Thanks for the interesting story, Art! ed
At 10:22 AM 3/4/2008 -0500, Arthur Ness wrote: >There was a time when "lutanist" seems to have been the accepted >spelling, although it makes me wince every time I see it. It was >a spelling that appeared in very respectable publications (NY >Times, Musical Times, Donna Curry). Perhaps lasting into the >1950s and 60s. I saw the spelling used as late as 1975 in _Early >Music_ and JAMS. In fact, while looking this morning, I came >across the spelling in regard to some lutanist mayhem as >described in a 17th century medical casebook quoted in _JAMS 32 >(1975): 367: > > >>Mr. Ashberrie (a lutanist) at night was bitten by Gottier, >the French Luteniste in Covent Garden, had a piece of his cheek >bitten out, an inch or more, on the left side at corner of the >mouth & neither [i.e. nether] lip, down to the lower part of the >jaw. I stiched it and dressed it.<< > >This is a reference to James Gautier, lutenist to James I and >Charles I, who fled France in 1617 to escape the consequences of >a duel. It seems like an exceptionally large number of lutenists >were engaged in violence. Coming immediately to mind are S. L. >Weiss and Gian Maria >Alemani (you don't want to read the description of what he did to >some poor soul in Florence). >=====AJN (Boston, Mass.)===== >* Free Download of the Week from Classical Music Library: > >For this week's free download from Classical Music Library go to >my web page >and click on Alexander Street Press link: > >http://mysite.verizon.net/arthurjness/ > >*Vaughan Williams'_ Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis___* >performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Christopher >Seaman, conductor. More >information about this piece is available on our music blog ><http://alexanderstreet.typepad.com/music>. > >For some free scores, go to: >http://mysite.verizon.net/vzepq31c/arthurjnesslutescores/ >=================================== > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Tony Chalkley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]>; "G. Crona" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 7:20 AM >Subject: [LUTE] Re: Etymology > > >| Lutenist and lute-player are fine by me. "Luthiste" is French, >and Lutanist >| is just bad spelling, I think. >| >| tony >| ----- Original Message ----- >| From: "G. Crona" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >| To: <[email protected]> >| Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 12:43 PM >| Subject: [LUTE] Etymology >| >| >| >I small question. >| > >| > To describe a person playing the lute, I've come across: >| > >| > Lutenist >| > Lutist >| > Lutanist >| > Lute-player >| > >| > Which is (are) the correct one (s)? All of them? >| > >| > G. >| > >| > >| > >| > To get on or off this list see list information at >| > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >| > >| >| >| >| > > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.4/1309 - Release Date: 3/3/2008 >6:50 PM Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202
