Hi Gang When I was 4 years old, I saw a cowby holding a guitar on some show which was a western, he was the host.
Next it was the Ventures and Ricky Nelson's guitarist Then Chet Atkins Then a Segovia recocording Then it was Bream with Lute Music of the Royal Courts whicih just made me want a lute Allan > > What? No love for Frederick Noad's, The Renaissance Guitar? That's > where I found my first breath of fresh airs. Guess I'm a dated 70's > man. "Ain't got time for disco, babe, gotta make Holborne fit on my > geetar." Then I saw Roger Harmon play his Zanetti at the local 17th > century music hall and I knew where all this was going. > > But 8-track, Dan! For me real historical lute music has four > monsterous KA-CHOCKS in the program. Records, sheesh. > > Sean > > > > On Dec 16, 2013, at 8:29 AM, Dan Winheld wrote: > > Well, the "SIx Lute Pieces..." got me- a young classical guitar > student- somewhat interested in lute music, but it was Karl Scheidt's > guitar arrangements of some of Dowland's lute solos and songs; at > about the same time I first heard Julian Bream, that got me interested > in the LUTE. That was when my poor guitar teacher- Peter C. Colonna > of South Philadelphia- finally threw up his hands in despair and > declared "I've lost him- nothing but 99 string monsters & obscurity > in his future!" > > In my case, guess he was right. As I mentioned to one friend on this > list, I dodged a bullet vis-a-vis Segovia and bullying. When I > attended the master class at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena all those > years ago Segovia had pulled out and Alirio Diaz ran the class > instead- a fine, sympathetic teacher (and killer virtuosos player) who > helped each different student reach his or her own goals in his or > her own best way rather than just manufacture clones in his image. I > was already "intabulating" (I didn't even know the term!) my own > performing versions of Morley's madrigals- Diaz was totally > supportive. > > I remember that old Vandervogle Giraffenlaute cover on the old > Respighi album cover. (They were still turning up at Amoeba Music a > few years ago) That also made me want a lute- but not THAT lute! Dan > > > On 12/16/2013 7:51 AM, William Samson wrote: > > A recent programme blurb for a Nigel North concert says that he > > was first inspired by Hank B. Marvin of The Shadows (Cliff > > Richard's backing group). Being a little older, it was Elvis who > > first got me thinking I > > should > > have a guitar. > > Bill > > From: Christopher Wilke <[email protected]> > > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; Mark Delpriora > > <[email protected]> Cc: "[email protected]" > > <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 16 December 2013, 14:11 > > Subject: [LUTE] Re: [LUTE] Segovia and Pujol (was Bream > > Collectiona|) > > Actually, Paul told me that his idol as a young player was Eric > > Clapton > > and he was thrilled to have finally met him at the Grammys a few > > > > years > > ago. Maybe Paul was also inspired by Segovia, but I don't recall > > > > him > > ever mentioning him. > > Chris > > Dr. Christopher Wilke D.M.A. > > Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer > > www.christopherwilke.com > > -------------------------------------------- > > On Mon, 12/16/13, Mark Delpriora <[1][email protected]> wrote: > > Subject: [LUTE] Segovia and Pujol (was Bream Collectiona|) To: > > "[2][email protected]" <[3][email protected]> Cc: > > "[4][email protected]" <[5][email protected]> Date: > > Monday, December 16, 2013, 6:24 AM No , but Paul Odette was. Sent > > from my iPhone On Dec 16, 2013, at 5:01 AM, > > [6][email protected] wrote: > > > So, Respighi was exposed to Chilesotti through > > Segovia's efforts? > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > On Dec 15, 2013, at 9:20 PM, [7][email protected] > > wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> As far as his influence on the lute: I heard Paul > > O'dette say that it was the "Six Lute Pieces from the > > Renaissance" based on Chilesotti (and made famous by > > Segovia) that inspired O'dette to seek out a lute. He was > > studying them on the guitar and he took the title of the > > piece seriously enough to find a lute. > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > [8]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > -- > > > > References > > > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > > 2. mailto:[email protected] > > 3. mailto:[email protected] > > 4. mailto:[email protected] > > 5. mailto:[email protected] > > 6. mailto:[email protected] > > 7. mailto:[email protected] > > 8. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > >
