would anyone be able to tell me where i could find information
concerning the mandour, particularly info. with photos? it seems to be
a popular name in the middle east and most of what comes up from the
search engine reflects that.
any help would be appreciated.
thank you - bill
Am 22 Aug 2004 um 16:28 hat [EMAIL PROTECTED] geschrieben:
Perhaps not unrelatedly, I
get the impression that trumpet players, or violinsts,
or (especially) pianists are a little bit bemused as
to why anyone would want to be spending time playing
the _lute_.
After a bit of lute duet
I stopped at a roadside rest area. Dozens or hundreds of wild birds were
singing, so I went to get my lute from the car.
I do think it made an impression on them, and found them a rewarding
audience, though not, of course, monetarily.
On Lunedì, ago 23, 2004, at 17:16 Europe/Rome, Herbert Ward wrote:
I stopped at a roadside rest area.
Dozens or hundreds of wild birds were
singing, so I went to get my lute from the car.
basho lives!
i once played my oud by a quiet fountain in bologna because i heard
that playing near
I have usually encountered that term as a variant of renaissance mandore,
a soprano lute of the late renaissance popular in France and similar to
mandolino (i.e. NOT the tenor-baritone mandora of the rococo
era). Praetorius labeled it mandoraen. The Skene manuscript of Scotland
is an early
Dear all,
Years ago when I was playing in an early music ensemble I began to double on wind
instruments. On a visit to my parents I took a cornet with me and then went into the
fields to practice because I didn't want do disturb my parents. Attracted a large
crowd of cows which followed me as
yes, lovely painting. wish he'd painted the flip side however.
trust the scots (i'm qualified to say this, btw - moth-eaten, tartan
wool tie and all) to turn something dore to dour.
thanks for the info.
sincerely - bill
lute and lowing beasts
harmonic pastoral idyl.
best to watch your step.
Dear Bill,
Presumably you performed Dowland's Flow not so fast ye fountaines
and Byrd's Compel the hawk. The message you remember with such
nostalgia was David Rastall's Life, the universe... on 14th March
2004, when he wrote:
Actually, the height of renaissance versimilitude: I bet I'm the
