[BAROQUE-LUTE] Baroque Guitar after Voboam For Sale

2005-09-15 Thread Benjamin Narvey
available. Contact: Benjamin Narvey tel: (++33/(0) 1 44 27 03 44 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR [EMAIL PROTECTED] To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Fret placement

2007-10-18 Thread Benjamin Narvey
of temperaments. Any help will be appreciated. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- Benjamin Narvey Luthiste: http://www.luthiste.com --

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Dm continuo - Narvey article online

2007-11-26 Thread Benjamin Narvey
overall feel as compared to accompanying the same music on an Italian tuning? Do you play without a chanterelle? Etc, Rob www.rmguitar.info To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- Benjamin Narvey

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Narvey article online/Dm continuo in Italy

2007-11-26 Thread Benjamin Narvey
information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- Benjamin Narvey Luthiste: http://www.luthiste.com --

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Dm continuo - Narvey article online

2007-11-26 Thread Benjamin Narvey
doesn't matter any more once you've learned the chitarrone fretboard by heart. I TOTALLY AGREE To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- Benjamin Narvey Luthiste: http://www.luthiste.com --

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Goldberg Prize

2008-03-15 Thread Benjamin Narvey
My fellow luters, Thanks so much for all your good wishes that I've been receiving both on and off-list!!! I am very pleased to have been awarded this prize, and I am particularly hoping that the next issue of Goldberg will help pique curiosity in the lute repertoire in general, and that of the

[BAROQUE-LUTE] 11 course lutes Von Radolt

2008-04-04 Thread Benjamin Narvey
Dear Collected Wisdom, I've been reflecting recently on standard string lengths for 11-course lutes, and have been rather stumped at the incredibly little information we have at our disposal for the comprehension of such a vital repertoire. I am aware of iconographic studies done by Robert

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Bloody French

2008-05-01 Thread Benjamin Narvey
lutes. Duncan Midwinter -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- Benjamin Narvey Luthiste: http://www.luthiste.com --

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Bloody French

2008-05-10 Thread Benjamin Narvey
] sweet, the latter harmonious Best, Andrea Il giorno 02/mag/08, alle ore 00:33, Benjamin Narvey ha scritto: Dear Gernot and Duncan, Thank you both SO MUCH for your help; I was able to get the gist of it, but I really wanted to know more precisely what was being said - or rather, more

[BAROQUE-LUTE] baroque lute song accompaniments

2008-06-07 Thread Benjamin Narvey
Dear Collected Wisdom, I'm trying to get my hands on some songs with baroque lute accompaniment whose part is set in tablature; this is for a student of mine who cannot yet realise continuo. Can anyone point me in the right direction towards on-line resources? I'm not sure how much of this is

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: baroque lute song accompaniments

2008-06-07 Thread Benjamin Narvey
Thought so - but could you tell me what there is? I think there is bizarrely some Telemann somewhere. 2008/6/8 Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There is almost nothing- http://polyhymnion.org/lieder/german.html RT From: Benjamin Narvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm trying to get my hands

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Mouton

2008-07-21 Thread Benjamin Narvey
be nice to see a word from an expert, if he is on the Liste now. Regards and thanks in advance, Jurek To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- Benjamin Narvey Luthiste: http://www.luthiste.com --

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Lute Bibliography

2008-08-01 Thread Benjamin Narvey
Dear all, I'm trying to complete a bibliography and have just realised that I lent out my LSA journal of 1997 to a friend who is away on hols.could someone just let me know the page numbers of the following article? (That is, if anyone is still at home in front of their computer!) It is:

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Thirteen-course conundrum

2009-01-10 Thread Benjamin Narvey
. At any rate, plain gut could not possibly achieve those pitches at such a short string length. Best wishes, Benjamin To get on or off this list see list information at [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- Benjamin Narvey Luthiste: [3]http

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: 11 or 13

2009-01-13 Thread Benjamin Narvey
Dear Mathias, It's interesting you say that. I'd be curious to know what you and other people on this list think about the differences (advantages/disadvantages) between rider lutes and swan neck lutes. I think the main difference between these lute types is one of balance vs.

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: e' Lute

2009-01-15 Thread Benjamin Narvey
too much about the upper end of this range. It's not so much a question of breakage, but more the limits of how small a gut string can be made and what it sounds like. Bigger strings are nice... Best wishes, Martin. Benjamin Narvey wrote: Dear All, Just out

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Tomlinson Triple-extension 13c For Sale

2009-01-25 Thread Benjamin Narvey
. Photos of this lute are available on Grant's website: [1]http://www.tomlinsonlutes.com/thirt2.html , No.3. Contact Benjamin Narvey for details: [2]luthi...@gmail.com -- References 1. http://www.tomlinsonlutes.com/thirt2.html 2. mailto:luthi...@gmail.com To get on or off this list

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Colascione

2009-04-29 Thread Benjamin Narvey
Dear all, Does anyone on this list know of any tablature sources for colascione (colachon)? I suppose there are not many prints or manuscripts available for this instrument, but if anyone knows anything about this I'd be most grateful. I'm looking for a specimen sample. Perhaps

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Colascione

2009-05-01 Thread Benjamin Narvey
lutenet [5]baroque-l...@cs.dartmouth.edu; Benjamin Narvey [6]luthi...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 3:25 PM Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Colascione Don't know if you got any secret links yet but here's one [7]http://musickshandmade.com/lute/facbooks/view/28 if you're

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Colascione

2009-05-01 Thread Benjamin Narvey
]dyoung5...@wowway.com wrote: From: Dale Young [3]dyoung5...@wowway.com Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Colascione To: [4]lute-cs.dartmouth.edu [5]l...@cs.dartmouth.edu, baroque lutenet [6]baroque-l...@cs.dartmouth.edu, Benjamin Narvey [7]luthi...@gmail.com Date

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Music Morality

2009-06-11 Thread Benjamin Narvey
conduct through artistic experience. Thus, the case of the French lute serves to highlight the interdependence between contemporary ethics and aesthetics, and thereby provides a useful example of how music can be linked to moral sensibilities. Benjamin Narvey

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Music Morality

2009-06-11 Thread Benjamin Narvey
be linked to moral sensibilities. Benjamin Narvey is professional lutenist and a post-doctoral fellow at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Sorbonne) working on a critical edition of the lute music of Robert de Visee (c.1660-c.1732). In 2008, Benjamin was the winner

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Triple-extension 13c Swan Neck by Grant Tomlinson For Sale

2009-08-21 Thread Benjamin Narvey
. Photos of this lute are available on Grant's website: [1]http://www.tomlinsonlutes.com/thirt2.html , No.3. For sound files, more photos, or any other questions, please contact Benjamin Narvey for details: [2]luthi...@gmail.com -- Dr Benjamin A. Narvey Post-doctorant/Post

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Thick Gut

2009-12-25 Thread Benjamin Narvey
A very Merry Christmas to one and all! 'Tis the season to be merry, and so I'm getting new strings...and would like to run something past this list! I'm currently setting up a theorbo that goes down to a low F (i.e. the lowest diapason goes down a tone below the normal low G) to

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Ms. Schwerin 641

2010-03-30 Thread Benjamin Narvey
Hello luters, If anyone should happen to have a facsimile of Ms. Schwerin 641, could you get in touch off list? Many thanks! Benjamin -- Dr Benjamin A. Narvey Institute of Musical Research School of Advanced Study University of London t +33 (0) 1 44 27 03 44 p/m +33 (0) 6 71 79 98 98 Site

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: The earliest d-minor tuning?

2010-04-26 Thread Benjamin Narvey
Hi all, Interesting thread! In fact, the d-minor tuning (what came to be known as the accord ordinaire) was around earlier. Thomas Mace writes in 1676 that the d-minor tuning, which although it be (to my knowledge) at least 40 years old; yet it goes under the name of the new

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: d-minor theorbo specs

2010-07-04 Thread Benjamin Narvey
A subject close to my heart! Precisely as Burris explains - and as my own readings of Baron, Mattheson, and Weiss would confirm - the d-minor theorbo did not have a re-entrant top f'. I am not aware of any source that backs this up, although of course absence of evidence is not evidence of

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Chaconne from Saizenay

2010-12-14 Thread Benjamin Narvey
Dear all, If anyone on this list could scan me the chaconne on page 120 of the Saizenay manuscript I'd be much obliged! Many thanks, Benjamin -- Dr Benjamin A. Narvey Institute of Musical Research School of Advanced Study University of London t +33 (0) 1 44 27 03 44 p/m +33 (0) 6 71 79 98 98

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: L'Amant unique?

2011-01-21 Thread Benjamin Narvey
Dear Chris, There are the following wonderful pieces without BOTH top strings in MS Saizenay (pp. 115-6): Allemande sans chanterelle ni seconde Courante sans chanterelle ni seconde There is also a lovely Chaconne sans chantrelle on p. 120 Oh yes, and L'Adieu by Gaultier, off

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Récital luth/Lute Recital

2011-05-27 Thread Benjamin Narvey
--bcaec51967adb1cfcb04a4484b89 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable (English below) Bonjour à tous, Un petit mot pour vous dire que je fais un petit récital de luth ce dimanche à la Cave du 38 rue de Rivoli

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Lute Recital in Paris

2011-05-27 Thread Benjamin Narvey
Oops, let's try that again - without the spam!  I don't think the server liked the French text Dear All, Just a note to say that I'll be playing a recital this Sunday at the Cave du 38 rue de Rivoli:

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Récital luth/Lute Recital

2011-05-27 Thread Benjamin Narvey
Thanks Arto - perhaps next time! Bestest, Benjamin On 27 May 2011 23:23, wikla wi...@cs.helsinki.fi wrote: Good luck Benjamin! I really would like to be there: most interesting repertoire! Arto On Fri, 27 May 2011 23:05:21 +0200, Benjamin Narvey luthi...@gmail.com wrote

[BAROQUE-LUTE] CONCERT : Jardiniers de l'âme, Vendredi 9 décembre à 20 h 45

2011-12-08 Thread BENJAMIN NARVEY
Tellier, flutes `a bec Benjamin Narvey, luth et theorbe Vendredi 9 decembre 2011 `a 20 h 45 Chapelle de Jesus-Enfant 29 rue Las Cases, 75007 PARIS Metro : Solferino, Assemblee Nationale, Invalides Parc de stationnement Place des Invalides Prix des places : gratuit pour les enfants

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Vorko Cases

2012-03-31 Thread Benjamin Narvey
Hi luters, Does anyone on this list have experience with Victor Vorko's cases? See: http://victorvorko.voila.net/history.html If so, please get in touch privately. Best! Benjamin Sent from my iPhone To get on or off this list see list information at

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: LUTE/THEORBO CASES for sale

2012-05-20 Thread BENJAMIN NARVEY
Hello luters, Just passing this on for those who may be interested: LUTE/THEORBO CASES for sale: I have duplicate cases for various instruments of mine (some lighter, some stronger, for varying travel conditions) and, due to a combination conjugal pressure and the restraints of

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Article Request

2012-10-05 Thread BENJAMIN NARVEY
Dear Luters, Might one of you charming people be able to pass along the following article? It is: Lynda Sayce, 'Continuo Lutes in 17th and 18th century England', Early Music, 23 (1995), 667-684. I'd be eternally grateful. Many thanks, Benjamin -- [1]www.luthiste.com

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Anna Besson Benjamin Narvey en Concert ce Dimanche

2013-04-08 Thread BENJAMIN NARVEY
, De Visée ( 18e siècle) par Anne Besson : flûte traversière *baroque, et Benjamin Narvey : luth baroque.* * * *Bienvenue au dernier concert de la saison ! Profitez ! * * * *Venez vous régaler des sonorités suaves et douces du luth et du traverso ..* * * ** * * -- www.luthiste.com *t +33 (0) 1 44 27

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Big Edlingers

2013-07-11 Thread BENJAMIN NARVEY
Dear Sterling, I have been playing Weiss, et al., on a 76cm string length recently and it works nicely, although for some of the crazier keys where big stretches are involved it can be uncomfortable. That said, most of the rep works fine on that string length - and I have very

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Paul Thomson

2014-04-03 Thread BENJAMIN NARVEY
Dear Lutenists, Should any of you have a baroque lute (11c or 13c) by Paul Thomson that you might consider selling, could you please get in touch? Many thanks, Benjamin -- [1]www.luthiste.com t +33 (0) 1 44 27 03 44 p/m +33 (0) 6 71 79 98 98 -- References 1.

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Twelve Course Lutes

2014-05-17 Thread BENJAMIN NARVEY
Dear All, Does anybody on this list have any experience with 12c lutes? I am considering getting one if I can get the funds together and I would be grateful for any counsel drawn from actual experience. I have never even laid finger to fret on one of these lutes before, so it is a

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Obituary for Stephen Gottlieb

2014-05-20 Thread BENJAMIN NARVEY
Dear Lutenists, Stephen GottliebA's obituary was published in today's edition of the Guardian: [1]http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/may/20/stephen-gottlieb He will be greatlyA missed. Best to you all, BenjaminA -- [2]www.luthiste.com t +33 (0) 1 44 27 03 44

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Lute/Theorbo Case for Sale

2014-05-28 Thread BENJAMIN NARVEY
and I will consider any offers. The case is in Paris. Please contact Benjamin Narvey atA [1]luthi...@gmail.com -- [2]www.luthiste.com t +33 (0) 1 44 27 03 44 p/m +33 (0) 6 71 79 98 98 -- References 1. mailto:luthi...@gmail.com 2. http://www.luthiste.com/ To get on or off

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Stephen Gottlieb

2014-06-02 Thread BENJAMIN NARVEY
A lovely film about the late Stephen Gottlieb in his workshop making a lute, made for the BBC in their aIn The Making' series, filmed in 1979 and broadcast in 1980 has now been posted to the web, for free viewing A [1]http://www.editor.net/lutemaker/inthemaking.html --

[BAROQUE-LUTE] La Génération Harmonique

2014-06-02 Thread BENJAMIN NARVEY
(English below) Bonjour A toutes et A tous,A Un petit mot pour vous dire que La GA(c)nA(c)ration harmonique - David Chivers (violon), Brice Sailly (claveAS:in) et moi-mA-ame (thA(c)orbe) - va jouer un petit concert ce dimanche A la Cave du 38 Rue de Rivoli, un endroit connu

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Site

2014-09-17 Thread BENJAMIN NARVEY
Dear Lutenists, I cordially invite you to peruse my updated website, with some new recordings, articles, and a few other goodies to boot. All best wishes, Benjamin [1]http://luthiste.com Benjamin Narvey, lute - Welcome Official Website of the Canadian lute player, Benjamin

[BAROQUE-LUTE] A message from our friend Grant Tomlinson

2014-10-21 Thread BENJAMIN NARVEY
Dear All, I forward the following message from our friend Grant Tomlinson: Dear Benjamin, Just a quick note.A I have finally figured out how to get into my email account from Kathmandu, and have been reading through all of the concerned messages from friends.A Thanks so much

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Prom 25

2015-08-01 Thread BENJAMIN NARVEY
Dear Lutenists, Just a note to say that Prom 25, performed in London and broadcast worldwide on the BBC this [1]coming Tuesday, will be particularly lutey. It is a semi-staged production of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo directed by Sir John Eliot Gardiner, with the English Baroque

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Lute for sale

2015-07-23 Thread BENJAMIN NARVEY
Dear Luters, A note to say that I am selling an 11c lute by Stephen Murphy, made in 1994. 69 cm string length, after Hoffmann (private collection in Switzerland). The instrument has a very fine carved pegbox. I currently have it set up as a 10c lute in E (2c single) for work with

[BAROQUE-LUTE] For Sale: 14C THEORBO/BAROQUE LUTE BY IVO MAGHERINI (2015)

2016-01-03 Thread BENJAMIN NARVEY
Dear Lutenists, A very happy new year! In case this may be of interest, do contact me in a private message. All best wishes, Benjamin 14C THEORBO/BAROQUE LUTE BY IVO MAGHERINI (2015), sold with PVC ultra-lightweight Vorko Case. 76cm/120cm. Can be set up with single or