[LUTE] Biography of Diana Poulton

2013-09-19 Thread David Van Edwards
Dear All, Just a small shameless plug on behalf of Thea Abbott who has just published her biography of the lute pioneer, Diana Poulton, who founded the Lute Society and taught most of the major players of today. Diana Poulton is best known as one of the 20th century's pioneers of early

[LUTE] Re: Biography of Diana Poulton

2013-09-19 Thread Geoff Gaherty
On 19/09/13 4:27 PM, David Van Edwards wrote: Diana had a much wider social circle of contacts and a much more vivid personal life than many, even her students, ever knew about. Indeed! Just try googling her husband Frank! Geoff -- Geoff Gaherty Foxmead Observatory Coldwater, Ontario,

[LUTE] Re: Biography of Diana Poulton

2013-09-19 Thread Geoff Gaherty
On 19/09/13 5:45 PM, Geoff Gaherty wrote: Indeed! Just try googling her husband Frank! Oops, that should be Tom. Geoff -- Geoff Gaherty Foxmead Observatory Coldwater, Ontario, Canada http://www.gaherty.ca http://starrynightskyevents.blogspot.com/ To get on or off this list see list

[LUTE] Thomas Thackray: Air (allegro moderato) 1772

2013-09-19 Thread WALSH STUART
a simple duet for two wire-strung guitars/guittars from the Georgian era: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QV0Kd8h4YA Stuart To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Antoine Francisque

2013-09-19 Thread stephen arndt
I just noticed that none of the French diacritical marks display correctly nor do the en-dashes between numbers. I hope that you can still decipher the message. -Original Message- From: stephen arndt Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 11:14 AM To: lute mailing list list Subject:

[LUTE] Re: Biography of Diana Poulton

2013-09-19 Thread William Samson
I was fortunate to pre order my copy of this wonderful, insightful biography. I read it in two sittings. I won't give anything away - but there was so much more to her life than I could possibly have guessed. Her relationship with Dolmetsch for example. Then there were so

[LUTE] Re: Antoine Francisque

2013-09-19 Thread WALSH STUART
What an amazing project! You get a great sound from the lute. Is it gut-strung throughout? Just listening now to a few pieces I don't hear problems with balance of treble and bass. I'm sure many of us will have tried some of these pieces. I was interested to hear your versions of the (I

[LUTE] Antoine Francisque

2013-09-19 Thread stephen arndt
Dear Friends, I wanted to let you know that I have now finished recording all 71 pieces of Antoine Francisque's Le trA(c)sor d'OrphA(c)e, which is available for you to listen to here, if you would like: [1]http://www.verseandsong.com/song/renaissance-lute/1293-2/ . You have the

[LUTE] Re: Biography of Diana Poulton

2013-09-19 Thread terlizzi
How interesting about Tom Poulton. I look forward to this book even more! I wonder if Eric Gill was in their circle. -Original Message- From: Geoff Gaherty ge...@gaherty.ca To: Lute Lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thu, Sep 19, 2013 5:52 pm Subject: [LUTE] Re: Biography of Diana Poulton

[LUTE] Re: Antoine Francisque

2013-09-19 Thread Ed Durbrow
Just listening to your first piece now. Seems like a nice balance and a nice sound and recording. On Sep 20, 2013, at 1:14 AM, stephen arndt stephenwar...@verizon.net wrote: Dear Friends, I wanted to let you know that I have now finished recording all 71 pieces of Antoine

[LUTE] Re: Thomas Thackray: Air (allegro moderato) 1772

2013-09-19 Thread Ed Durbrow
Delightful. Almost like a music box. On Sep 20, 2013, at 7:43 AM, WALSH STUART s.wa...@ntlworld.com wrote: a simple duet for two wire-strung guitars/guittars from the Georgian era: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QV0Kd8h4YA Stuart Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan