I know of someone who studied with him many years ago, and he is described as being a very harsh teacher, almost cruel.
ed At 12:28 PM 3/16/2009 +0100, Lex van Sante wrote: >If you count the courses on his lute you will find that there are ten. >The models were invariably two-headed lutes with ten courses. >Sometimes referred to as Erzlaute. >He never played d-minor tuning. As he was also a great improvisor >possibly he was afraid different tunings might upset his sound-stop >association (I don't know how to translate the German "Klang-Griff >Assoziation" or Dutch "klank-greep associatie" properly, sorry) One of >my teachers took lessons from him in the early sixties. He told me so. > >Cheers! > >Lex van Sante > >Op 16 mrt 2009, om 11:50 heeft Roman Turovsky het volgende geschreven: > >>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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.15/2003 - Release Date: 03/15/09 >14:07:00 Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [email protected] voice: (218) 728-1202
