> On Aug 26, 2020, at 6:38 PM, Richard Brook <richa...@mail.cs.dartmouth.edu> > wrote: > > I note Henry VIII (source: Hilary Mantel) executed a lute player for sleeping > (so Henry claimed) with Anne Boleyn.
That would be Mark Smeaton; hence Theodore’s foreboding about a Smeaton-themed movie. But it has more or less happened already. Smeaton was a significant character in The Tudors, a Netflix series that seems (as far as I could see from dropping in while my wife binge-watched it), to combine insight and outrageous nonsense in roughly equal measure. Addressing the larger question, assuming the world rebounds well from Covid shutdown (a dicey proposition in the USA, I know) the lute should do just fine because ensembles and orchestras should be a steady source of professional gigs, and that area still seems to be growing. Some responses here treat the lute as if it were just a vehicle for solo lute music, which was never the case except in the early days of the lute revival. > So things are looking up. > > Dick Brook > >> On Aug 26, 2020, at 8:13 PM, theoj89...@new-old-mail.cs.dartmouth.edu wrote: >> >> Dear luters: >> What does the future hold the lute? >> In the waning days of this wonderful email list (Thanks Wayne!!), I >> thought I would invite thoughts regarding the future of the lute and >> the lute community. As I muse, it seems that this present lute revival >> started in 1960's - 70's largely out of the folk music revival and >> early music revival. I notice that many of our fellow lute enthusiasts >> are growing older (as am I). And with the recent passing of Julian >> Bream, I thought it prescient to reflect: >> What will the next 10, 20, or 50 years look like for the lute and lute >> community? >> Is interest in the lute on the decline, ascendency, or moving in some >> other direction? >> Is this trajectory different in different countries? >> The internet has revolutionized access to manuscripts, publishers, and >> recordings. Will the internet ultimately drive interest to diversions >> other than the lute? >> And when will Hollywood finally make a sizzling historical romance >> about a lute player and bring the lute back to be a symbol of >> seduction, as it should be? (Hopefully the movie won't be about Mark >> Smeaton.) >> Thoughts? >> theodore jordan >> >> -- >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
