Roman Turovsky wrote: >I particularly like this passage: >"Black is The Color of My True Love's Hair' as sung here was composed >between 1916 and 1921. I had come home from eastern Kentucky, singing this >song to an entirely different tune--a tune not unlike the public-domain >material employed even today. My father liked the lyrics, but thought the >tune was downright terrible. So I wrote myself a new tune, ending it in a >nice modal manner. My composition has since been 'discovered' by many an >aspiring folk-singer." >--John Jacob Niles > > And Berio.
>" >A man after my heart........ >RT > >From: "Tony Chalkley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>or one of these? >>http://www.john-jacob-niles.com/index.htm >> >> > > > >>From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >>>Must be one of these: >>>http://polyhymnion.org/torban/mamai.html >>>RT >>> >>> >>>>Dear all, >>>>any idea of what this might have been? >>>>"In addition, he invented a new sort of instrument, a cross between >>>>lute >>>>and psaltery, which he called the serena serenarum, an instrument that >>>>produces an exquisite sound when its strings are struck." >>>>Filippo Villani >>>>Wondering, >>>>Arne Keller >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>>___________________________________________________________ >>>$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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > > >
