I'm reading a book on the early music revival in 19th century France.
Interpreting the Musical Past by Katharine Ellis (OUP). Fascinating
stuff, how composers were liked or disliked for nationalistic and
ideological reasons, how their past was changed for the same reasons,
how works were put into
Dear Friends,
I have enjoyed playing the melodies in O'Neill's Music of Ireland on
the recorder and thought it would be interesting to try to arrange some
of them for baroque lute. So, with no particular criterion of selection
beyond what appeals to me at the moment, I have
Dear Ones,
I have no idea where to go to get help with this, but perhaps the collected
wisdom might help?
I recently moved my grandfather's lapidary workshop to the Bay Area to sell for
my father. My mom died last year and my Dad is now going to have to go to
assisted living. It is now
