Here is a note from Chris Morrongiello about his research on playing with a table.
>Delivered-To: lila-nancycarlinassociates:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Envelope-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Virus-Check-By: mailwash13.pair.com >X-Spam-Check-By: mailwash13.pair.com >X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.3 required=4.0 >tests=HTML_FONT_BIG,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=disabled version=3.001007 >X-Spam-Flag: NO >X-Spam-Level: >X-Spam-Filtered: 0a530e8e58cc107def36ac6139926d69 >Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 16:20:02 -0400 >From: Christopher Morrongiello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: lutes & tables >To: Nancy Carlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Thread-topic: lutes & tables >Thread-index: Acef0z1ge6X9mgvGEdypawAKlay/wg=>User-Agent: >Microsoft-Entourage/11.3.3.061214 > >Dear Nancy, > >Thanks for your inquiry about my research. I do plan to pursue >further in a published article the significance of the table in >sixteenth- and seventeenth-century music-making and its practical >benefits for lute players. The article, which will be based on the >lecture that I gave at the Lute Society of America Seminar in 2006, >will examine the iconographical representations of players utilizing >the table, sources of lute music in table-book format, surviving >music tables (the "Aeglentyne Table," for instance), and written >instructions of lute pedagogues who advocated playing in this manner >(such as Thomas Robinson, Thomas Mace, Marin Mersenne, and Ernst >Gottlieb Baron). Instruments showing evidence of having >been modified for table playing will also be examined. In addition, >there will be a practical section, drawing on my empirical >knowledge, on how to hold the lute with the support of the >table. So please stay tuned (no pun intended). > >Best wishes, >Christopher Morrongiello > Nancy Carlin Associates P.O. Box 6499 Concord, CA 94524 USA phone 925/686-5800 fax 925/680-2582 web site - www.nancycarlinassociates.com Administrator THE LUTE SOCIETY OF AMERICA web site - http://LuteSocietyofAmerica.org -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
