[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness (but re guitar exams)

2013-08-05 Thread Martyn Hodgson
From: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk To: Stephen Kenyon s...@jacaranda-music.com Sent: Monday, 5 August 2013, 7:12 Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness (but re guitar exams) Dear Stephen Kenyon, Whilst I can see, and agree, with much of your

[LUTE] 2 Dowland programmes on BBC this week

2013-08-05 Thread G. Crona
O'Dette Dowland's grand tour http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b037t48y Heringman / Kirkby Dowland songs http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b037tvrl To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] English translation of Crecquillon song

2013-08-05 Thread Helen Atkinson
Hello Does anyone have a translation for 'Quand me souvient de ma tristresse'? I have a singer's grasp of its meaning - and it's not good enough to grace a programme! Many thanks Helen -- To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: home recording

2013-08-05 Thread Rafael Muñoz Rodríguez
Dear David and Stephen, thank you very much for the information. Rafael __ De: Stephen Kenyon s...@jacaranda-music.com Para: Rafael Munoz Rodriguez rafalu...@yahoo.es CC: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-05 Thread tom
Back to the original premise: The problem is lack of support - if not outright hostility - from the mainstream classical music establishment. While my perception of what I and other early music performers do is that we play classical music, many, many official

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness (but re guitar exams)

2013-08-05 Thread Mark Seifert
Thank you for the exceptionally deep and interesting info, Howard. I haven't yet listened to or opened my Teaching Co. Goldberg course on the Beethoven Piano Concertos, so I'm reserving judgement. Didn't list Lizst because that peripatetic peacock pianist is supposedly the

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-05 Thread Stephen Fryer
On 05/08/2013 11:54 AM, t...@heartistrymusic.com wrote: The attitude of violinists, etc. who prefer Brahms seems to be one of disdain for EM. Of course, as one who prefers EM, I feel the same way about Brahms, etc. We used to have a small EM ensemble here, mostly because we enjoyed

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-05 Thread Bruno Correia
Dear Tom, I play mostly solo and in duo, that's not just because I like it but above all for financial reasons. Sure, a big ensemble will appeal to more people, however, who's going to pay the bill? Some on this board have even put forth the notion that duos don't draw

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-05 Thread Edward Mast
Disdain for either early or later music is foolish. Duke Ellington is reputed to have said: There are only two kinds of music; good music and bad music. Playing early music on recorders and later music on the cello, I feel fortunate to have playing access to both Dufay and Dvorak. Ned

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-05 Thread tom
From: Bruno Correia bruno.l...@gmail.com Subject: [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness Dear Tom, I play mostly solo and in duo, that's not just because I like it but above all for financial reasons. Sure, a big ensemble

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-05 Thread tom
From: Edward Mast nedma...@aol.com Subject: [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness Disdain for either early or later music is foolish... I agree! I like and play many kinds of music. There have been times when I listened to