Iadone's odd lute appears to be a misappropriated late 18th-c. mandolone, at least on a superficial visual-aesthetic level.
Best, Eugene -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Edward Martin Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 6:47 PM To: Arthur Ness; Mayes, Joseph; Dan Winheld; Edward Mast Cc: 'lute' Subject: [LUTE] Re: now- How did Iadone play? Not only that, but I found a photograph of Iodone with Hindemith http://music.yale.edu/news/?p=8933 ed At 12:48 PM 8/13/2013, Arthur Ness wrote: >Hi Joseph!! > >Here's more on Iadone with samples of his playing: > > http://lyrichord.com/theartofthelute-josephiadone.aspx > >Regards, Arthur > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Mayes, Joseph" <[email protected]> >To: "Dan Winheld" <[email protected]>; "Edward Mast" <[email protected]> >Cc: "'lute'" <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 11:49 AM >Subject: [LUTE] Re: now- How did Iadone play? > > >>Hi Dan >> >>I have a picture of Iadone from an old string packet. I know how >>misleading pictures can be (future guitarists will look at Picasso's >>"Blue Guitar" and be flummoxed) but his right hand looks like the >>archaic bent-wrist guitar style. >> >>I'll send the picture along if I can find it. >> >>Best, >> >>Joe >> >>________________________________________ >>From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf >>Of Dan Winheld [[email protected]] >>Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 11:35 AM >>To: Edward Mast >>Cc: 'lute' >>Subject: [LUTE] Re: now- How did Iadone play? >> >>Hi Ed- >> >>That's right- New York Pro Musica, Noah Greenberg. And those old heavy >>but cool Passauro (Sp?) lutes. Do you know if there are any vids of >>him playing? Or even still pictures somewhere? Even some ex- student's >>description would help. I have largely gone over to thumb-out myself- >>"HIP" thumb out as far as I can figure it out- too much Archlute, >>Baroque lute & late Renaissance lute to stay with thumb under >>exclusively; so I would like to know more about how Joe played, since >>his recorded sound impressed me so much all those years ago. >> >>Thanks! - Dan >> >>On 8/13/2013 6:40 AM, Edward Mast wrote: >>>Hi Dan, >>> >>>Joseph Iadone was my first exposure to the lute. He headed an early >>>music workshop that I attended for several years in Vermont (early 70's). >>>Lucy Cross taught there also. And Richard Taruskin, who led us >>>through the early chapters of Hindemith's Elementary Training for >>>Musicians. I never heard any lute solos there, just amazing ensemble >>>music, and lute songs, of course. (Russell Oberlin was there the first year >>>I attended). >>>Joe was a truly unique player; no one played - or plays - like him. >>>I actually first heard about him through my brother, who was studying >>>bass with him at the Hartt School of Music. He did play with the New >>>York Pro Musica, founded by Noah Greenberg. I have some of their >>>recordings with Joe, or Christopher Williams (one of his students) >>>playing. He also made some wonderful recordings with the Renaissance >>>Quartet. One of the recordings I have on CD is one he did largely >>>himself at home, recording all the parts to duos, trios and quartets. >>>The story as I've heard it is that Hindemith asked Joe to play the >>>lute in his collegium at Yale, so he had to teach himself how to play >>>it. I think some of the information about technique he got from the >>>introduction to Varietie of Lute Lessons. Thumb over (or out) but >>>without nails and thumb-index for single lines. >>> >>>Ned >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>To get on or off this list see list information at >>>http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> > Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [email protected] voice: (218) 728-1202 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1660298871&ref=name http://www.myspace.com/edslute http://magnatune.com/artists/edward_martin
