Bob was a charming man and a great scholar but not an 'aristocrat' in the usual sense of the word.
Bill Sent from my BlackBerry smartphone from Virgin Media -----Original Message----- From: Lex van Sante <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:13:13 To: lute mailing list list<[email protected]> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Chitarrone I agree and BTW Milan and Kapsberger to name but a few also could be categorized as aristocratic amateurs, couldn't they? Op 18 okt 2012, om 10:03 heeft Martyn Hodgson het volgende geschreven: > > Dear Denys, > > Thank you for this - I think it well reflects many peoples' views. > Indeed, it is remarkable that, even after 36 years, much of what Bob > wrote is still widely agreed upon today. > > Martyn > --- On Wed, 17/10/12, Denys Stephens <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Denys Stephens <[email protected]> > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Chitarrone > To: "'lute net'" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, 17 October, 2012, 20:32 > > Dear Roman, > I fully respect your freedom of speech, but I find it sad to > see Robert Spencer referred to in that way. His article was > written 36 years ago, and represented a significant contribution > to the subject at the time. It's hardly surprising that > things have moved on since then, but notwithstanding that, his > outstanding contribution to the world of lute music is > remembered with gratitude and respect by many. > Best wishes, > Denys > -----Original Message----- > From: [1][email protected] > [mailto:[2][email protected]] On Behalf > Of Roman Turovsky > Sent: 17 October 2012 13:56 > To: R. Mattes > Cc: Monica Hall; Lutelist > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Chitarrone > Thanks for this! > The bottom line is that the Italians had lutes of less than 6 courses > in > "guitar" tuning (with whatever names), > the bass variety thereof eventually evolved into chitarrone, in the > perspicacious opinion of Renato Meucci. > I agree with Meucci, as his opinion is intelligently conceived, > well-informed, and doesn't sound like Bob Spencer's > aristocratic amateurism. > RT > To get on or off this list see list information at > [3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. http://us.mc817.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected] > 2. http://us.mc817.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected] > 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
