On Sep 11, 2007, at 8:40 PM, Jeffrey Noonan wrote: > A question--I've recently run across references to a lutenist > identified variously as > > Francisco Weiber > Francisco Weber > Francisco Waber > > He was active in London in the 1720s and performed with the > composer/cellist Giovanni Bononcini as well as the castrato > Francesco Senesino. > > I've gleaned the little bit of information about him that I can > from Lowell Lindgren's dissertation and articles about Bononcini, > but have found no other easily accessible info on him. I do not > have Matthew Spring's book (The Lute in Britain) at hand, but do > not recall a discussion of anyone with that name. > > Anyone out there have any suggestions or knowledge of this lutenist?
I read that Bononcini was hired in 1725, or thereabouts. as the director of private concerts given by the Duchess of Marlborough. If he employed anyone as a lutenist for one or more of those concerts,there might be some record of it. David R [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
