[LUTE] Re: Un-Extended Lutes in the 1600s

2013-09-05 Thread Ron Andrico
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[LUTE] Re: Un-Extended Lutes in the 1600s

2013-09-05 Thread Geoff Gaherty
On 05/09/13 6:36 AM, Ron Andrico wrote: body class='hmmessage'div dir='ltr'Edward:brbrThat would be yes.nbsp; Extended lutes were not necessarily as popular then as they are now and, according to Victor Coelho, the bulk of 17th century Italian manuscript sources features music for 7-course

[LUTE] looking for an instrument

2013-09-05 Thread Jeffrey Noonan
Hi, folks-- I just received an email from a friend (concert guitarist) who has a colleague (conductor) who is in need of an archlute for a performance of a piece by Takemitsu. The performance appears to be taking place in the Atlanta area. I have no other information than that--no

[LUTE] Re: Giacomo Merchi: Allegretto per la chitarra 1776

2013-09-05 Thread jelmaa
I know that he published at least one song both in an edition with 5-course guitar accompaniment (tab+staff), in France, and the same song with a very similar accompaniment for the English Guittar, in staff, in London, though in a different key. We also know he recycled guitar-violin duets as

[LUTE] Re: Giacomo Merchi: Allegretto per la chitarra 1776

2013-09-05 Thread Pieter Van Tichelen
Under that name: There are some prints that mention guitarre allemande - mostly by Pollet (cistre ou gitarre allemande), but there is also the Carpentier recueil of Airs avec accompagnements obliges de Guitarre Allemande ou Cythre et de Violon ou Mandolinne[sic]. The cistre

[LUTE] Re: Giacomo Merchi: Allegretto per la chitarra 1776

2013-09-05 Thread WALSH STUART
On 05/09/2013 19:32, jelmaa wrote: I know that he published at least one song both in an edition with 5-course guitar accompaniment (tab+staff), in France, and the same song with a very similar accompaniment for the English Guittar, in staff, in London, though in a different key. We also know

[LUTE] Re: Giacomo Merchi: Allegretto per la chitarra 1776

2013-09-05 Thread WALSH STUART
On 05/09/2013 06:21, Pieter Van Tichelen wrote: Hi Stuart, Beautiful and I'm happy someone has finally started looking into the Merchi publications for (English) guitar. As I have recently done some research into some of his music I can add a bit of background info.

[LUTE] Re: Giacomo Merchi: Allegretto per la chitarra 1776

2013-09-05 Thread Pieter Van Tichelen
I've got the Scelte edition too but there is much more output than that (at least 34 works published in Paris, many of which survive). If you've got the Edizione Scelte, you have part of the traite des agremens which does help interpreting the music. That particular booklet has a

[LUTE] Open Air, a new lute piece by Gilbert Isbin

2013-09-05 Thread WALSH STUART
Here is a version of a new lute piece by Gilbert Isbin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LlVVN2cJU8 Stuart To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Giacomo Merchi: Allegretto per la chitarra 1776

2013-09-05 Thread jelmaa
Hi Stuart No, I consider that more a a 'traditional'... I meant an unusual song starting with the words Un trait vainqueur et je fais à jamais mon bonheur' in the guitar version (untitled), and 'L'e qua vardel Come l'é bel' in the guittar version, where it is entitled 'Il Papagallo Arietta 4'