interesting that i read this message as i sit here behind the circulation desk at the sibley library. =D
this is a link to the bibliographic record of the book here at Sibley http://sibley.lib.rochester.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=lord+and+danby+and+lute+and+book&Search_Code=CMD*&PID47&SEQ=20070517134014&CNT=75&HIST=1 as you can see on the link, there are microform copies available. i just asked my boss to make sure this was correct - you don't have to be a library patron in order to order a microform copy from the library. there is a downloadable order form linked to that page. cheers steve gottlieb On 5/17/07, Arthur Ness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The Lord Danby Lute Book is at the Sibley Music Library > at the Eastman School in Rochester (NY), where Paul > O'Dette teaches. The library seems to keep close > control over materials, and I am unaware of anything of > theirs that circulates in clandestine microfilms or > photocopies. > > Although my opinion is not shared by everyone, I think > the Lord Danby Book is probably one of the most > important lute manuscripts of the 18th century. That is > because it has a dozen or so solo lute pieces by Handel. > All of them are arrangements, and for that reason their > importance has been pooh-poohed by some. But (now I > begin to editorialize) I think it is a mistake to > automatically give second-class status to a lute piece > just because it is an arrangement. And in the > instance we are speaking of an arrangement dating from > Handel's time in Hamburg, so he may have had a direct > connection with the pieces. They are not arrangements > made by Joe Shortsleeves down the block. > > Tim Crawford has long been working on it, and I do hope > Mrs. Minkoff will get it into print. There are lots of > questions about the manuscript that I expect Tim will > reveal. One is the chronological place of the pieces in > Handel's output. > > He has two articles, one in _*The Lute*_ 25 (1985): 53 > with biographical information, and another, in the > G=F6ttinger Handel Beitrage 2 (1986): 19. The latter > discusses the music, and as I recall has several of the > Handel pieces in complete transcriptions. So it could > serve as an introduction until such time as the Minkoff > facsimile is made available. There's also information > on Tim's web page. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lucas Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 10:31 PM > Subject: [LUTE] Lord Danby's lute book > > > > Dear friends, > > > > > > > > Does anybody have information on the progress of Tim > > Crawford's Minkoff > > edition of Lord Danby's lute book? Does anybody on > > the list have access to > > a facsimile that I might look at in the meantime? > > > > > > > > Many thanks! > > > > > > > > Lucas Harris > > > > > > > > > > > > New contact information: > > > > > > > > Lucas Harris > > > > 193 Coleman Avenue > > > > East York, ON M4C 1R5 > > > > Canada > > > > Tel: (416) 546-1786 > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > --
