Hi Steve! And thanks a lot!
Would it be too much to ask for a list of available microform "lute ouvre" copies? Best G. ----- Original Message ----- From: "steve gottlieb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Arthur Ness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Lucas Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lute Net" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 7:50 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lord Danby's lute book > 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 >> > >> >> >> > > --
