Thank you for writing. I was on the verge of asking this list if anyone had a new link to your web site which I can no longer find? I truly enjoy your research and writing and of course the subject matter.
Vance Wood. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kenneth Sparr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lutenet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 3:07 PM Subject: SV: Manuscript of Per Brahe - Skokloster > No, Per Brahe was not the astronomer! His name was Tycho Brahe. I agree with > Arthur that the music in this MS is not very exciting. It is a student's > book and very "amateurish". A full inventory is given in RUD�N, J. O. Music > in tablature. Stockholm 1981. Rud�n also has made a special study of the MS > in his article "Per Brahe's Lute Book" in Svensk tidskrift f�r > musikforskning 59(1977). Unfortunately this aricle is only in Swedish! > > Best wishes > > Kenneth Sparr > Stromstigen 25 > S-149 51 Nynashamn > SWEDEN > > Telephone: +46-852015561 > Mobile 073-657 63 53 > www.tabulatura.com > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Fr�n: Arthur Ness (boston) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skickat: den 11 juni 2004 23:53 > Till: LUTE NET > �mne: Manuscript of Per Brahe - Skokloster > > Wasn't Per Brahe a famous astronomer? His lute book at the > Sklottsbiblioteket in Skokloaster was indeed copied when he was a student > in Giessen (about 1618). It is on the cusp of the baroque and contains > works by Dowland, Vallet, Bocquet, and so looks backward rather than > forward into the Baroque. I have a vague recollection about seeing some > pages from it. A few German chorales. Rather sloppy handwriting, as I > recall. Kenneth Sparr has written about it in the Swedish lute and guitar > journal, Svenska gitar och luta 8/2 (1975): 40-2. > > Alas, Thomas, I can't get too excited about it, except for its historical > associations, and being perhaps representative of music favored by a > university student in 1618. > > Arthur. > > > >
