John's achievement is even more staggering when you see it all listed in one place: [1]http://www.lutesoc.co.uk/pages/john-robinson and then realise that he also has a day job as a professor of immunology [2]http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedicine/research/groups/profile/j.h.robinso n Respect. P
2009/11/12 Stuart Walsh <[3][email protected]> Talking of 'Lute News', every issue has a supplement of pieces edited by John H. Robinson. The latest is "Twenty Continental Preludes and Exercises....from CUL MS 3056." He must have edited hundreds and hundreds of pieces over the years. Anyway, in 2000 Lute News no56, "Lute Music Ascribed or Dedicated to John Whitfield, Greene and Southwell", the second piece has this very strange title: "Mr Strange Gregory hitts J. Whitfield". And it's a nice little piece (a galliard?) - and it's not too difficult. A lot of the music in these supplements is tough going. In the scholarly notes, it is explained that this isn't really the title. It's not by (or for?) J. Whitfield. The title just is: "Mr Strange Gregery hitts" (Or "Mr Strange Gregery hills"). So (?) this might mean a man called Gregory Strange from a place abbreviated as hitts or hills? Anyway again, the first strain (of three) has only seven 'bars'. Is this likely in English lute music of this period? I just wonder if after bar 5 there could be a bar missing? I do try all the pieces in these supplements and I'm amazed at John H. Robinson's achievement. Stuart To get on or off this list see list information at [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. http://www.lutesoc.co.uk/pages/john-robinson 2. http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedicine/research/groups/profile/j.h.robinson 3. mailto:[email protected] 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html
