Thanks again to all for the lively, even contentious, discussion. Having spent some time reading the various sarabands in Ballard and P. Gaultier since I fielded the question, I have the practical sense that while they don't generally stand up to the lugubrious, later 17th c. treatment (although a few might), neither do they fit Bailes' burning tempo from a few decades back. Perhaps this fits the general tenor of the comments we have regarding sarabands. Best, tom > Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 13:37:17 -0500 > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected]; [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Subject: [LUTE] Re: those sarabands > > 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 > > > --
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