I remember him playing in Bremen with a consort (seem to remember it was in January 1981) with the singer Glenda Simpson. She was advanced in pregnancy and miraculously managed to sing messa di voce, as it was then called. Monteverdi's Se dolce e il tormento (Mr Tyler accompanying on the guitar) was a gem.
Mr Tyler showed wit and humour on stage, explaining in German the meaning of "a dump", which is a difficult thing in itself, to the best of his command of that difficult language, regaling the audience. Then he played one with his partner in a really hazardous tempo, and instead of marking the close of the race with rubato, he (they) kept their tempo and played the last measure like a mouse that vanishes in its hole. The audience had kept their breath in suspense, and at that point burst into broad laughter. Mathias -----Original-Nachricht----- > Subject: [LUTE] Re: James Tyler > Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2010 04:22:32 +0100 > From: David Tayler <[email protected]> > To: "lute-cs.dartmouth.edu" <[email protected]> > James had a long battle with diabetes, so it might be nice to set up > something where people can contribute in his name. > The Early Music program at USC is now run by Adam Gilbert, he might > know if there is a memorial planned. > > There are some old phtos on LPs and booklets that I remember from the > 70s and 80s, (and 60s, amazingly) if anyone has copies it would be > nice to digitize them. > There should be photos from his time with the New York Pro Musica, the > Early Music Consort of London, the Consort of Musicke, and the Julian > Bream Consort, to name but a few; there must be some BBC material as > well. > James was at Hartt Conservatory and studied for a while with my > teacher, Joeseph Iadone, but I don't know much about his career in > Southern California, except of course that he built up the very > successful program there. > Sadly, many who would have photos from that time have passed away as > well. I'm sure Anthony Rooley would have a wealth of material from > that time. > > dt > > > >Thanks Nancy, > >I was checking the USC WEB site and was puzzled that there was no > >announcement... For those who may not know, Jim founded and > >developed a master's degree in early music performance there in the > >late 1980's. It's hard to tell from the WEB site if had retired or > >not, (they do have a link to a recording of the early music ensemble > >that seems current and seems to have some of his playing in it) but > >I think a lot of his energy in the past 20 years was devoted to this > >program and his students. It's been 22 years now, but I still have a > >wonderful memory of being invited to sit in as a guest student for a > >year. I hope many of his alumni will testify on that site of his > >goodness, generosity and talent. > >Alain > > > >On 11/30/2010 11:56 AM, Nancy Carlin wrote: > >> I am forwarding a note from Daniel > Zuluaga<[email protected]> about >> plans for a web site in > memory on James Tyler. Also we are planning to >> plublish > something about him in the next Quarterly. Jocelyn Nelson is >> > the person organizing this and if any of you want to contribute to >> > that, you can contact her at > >> [email protected] > >> Nancy > >> > >> We are in the process of setting up a memorial website for Jim, > which >> may happen in the coming weeks. In the meantime, everyone > can send >> their remembrances, anecdotes, contributions and any > other notes of >> interest regarding Jim to the following email we > set up: >> [1][email protected] > >> This will be the basic email from which we will process all > notes to go >> to the memorial website, to be hosted as the USC > servers. > >> Obituaries are due this week in The Guardian, The Independent, > and the >> LA Times. > >> > >> Nancy Carlin Associates > >> P.O. Box 6499 > >> Concord, CA 94524 USA > >> phone 925/686-5800 fax 925/680-2582 > >> web sites - [2]www.nancycarlinassociates.com > >> [3]www.groundsanddivisions.info > >> Representing: > >> FROM WALES - Crasdant& Carreg Lafar, FROM ENGLAND - Jez Lowe& > Jez >> Lowe& The Bad Pennies, and now representing EARLY MUSIC - > The Venere >> Lute Quartet, The Good Pennyworths& Morrongiello& > Young >> Administrator THE LUTE SOCIETY OF AMERICA > >> web site - [4]http://LuteSocietyofAmerica.org > >> -- > >> > >>References > >> > >> 1. mailto:[email protected] > >> 2. http://www.nancycarlinassociates.com/ > >> 3. http://www.groundsanddivisions.info/ > >> 4. http://lutesocietyofamerica.org/ > >> > >> > >>To get on or off this list see list information at > >>http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > >
