Stephan, ((This got lost in my Out Basket.))
Your observation is quite apt. And Roger Kanazawa's edition for HUP was still in print just a few years ago. I think the lute volume is OOP, but the cittern one is available. Perhaps when it is OOP, HUP will make both available from ProQuest/UMI Books on Demand. His edition according to the World Catalogue is in 368 libraries. Rainer's in 70. But you must realize that (first) libraries want transcriptions into pitch notation to serve a variety of patrons, and (secondly) that Ut Orpheus has hundreds of editions, whereas the Lute Society only a dozen or so. What is needed is a central clearing house (like Magnatunes for CDs) for these specialized lute publications being issued by the societies, and persons like Dick Hoban, Albert Reyerman, Andi Schlegel, Richard Darsie et al. I checked Darsie on the World Catalogue. His Gerle edition is in 68 libraries, including 4 or 5 in Holland, one in Germany, and one in the U.K. 6 or 7 libraries in Japan have his Gerle edition. And so few advertise, except Reyermann. So Darsie's doing as well as the Lute Society, with music of a lesser lutenist. Here's a useful (official) link to the World Catalogue: http://worldcat.org/searchbox/searchbox.jsp?ai=Arthur_Arthur_Ness AJN. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephan Olbertz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 4:03 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Holborne, was Theorbo tutor > Dear Stewart, > > you are right, there is a transcription in grand > staff, and that may well be the reason > for the edition. However, I have the feeling that our > wonderful lute society editions are > not that present outside of our club, and that's a > pity. You know too well what amount > of time and work is required for critical editions and > even facsimiles. If I make a > search in the KVK, a German national and international > online library catalogue, I get > around 30 hits for "lute society" in Germany, for "Ut > Orpheus" I get around 1800. So > it's easy to guess which Holborne edition is going to > be in the shelves of our > university libraries for the next couple of hundred > years... > > Regards, > > Stephan > > > Am 20 May 2007 um 21:38 hat Stewart McCoy geschrieben: > >> Dear Stephan, >> >> If you click on a sample page, you can see that the >> new edition has a >> transcription into staff notation. Rainer's edition >> gives tablature >> only, so the new edition might appeal to people who >> can't read >> tablature. >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Stewart McCoy. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Stephan Olbertz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 4:54 PM >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Holborne, was Theorbo tutor >> >> >> > By looking through the Utorpheus pages I noticed >> > that they have a >> > brand new Holborne edition available. Can anyone >> > imagine why this >> > would be necessary in our small lute world? We have >> > an excellent one >> > by Rainer aus dem Spring, published by the English >> > lute society! >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Stephan >> >> > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
