If you're near a newstand take a look at "The Economist," mentioned here by Herbert Ward. That cover is the best reproduction I'd seen of the cherub/angel. (I've just seen thumbnails of the "Angelo musicante") He's holding the lute close to his body, almost caressing the instrumcent and has a smile of ecstacy on his face. I really must make an effort to obtain the complete picture. The artist is Il Rosso Fiorentino, aka Giovanni Battista di Jacopo di Guasperre (1495-1540). For those interested in art and music relationships, there is a collection of essays by H. Colin Slim, _*Painting Music in the DSixteenth Century*_ (Aldershot & Brookfiled, Ashgate/Variorum, 2002). It includes essays on Francesco portraiture, the lutenist's hand (short), Mary Magdalene: Musician and Dancer, Concert Scenes from the Veneto, another Rosso painting with an Arcadelt madrigal, etc.
=====AJN (Boston, Mass.)===== This week's free download from Classical Music Library is Mozart's Serenade No. 11 in E flat, K. 375, performed by the Ensemble á Vent Français Bordeaux Aquitaine, Michel Arrignon, conductor. To download, click on the CML link here http://mysite.verizon.net/arthurjness/ My Web Page: Scores http://mysite.verizon.net/vzepq31c/arthurjnesslutescores/ Other Matters: http://mysite.verizon.net/arthurjness/ http://mysite.verizon.net/vzepq31c/musexx/ =================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Carlin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 2:18 PM Subject: [LUTE] Lute sighting | We just got a few books from Amazon, including the new J.K. Rowling | book Beedle the Bard. On page 45 the drawing at the top of the page is | a lute - it has something like 5-6 strings and about 8 pegs. I don't | think the accompanying story has anything to do with lute music. | Nancy | | Nancy Carlin Associates | P.O. Box 6499 | Concord, CA 94524 USA | phone 925/686-5800 fax 925/680-2582 | web site - [1]www.nancycarlinassociates.com | Administrator THE LUTE SOCIETY OF AMERICA | web site - [2]http://LuteSocietyofAmerica.org | -- | | References | | 1. http://www.nancycarlinassociates.com/ | 2. http://lutesocietyofamerica.org/ | | | To get on or off this list see list information at | http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
