That is sad news. My wife and I met Ian in the 60s; he and John Isaacs made a lute for us, which is now in the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, where I taught English for many years. I lost touch with Ian after my interests strayed away from the lute, but I remember him as a true gentleman and scholar. Ed Doughtie On Jul 30, 2011, at 1:32 PM, Monica Hall wrote:
> For those of you who may not have heard yet Chris Goodwin sent out this > message yesterday. > > "We are very sorry to announce that Ian Harwood MBE, founder of the > world's first lute society, scholar and teacher of lute building, > pioneer in the revival of our beloved lute, died peacefully last night, > after a year-long battle with cancer, bravely borne. > > It is understood that the family would prefer a quiet, private funeral. > > We will give out details of plans for a memorial service as we receive > them. > > There will be short obituary note in the forthcoming issue of Lute > News; the October issue will be a memorial issue, and friends and > colleagues are invited to write tributes and memoirs." > > He will be sadly missed. > > Monica > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
