> what a coincidence! ... i just so happen to have a > manuscript here - ancient looking it is - of little > ditties written for something called a "pequeña > guitarra adorable con cinco cursos." difficult to see > who wrote it ... covered in dust (hack-hack ... > achoo!) m-u-d-something ... FYI, m-u-d is an archaic Russian vulgarity.
> > sounds great on my uke'! The amount of dust on the cover is not indicative of musical quality. RT > > watch ebay - bill > > --- Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > What's this? > > > > > > http://www.classtab.org/#ntab > > > > > > Titled Chaconne by "Melchior Newsidler > > (1507/31-1590/91)". > > > > > > Is this a way to publish copyrighted music, by > > attributing it to a > > composer long gone? > > > > > > Here is the TAB: > > > > > > http://www.classtab.org/mn_chac.txt > > > > > > ajn. > > > > This is the mother of all sautscheckerei, and there > > is a fascinating story > > behind it. > > This piece appeared on an LP of "renaissance" lute > > music in the early 1970's > > on the "Melodiya" label. The LP contained a SINGLE > > piece of authentic lute > > musis (Greensleeves), but the rest was composed by > > one Vladimir Vavilov (the > > performer on the LP) and ascribed to various real > > lute composers without any > > regard to appropriate style/character, most music > > there being quite baroque. > > This was the first lute recording I've ever owned. > > One piece from that LP, A "canzona by Francesco da > > Milano" became a > > veritable hit, and a number of poets have written > > texts to its melody, and > > not only in Russian. One version became known and > > loved nationwide, and by > > now has attained a status of a true folksong. Can > > you imagine a lute piece > > known to and/or loved by 100,000,000 people???? This > > was lute's greatest > > moment of glory ever. > > Vavilov didn't live to see this success, as he died > > young, of cancer, just > > before it all happened. > > RT > > > > == > > http://polyhymnion.org/swv > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > $0 Web Hosting with up to 200MB web space, 1000 MB > > Transfer > > 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and > > much more. > > Signup at www.doteasy.com > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday > snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com > > > ___________________________________________________________ $0 Web Hosting with up to 200MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. Signup at www.doteasy.com
