Hi Stewart and everyone else,
A collective, international (mostly French) work of transcription of the
Cherbury lute book has been going on for over two years now. The work of
transcribing the pieces was finished last April. Proof-reading was
finished last month. The purpose of this work is to provide legible
copies of the pieces to lute players, with digital facsimiles in black
and white, as well as create a community of people who can enrich the
work with their comments and suggestions, since we are under no illusion
that we can provide definitive versions of those pieces. It should be
available within a month or so, depending on people's schedule and
availability. Originally, the plan was to obtain good facsimile copies
from the Fitzwilliam Museum as the basis for the transcriptions, but the
thousands of pounds involved as well as the promised months if not years
of delay gave us pause. Us, by the way, has been an evolving group. I
hope it will continue to do so in the future.
So pretty soon, we will no longer be able to say that the Cherbury lute
book is the most significant collection of Western music never published...
Alain
On 2/2/2011 10:08 AM, Stewart McCoy wrote:
Dear Martyn,
I've found it. The resolution isn't brilliant, but it's better than
nothing. It's at
http://musickshandmade.com/lute/facbooks/view/17
All the best,
Stewart.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Martyn Hodgson
Sent: 02 February 2011 09:42
To: 'lute net'; Denys Stephens
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Future facsimiles from the Lute Society
Dear Denys,
That the Lord Herbert Of Cherbury facsimile is next on the Society's
facsimile publication list is good news indeed - thank you.
For those who can't wait, there was a digital download available on
the internet a couple of years ago and for the most part pretty
readable. I printed off a couple of pages to replace some of my old,
very poor, copy but recall that all pages seemed to be there. It may
still be out there but unfortunately I forgot to note the
source/address - perhaps others know?
Of course the problem with it is that there are none of the excellent
scholarly notes, concordances etc we have from you and collegues in
the
Society. So I look forward to this edition.
Martyn
From: Denys Stephens<[email protected]>
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Future facsimiles from the Lute Society
To: "'lute net'"<[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Date: Tuesday, 1 February, 2011, 20:37
Dear Arthur& All,
Further to Chris Goodwin's comments reported below I am glad to be
able
to
add
that preparatory work on the Lord Herbert Of Cherbury facsimile is at
an
advanced stage and is going well. I would hesitate to predict a
completion
date -
as with all Lute Society publications the preparation is carried out
by
dedicated individuals giving their time to the work involved, and
sometimes
there are unexpected interruptions. But it is definitely the next
planned
Lute Society facsimile, and a publication date within the next year
seems
entirely possible at the moment. When to publish it after the
preparation is
complete will be a committee decision, and as has already been said,
the
Lute Society's ability to produce new facsimilies does depend on
support
for the existing publications.
It's good to see Robert Spencer's name mentioned in the context of
the
Cherbury manuscript. His vision of making lute manuscripts available
in facsimile is still a major inspiration for the Lute Society's work
in that field. We don't have specific plans beyond Cherbury, but I
very much hope that the series will be able to continue, ideally
until every English lute manuscript is in print. That will take
some time, but it's good to hold onto the vision.....
Best wishes,
Denys
Denys Stephens
General Editor of Music Editions
The Lute Society
-----Original Message-----
From: [1][email protected]
[mailto:[2][email protected]] On Behalf
Of A. J. Ness
Sent: 01 February 2011 15:08
To: [3][email protected]; Lute List
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Future facsimiles from the Lute Society
Here's a link to the Society's list of facsimiles, etc., in case
there
are
other things that interest you. Dd 2.11 isn't listed yet:
[4]http://www.lutesoc.co.uk/pages/catalogue
Some of us have had to wait for 30 years for the Lord Herbert
facsimile.
Bob Spencer had it at the top of his list, but was unsuccessful in
getting
the library to release it for a facsimile. It would be at the top of
my
list, too. It was quite a frustrating experience for him. He would
mutter,
"We'll just have to wait until he [the librarian] retires."
Dd 2.11 is listed "in the pipeline":
[5]http://www.lutesoc.co.uk/pages/pipeline
----- Original Message -----
From:<[6][email protected]>
To:<[7][email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 7:39 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Future facsimiles from the Lute Society
> There have been some queries about the Lute Society's future plans
for
> publishing facsimiles, following the launch of Cambridge Dd.2.11.
Chris
> Goodwin, the Secretary of the Society, tells me that the next on
the
list
> is Herbert of Cherbury, though Dd.2.11 will have to pay for itself
first -
> which sounds like a good reason to go and buy a copy if you haven't
yet
> done so!
>
> Simon Lambert
> Oxford, England
>
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References
1.
http://uk.mc263.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]
2.
http://uk.mc263.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]
3.
http://uk.mc263.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]
4. http://www.lutesoc.co.uk/pages/catalogue
5. http://www.lutesoc.co.uk/pages/pipeline
6.
http://uk.mc263.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]
7. http://uk.mc263.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]
8. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
