Before leaving this de Visee thread, which has treated at times of wander OT, I would like to offer one brief reminiscence.
One of my previous posts referred to Hoppy Smith's 1979 album of de Visee theorbo music. The previous year, 1978, I had found myself at the LSA seminar held at Dominican College in San Rafael, CA, in my capacity as president of the Lute Society of America and editor of its Journal. Hoppy was at this seminar, and I had the good fortune to draw him for a roommate. At that time, de Visee was very much in his active repertoire. The night before his major concert of the week, as I was turning in after a long day, he said he hoped I wouldn't mind if he stayed up to practice his theorbo. I tell you there is nothing quit so serene as being lulled to sleep by the strains of Sylvains de Couperin as performed live by a fine player in the same room. I have never forgotten the magic of that moment. Louis XIV himself couldn't have had it better, Such are the privileges of office. Peter Danner To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
