>As to continuo: it is big mistake to consider it lute music at >all,
>because regardless how many lutes it may employ lutes <are a priori
>dispensable in it.
>RT
My heart is filled with joy, and prayers have been answered, that
you have finally come full circle and reinvented yourself as the REAL Roman
Trovosky, that we all have come to love, and cherish. Welcome home, it's
been a long time! Finally you've succeeded in shedding the old skin of Mr.
Polyhimnion, lute -9.
Michael Thames
www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mathias Rösel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Lutelist" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 4:08 AM
Subject: Re: French Lutenist about to release a worldwide first- the Book of
Perrine
> Mathias, you can and may speak for 99.9% of "us", because David's
> prowess is in no way indicative of habits or abilities of the general
> lute population.
> I am with you on the first issue, because our first responsibility is
> music itself, and playing from written out music rather than from
> tabulature has not made anyone a better player yet.
>
> As to continuo: it is big mistake to consider it lute music at all,
> because regardless how many lutes it may employ lutes are a priori
> dispensable in it.
> RT
>
>
> > Dear David,
> >
> > yes, you're right, I shall speak for myself. And sorry, I should have
> > been more precise. What I was referring to in particular is playing
> > solo
> > pieces. I for one will always prefer tablature when it comes to playing
> > solo pieces, on renaissance or baroque lute, no matter how exact or
> > appropiate transcription of CNRS or DTÖ or Erbe will be.
> >
> > As for continuo, I cannot imagine anything else but playing from grand
> > staff, of course. And I'll be grateful if there is keyboard realization
> > at hand from which I can more easily and quicker see what I should do.
> > But that is an entirely different matter. The present issue was about
> > transcriptions of existing tablatures.
> >
> > Would you prefer to play Dowland's Can She Excuse from tablature or
> > from
> > transcribed grand staff, David?
> >
> > Viele Grüße
> >
> > Mathias
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