Re: Facsimeles etc.

2003-12-06 Thread Jon Murphy
I am doomed to Hell, I promised myself to stay out of this thread forever. But I must reply to Eugene. There is legality and there is equity. The US copyright law is different from most of the European, admittedly. But both consider fair use. My harp ensemble (a group of from 6 to 10, depending

Re: lute FAQ ??

2003-12-06 Thread Thomas Schall
I think I read the LSA is setting up one on their webpage. A good practical guide is Care of the lute - a small booklet from David van Edwards published by the (british) LS Thomas Am Sam, 2003-12-06 um 05.08 schrieb Christopher Schaub: Does a lute FAQ exist? I think it would be great to

Re: Silvius Leopold Weiss

2003-12-06 Thread Thomas Schall
Hi Michael, I haven't read carefully through your weissplucked site yet. Just some small points: The name of the city is not Kessel but Kassel (and as far as I know the state I'm living in is called Hassia in english). To get an overview over the works you may want to look at

facsimile vs. modern transcription

2003-12-06 Thread Thomas Schall
Actually I don't believe TREE for instance produces facsimiles as promotional material. This will apply to other fields of production but not to lute related material. I have plenty of respect for Albert, even if he did facsimiles for image building purposes. I HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH

Re: Assorted Questions

2003-12-06 Thread Leonard Williams
And the most prominent may be Mountbatten, the former Battenbergs who I knew of a family in Connecticut a number of years ago by the name of Greenberg who performed early music together as Monteverdi Trio. Clever translation, eh? Leonard

Re: Lute Question

2003-12-06 Thread Roman Turovsky
I have a question on Mat's notation. The one Dowland I've downloaded from one of the sites Jose-Luis mentioned seems to show an r where I would expect a c (second fret). That is a little convention to make it easier to read. An actual C could look like an E, especially when they are written

Re: Silvius Leopold Weiss

2003-12-06 Thread Roman Turovsky
Hi Michael, I haven't read carefully through your weissplucked site yet. Just some small points: The name of the city is not Kessel but Kassel (and as far as I know the state I'm living in is called Hassia in english). Actually simply Hesse is accepted, RT __ Roman M. Turovsky

Re: Facsimeles etc.

2003-12-06 Thread Vance Wood
James: I am not offended, I am in fact amused, but to a greater degree I am saddened. I know there is a healthy serving of ego around here seasoned with testosterone and good old fashioned hard headed I'm right and you're wrong. The Lute community is too small to harbor this kind of thing among

Re: Facsimeles etc.

2003-12-06 Thread Euge
Hello Jon, At 01:17 AM 12/6/03 -0500, Jon Murphy wrote: There is legality and there is equity. The US copyright law is different from most of the European, admittedly. But both consider fair use. My harp ensemble (a group of from 6 to 10, depending on the season and the committments) routinely

Re: Facsimeles etc.

2003-12-06 Thread Roman Turovsky
Not meaning to get in to the fray and continue the hemorrhaging , but what effect does an apology in the first part of the attached message have, if you conclude in the end with another insult? Does that make the previous apology null and void? Is this not just a parting shot across the

Re: Facsimeles etc.

2003-12-06 Thread Michael Thames
The apology wasn't mine. Michael's mail-client doesn't insert ** before quotations, so it gets hard to distinguish who whore what Actually I got sucked back into it. What can I say, Now that I've followed this thing to the end, I retract my apologies, He is an Ape! Michael Thames Luthier

Size of the lute world

2003-12-06 Thread Daniel Shoskes
As I was deleting another repetitive pain in the ass flame post in the ongoing battle between the greedy billionaire lute publishers and the brave Trotskyist proletariat struggling to free the world's tablature I think I noticed an estimate of about 4000 lute players worldwide. Is this a

Re: Size of the lute world

2003-12-06 Thread Thomas Schall
Hi! I don't know about the amount of lute players or enthusiasts. Nice to hear that you are willing to support the lute scene by buying editions and CDs - please visit as much concerts as possible, too! Actually that's what I would like people to do: attending concerts and supporting artist

Re: Size of the lute world

2003-12-06 Thread Roman Turovsky
As I was deleting another repetitive pain in the ass flame post in the ongoing battle between the greedy billionaire lute publishers and the brave Trotskyist proletariat struggling to free the world's tablature I think I noticed an estimate of about 4000 lute players worldwide. Is this a

Re: Size of the lute world

2003-12-06 Thread Roman Turovsky
Trouble is-a lot of them drop out or go underground because the group that should be supporting them and encouraging them is by far and away as friendly as a pack of junk yard dogs. As a whole I have never been exposed to a group, boasting interest passionately in a particular endeavor,