For what it's worth, In 2000 I visited Richard Brune's shop in
Evanston, Ill., and I distinctly recall he told me he had just sold
"Julian Bream's" lute on consignment. The memory is rather vivid
because I would have loved to have purchased it myself as a memorial
to Bream's introducing me
Martyn Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 16:02:26 +0100
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From: Martyn Hodgson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LUTE] St. John Passion and the Mandora/Gallichon
To: Stewart McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Lute Net
Much as I would dearly wish that the mandora/gall
--- "Mathias Rösel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I was under the impression that
> playing the bass line
> _down_ an octave, where possible, was standard
> practice (cf continuo
> realizations in Fundamenta der Lauten Musique), but
> not vice versa.
>
Perhaps, however, the key phrase here is "whe
When I tap the soundboard of my lute, the sound is deeper and
more bassy on the side where the bass strings are. This is
not surprising, and presumeably is due to details of the
interior construction, say bracing.
I wonder why details of the exterior construction are
not also used to give the ba
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
> Of course, rather than worrying so much about open
> basses, one could just as easily play troublesome
> notes up an octave. From looking at the solo
> repertoire for baroque lute alone, it seems this was
> very standard practice. In these pieces in which the
>
Dear Howard,
Thanks for the information about Kuhnau's letter, which must have been what
I had had in mind. I suppose the letter gives some weight to the use of
mandoras/ gallichons at Leipzig: presumably the instruments were to be used,
whether bought or borrowed. Of course, whether or not the
Much as I would dearly wish that the mandora/gallichon (M/G for short) was the
instrument Bach intended, unfortunately I doubt it. The principal reasons
outlined below are necessarily brief:
To play all the bass notes requires an instrument with at least 8 courses
(with the 6th at Eb
Stewart, et al,
Of course, rather than worrying so much about open
basses, one could just as easily play troublesome
notes up an octave. From looking at the solo
repertoire for baroque lute alone, it seems this was
very standard practice. In these pieces in which the
composer had freedom to
I just wondered whether there were any web accessible photos of the
actual Warwick Frei. Of course, I can access numerous copies, but I
would like to see a photo of the original.
Regards
Anthony
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Does anyone know whatever happened to Julian Bream's original lute,
made by Thomas Goff?
Any idea as to its owner or present location? Would something like
this be a worthy of a museum spot?
Thanks and regards.
Terry
Terry Muska
www.terrymuska.com
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The message from Kenneth Sparr (below) about the mystery lady with
the Copenhagen Jauch lute, brought to mind two mystery lutes that I
had read about in a book on the history of Brownsea Island.
I used to live in Poole, UK, near this island, and I seem to recall
reading that two lutes from
David
There does not seem to be much audible difference, but through my
computer, although I have attached my JBL on Tour speakers (not hifi,
of course). I hear no rumble, but that is harldy surprising.
Anthony
Le 3 sept. 07 à 22:30, LGS-Europe a écrit :
> Inspired by seeing POD in Antwerp la
On Sep 5, 2007, at 3:14 AM, Stewart McCoy wrote:
> One of the arguments in favour
> of using the mandora is that they bought a couple for the church at
> Leipzig
> when Bach was there.
Is this documented? I'm aware of the letter from Kuhnau, Bach's
predecessor as cantor in Leipzig, writing
Dear Mathias,
As I understand it, there is an overlap in meaning with gallicon, mandora,
and similar words. I'm afraid I can't give chapter and verse for plucked
instruments at Leipzig. I probably read about the Leipzig instruments on
this list, so maybe someone could provide more information.
"Stewart McCoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
> One of the arguments in favour
> of using the mandora is that they bought a couple for the church at Leipzig
> when Bach was there. There were over 40 tunings for the mandora, and the
> number of strings can vary. I think I am right in saying that L
Well at least you have TONS of time before easter :)
Good luck and in a perfect world someone will come up to you after the
concert and say...
that Lute was TOO loud.
On 9/4/07, David Tayler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The St John Passion part is a very odd duck.
> It exists in several source
Dear David,
When we discussed Betrachte Meine Seele before on this list, it became clear
that people have found many ways of playing it: theorbo, archlute,
renaissance lute, baroque lute, and mandora; playing all the notes, omitting
some notes, and omitting all the bass notes. One of the argume
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