Well, there is a very passionating reading about Mary Stuart , in fact it's a biography written by a historian, Stefan Zweig, but it is written like a novel. It says Rizzio was a violinist, lutenist, singer , composer and he also wrote sonnets.He could speak Italian, French, Latin. He arrived in Scotland with Marchese Moreta, the ambassador from Savoia, Piedmont, and Mary asked to keep him there. He soon became private secretary to the Queen and had some problems, let's say, being a Catholic among Protestant nobles. The murder is described as in a film, the Queen was expecting of five months, Darnley, her husband, in agreement with the conjurers, in front of her denied knowing anything of the matter. They had accessed the private apartments of the Queen to which just the Queen and the King had the key. Rizzio was meant to be imprisoned and hanged , but as they were savagely together they stabbed him more then 50 times, then threw him from the window. The Queen appeared to have forgiven Darnley ( "not forgotten", as she said when the baby, the future James VI - I of England- was born), but Darnley died in an explosion of a summer palace, just after the Queen had had her precious bed removed...James I is the one who wrote the famous letter to Elizabeth in which he did not object executing his mother if he had become king of England - I suppose he was son of Darnley..- The story takes three or four chapters of the book, a must, in my opinion, for all lutenists.. I saw the room some time ago in Scotland, very interesting one.
Donatella http://web.tiscali.it/awebd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Shepherd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lute Net" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 2:06 PM Subject: Re: Antwort: Re: S. de Murcia > As for Rizzio: > > I happened to be in Edinburgh recently, and visited Holyrood House. > There is a portrait of Rizzio there, which shows him holding a violin - > just what we would expect for a famous lute player... > > The account of his murder by Mary's hsuband and his cronies also claims > that he was stabbed 45 times, 56 times, (just think of a large number > and you can make your own claim on the truth) that he was dragged > outside and murdered, that his body lay where he fell (in an upstairs > room, very close to where the portrait is hung nowadays), that he was > playing the lute at the time, and so on. If ever there was a case of > muddle and wishful thinking, this is it. I guess that no one really > knows how many people were involved in the murder, or when and where and > in what manner it happened. But that doesn't stop people inventing all > sorts of things... > > My guess is that Rizzio was a musician, principally a violinist. Or is > that not romantic enough? > > Scientifically yours, > > Martin > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > > >There would be many possible movies about lute-players and their > >adventures. > >What was about Rizzo who was said to have a close relationship to Mary? > >Dowland as predesessor of James Bond? The life of the english Gaultier as > >adventure? Are there some vihuelanista-stories to add? With a tiny bit of > >fantasy I could make a fantastic script out of Corbetta's life (must be a > >french movie because it wouldn't have a happy end) ... > > > >Best wishes > >Thomas > > > > > > > > > > > >Lex Eisenhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> am 13.05.2005 11:14:08 > > > >An: Monica Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, vihuela > > <[email protected]> > >Kopie: > > > >Thema: Re: S. de Murcia > > > >It may be a good subject for a Milos Forman movie: 'Santiago....' > > > > > > > > > >>>So it goes. His "biography" is pure fiction! > >>> > >>>And Salieri didn't murder Mozart either... > >>> > >>>Monica > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at > >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > > > >CONFIDENTIALITY : This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and > >may be privileged. If you are not a named recipient, please notify the > >sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use > >it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
