ERZLAUTE Isn't that German for Archlute?
N -----Original Message----- From: Roman Turovsky [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 16 March 2009 10:50 To: lute mailing list list; Lex van Sante Subject: [LUTE] Re: Download Gerwig Recordings That us not true. Thera are some recordings on which Gerwig is listed as using an ERZLAUTE, and there are photos of him with what looks like a 12 or 13course lute. RT From: "Lex van Sante" <[email protected]> > Gerwig used a 10 course lute in ren tuning for everything he did. It > was > made by a luthier called Hans Jordan from Markneukirchen Germany. > Bob Spencer and Michael Schaeffer also used lutes by him in their early > days. Daniel Benko also plays a modified lute by this maker. > They were rather heavy instruments but well made. In fact in the fifties > and early sixties they were the best lutes money could buy. > > Cheers! > > Lex van Sante > Op 16 mrt 2009, om 05:56 heeft sterling price het volgende geschreven: > >> >> Hi-Can anyone comment on the type of lutes Gerwig used? I seem to >> remember hearing that he used some kind of 10 course in ren tuning even >> for the baroque music. >> Sterling >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: damian dlugolecki <[email protected]> >> To: Peter Jones <[email protected]>; [email protected] >> Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 3:56:25 PM >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Download Gerwig Recordings >> >> Did he make an effort to find the original tapes? That would of >> course >> be the ideal. >> I think a very worthwhile project. He was a wonderful player, and it's >> worth noting >> that these recordings were made with gut strings at least for the on >> board strings. >> >> Damian >> >> Please visit my web site at www.damianstrings.com >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Jones" >> <[email protected] >> > >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 9:28 AM >> Subject: [LUTE] Download Gerwig Recordings >> >> >>> Hello All, >>> >>> A colleague at work (BBC Radio 3) is writing a doctoral thesis on >>> historical historical recordings, as it were - old recordings of early >>> music. He has an excellent collection of records, which he is in the >>> process of digitizing. >>> >>> He's made some excellent transfers of a number of recordings which >>> may >>> be of interest to us lutenists. They are out of copyright (at least, >>> they are here in the UK - I think the situation is different in the >>> USA, so do be careful that you are not breaking any local laws if you >>> choose to download them). The files are FLAC lossless audio - not >>> compressed in the way that mp3s are, but a completely faithful >>> reproduction of the sound from the vinyl. There are lots of shareware >>> players out there that can cope with FLAC files - Audacity, Winamp and >>> VLC being three... >>> >>> Walter Gerwig was, in my opinion, a very fine player - despite the >>> dated technique he gets a nice sound from his instrument. Very >>> musical, if favouring speeds which to me seem a little on the slow >>> side, here he is well-recorded and my friend Nick has cleaned up and >>> de-clicked the transfers with a light touch. >>> >>> So here we have Archiv EPA 37078, with a couple of relative >>> rarities: >>> >>> Reusner Suite: >>> http://www.mediafire.com/?cq4qykxebtm >>> >>> Hinterleitner Partita.rar: http://www.mediafire.com/?y3ywnrjwn3d >>> >>> If these prove to be of interest, I can also upload: >>> >>> Archiv 13027a - Works by Mouton >>> Archiv AP 13022 - Bach suite BWV 995 >>> Archiv AP 13031 - Works by Neusidler and Garsi da Parma >>> >>> I hope that these are of interest - Nick has put quite a bit of >>> work >>> into these transfers and I'm sure that he would value any feedback or >>> comments - I'll pass on any that I receive. >>> >>> Also, if anyone can think of more old recordings of lute music, >>> Nick >>> would be interested to hear about them, as they might fill gaps in his >>> catalogue. >>> >>> Best wishes, >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > >
