[LUTE] Re: hang 'em high

2007-09-11 Thread demery
On Mon, Sep 10, 2007, Edward Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I have never experienced mildew or mold on an instrument. I was born in a small new england town on the coast. Mildew was a constant challenge in the summer, damp bathing suits and towels plus periodic days of high heat and high

[LUTE] Re: Dowland in Newfoundland :)

2007-09-11 Thread Edward Martin
Interesting! Will we now have a few new Newfie jokes? ed At 01:29 AM 9/12/2007 +0200, adS wrote: Dear lute-netters, in Hayman's QVODLIBETS, 1628, written in Newfoundland [sic!] I found: [title of epigram 100 in book 3] A short Iigge after this long Lachrymae Pauin. Rainer aus dem Spring

[LUTE] a query--lutenist in 18th-c London

2007-09-11 Thread Jeffrey Noonan
Hi to all-- A question--I've recently run across references to a lutenist identified variously as Francisco Weiber Francisco Weber Francisco Waber He was active in London in the 1720s and performed with the composer/cellist Giovanni Bononcini as well as the castrato

[LUTE] Re: a query--lutenist in 18th-c London

2007-09-11 Thread Edward Martin
This is very interesting, as I have never heard of him. I did consult Matthew Spring's book, but there is no mention of him, in any spelling. I did find internet articles, referring to Lowell Lindgren's work, The Three Great Noises Fatal to the Interests of Bononcini , The Musical Quarterly,