Thanks Ron, Thanks for posting those great quotes. I get quite a kick out of the last few pages in Burwell. Here's my favorite warning.
"To play in taverns, that never happened but to a man in Paris (who was paid for his abuse by some learned of the lute, that made cinnamon beaten in breaking the lute upon his head)." (Dart, 61-62). Cheers, Jorge On Dec 20, 2014, at 2:44 PM, Ron Andrico wrote: > Just as you say... > > http://mignarda.wordpress.com/2011/06/25/saturday-morning-quote-6-very-serious-advice/ > > RA > > > Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 23:02:30 -0500 > > To: [email protected] > > CC: [email protected] > > From: [email protected] > > Subject: [LUTE] Re: those sarabands > > > > All, > > > > Forgive me if this has already been posted, but I find it interesting that > > as late as Burwell, the sarabande played on the lute may be used for > > dancing: > > > > "To make people dance with the lute it is improper; it is true that a young > > lady may dance the saraband with her lute, and that is all." > > > > Thurston Dart, "Miss Mary Burwell's Instruction Book for the Lute." The > > Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 11, (May, 1958), p. 62. > > > > Cheers, > > Jorge Torres > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
