Some nice photos from the LSA Lute Festival concert are here http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~lsa/old/Cleveland2006/CYoungConcert.html http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~lsa/old/Cleveland2006/CYoungConcertPhotos.ht ml
Unfortunately I have been unable to get Crawford to choose some of the audio clips so I can post them. Margit was very nice about granting permission. She can also be heard very prominently (and seen in the background -- only person standing other than Philippe) in this amusing video of Christine Pluhar's organization: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ-VsKB_tNw Regards, Daniel On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:52:41 -0700 Sean Smith <[email protected]> writes: > > Hi Stuart, > > Margit actually flew out to the LSA seminar in Ohio a few years ago > to > play duos with Crawford. Yes, it's in the hammered dulcimer family, > > yep, sure sounds great and believable in that context and, oh yeah, > is > she ever in control! > > It looks like a pretty versatile instrument and very overlooked. I'd > > think most of the lute rep would be available: certainly tenors with > > whomever, formal ensemble music and I'm sure they made solo > arrangements of popular vocal or ensemble music. The latter could > range from tenor-contrapunto settings, to (mostly) strict 3-part > settings of their own --just like the lute rep. Furthermore, if its > > metal strings and good simple solid body was as portable as the lute > > and twice as durable I'm sure there were those that took advantage > and > specialized in it. > > There's a guy here in Berkeley who's been playing one on street > corners for 30 years. I'm pretty sure that for some of it it was > keeping him fed. A tradition that goes back centuries, if not > millenia, in hammered dulcimer circles. > > Sean > > > > > On Oct 21, 2009, at 3:25 PM, Stuart Walsh wrote: > > > http://www.lewon.de/inhalt/projekte/ensembles_dulce.php?navbat=03 > > > > Ont this page, under 'Tonbeispiele' there are three pieces, > > including one by Obrecht, 'Nec mihi nec tibi'. Jon Banks claims > > > that this Obrecht untexted chanson was actually conceived and > > composed for three plucked instruments but here in this Ensemble > > > Dulce Melos version the three instruments are: ? at least one > > plucked thing and, surprisingly what seems to be a hammered > > dulcimer. The three instruments create a strange sound; very nice, > > > very beguiling. I was really surprised to hear a hammered dulcimer > > > (if it is one) in this context (of quite sophisticated polyphony) > > > and the as can be heard, the player (Margit Übellacker) is in > > complete command. > > > > The instrument Margit Übellacker is playing is described as a > dulce > > melos, after Henri Arnault de Zwolle: fully chromatic over 3 > > octaves. But Margit sounds like she is playing with hammers and > > Henri is definitely sniffy about hammers and his dulce melos > > proper has an elaborate keyboard mechanism. Iconography of 15th > > > century hammered dulcimers suggests long, thin instruments with a > > > limited range but Margit's instrument looks a monster by > contrast. > > > > > > Stuart > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > >
