[LUTE] Re: Spain vs. Italy

2015-05-07 Thread Antonio Corona
Dear friends, Regarding the lute in Spain, Douglas Alton Smith, as Dan points out, supports a myth, albeit a long established one. And I must agree with Monica in that it is indeed a rather silly one. For those who can read Spanish, my book El LaA-od en la EspaA+-a Cristiana (The

[LUTE] Re: Spain vs. Italy

2015-05-07 Thread Monica Hall
It wasn't just the Church - the secular justice was equally brutal. Ever seen anyone hung, drawn and quartered? Monica - Original Message - From: Dan Winheld dwinh...@lmi.net To: theoj89...@aol.com; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 10:55 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re:

[LUTE] Re: Spain vs. Italy

2015-05-07 Thread Alain
Is there any evidence that the vihuela is really a Spanish invention or is it just Spanish for viola da mano? Maybe it is just another Italian thing... In that case Moors or not Moors is moot. Spanish people at the time may have been like everyone else: they prefer to think they are

[LUTE] Re: Sweet was the song

2015-05-07 Thread Bernd Haegemann
On 07.05.2015 21:02, Susanne Herre wrote: Does anyone know where to find the tablature of the song 'Sweet was the song the Virgin sung' (anon.)? It should be in here, dear Susanne:

[LUTE] Sweet was the song

2015-05-07 Thread Susanne Herre
Dear all, Does anyone know where to find the tablature of the song 'Sweet was the song the Virgin sung' (anon.)? Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks and all the best, Susanne To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: Spain vs. Italy

2015-05-07 Thread Monica Hall
Jacob plays Ah Robin at the beginning of one or two episodes. The rest of the music was nondescript. MOnica - Original Message - From: Ron Andrico praelu...@hotmail.com To: Edward C. Yong edward.y...@gmail.com; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 3:45 PM Subject:

[LUTE] Re: Sweet was the song

2015-05-07 Thread Bernd Haegemann
On 07.05.2015 21:02, Susanne Herre wrote: Dear all, Does anyone know where to find the tablature of the song 'Sweet was the song the Virgin sung' (anon.)? It should be in here, dear Susanne:

[LUTE] Re: Sweet was the song

2015-05-07 Thread Markus Johann Mühlbauer
Dear Susanne, My Google-Fu says it's somewhere in the William Ballet Lute Book, which can be found in the library of Trinity College Dublin, a digital copy is here: http://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/home/index.php?DRIS_ID=MS408_001 It is on page 76 (as numbered with pencil in the left upper

[LUTE] Re: Sweet was the song

2015-05-07 Thread Susanne Herre
Dear Bernd and Markus, Thank you a lot! What a complicated lute part ;-) ! Did he use a plectrum? ;-) Have a nice evening, Susanne Am 07.05.2015 um 21:20 schrieb Markus Johann Mühlbauer: Dear Susanne, My Google-Fu says it's somewhere in the William Ballet Lute Book, which can be found in

[LUTE] Re: Spain 2, Italy 1 in extratime

2015-05-07 Thread howard posner
On May 7, 2015, at 7:45 AM, Ron Andrico praelu...@hotmail.com wrote: I have to say that trivial details like historical facts are often purged from any story based on historical drama in favor of popular appeal during the process of adapting for the screen. And why not, when the

[LUTE] Re: Spain 2, Italy 1 in extratime

2015-05-07 Thread David Rastall
I don’t think anyone in the media, or the general public, knows the difference between fact and fiction. The thing is, though, they never did. Very shortly after the Big Bang, when I was a child, I remember seeing “King Richard and the Crusaders. You have to be pretty old to recognize these

[LUTE] Re: Spain vs. Italy

2015-05-07 Thread Monica Hall
Hi Antonio Yes - I read your dissertation which is why I am so knowlegible...Hope to read your book eventually. Monica - Original Message - From: Antonio Corona abcor...@cs.dartmouth.edu To: Dan Winheld dwinh...@lmi.net; Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk; Mark Seifert

[LUTE] Re: Sweet was the song

2015-05-07 Thread Geoff Gaherty
On 2015-05-07 3:42 PM, Susanne Herre wrote: Thank you a lot! What a complicated lute part ;-) ! Did he use a plectrum? Here is a tablature I wrote of the accompanying parts of Sweet Was The Song: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/53488562/Sweet%20was%20the%20song%20%28lute%29.pdf Excuse my

[LUTE] Re: Spain vs. Italy

2015-05-07 Thread Edward C. Yong
Mantel’s about as historical as The Tudors or The Borgias… Edward C. Yong edward.y...@gmail.com On 6 May 2015, at 7:04 pm, Mathias Rösel mathias.roe...@t-online.de wrote: Read Hillary Mantel on that topic, you'll get another view. Mathias To get on or off this list see list

[LUTE] Re: Spain vs. Italy

2015-05-07 Thread Monica Hall
I don't think most historians would agree with you. Monica - Original Message - From: Mathias Rösel mathias.roe...@t-online.de To: 'Monica Hall' mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 1:04 PM Subject: RE: [LUTE] Re: Spain vs. Italy My impression is that she had quite a

[LUTE] Edin Karamazov

2015-05-07 Thread Michael Grant
Does anyone personally know and have a good relationship with the lutenist Edin Karamazov?A I would like to ask him something and if I had someone who could help me contact him, that would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Michael Grant -- To get on or off this list see

[LUTE] Re: Spain vs. Italy

2015-05-07 Thread Ron Andrico
Although I simply can't bear to read historical fiction, and haven't seen the televised version of Mantel's popular book, I have to say that trivial details like historical facts are often purged from any story based on historical drama in favor of popular appeal during the process

[LUTE] Re: Spain vs. Italy

2015-05-07 Thread Christopher Wilke
Star Wars was historical fiction, too. It happened a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, remember? In all seriousness, the genre should really be called fictionalized history rather than historical fiction. Chris [1]Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone At May 7, 2015,