[LUTE] Re: Physical Exercises for left hand.

--F58A74111488PI3NN6NKG4UP5SST4D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi all - This is my first time posting in one of these threads, but I wanted to add a couple thoughts to the discussion. Permit me to give a little of my non-lute

[LUTE] Re: Bad lute music

Am 11.11.2017 um 18:51 schrieb Alain Veylit: Anyone with a good ending for: A lute walks into a bar ...? How about those: A lute walks into a bar: "I'll have a large beer please. No mug, I have a bowl." A lute walks into a bar. The barkeeper: "Why all those frets?" A lute walks into a

[LUTE] Re: Bad Beethoven hearing

> On Nov 12, 2017, at 11:03 AM, John Mardinly wrote: > > Of course, there is that other widely held theory that Beethoven suffered > from syphilus, which in it’s tertiary stage can cause all sorts of > neurological and physical degeneration. Beethoven, like Schubert,

[LUTE] Re: Bad Beethoven hearing

Of course, there is that other widely held theory that Beethoven suffered from syphilus, which in it’s tertiary stage can cause all sorts of neurological and physical degeneration. Beethoven, like Schubert, frequently visited prostitutes, which put them at high risk for contracting this

[LUTE] Re: Bad lute music

> On Nov 12, 2017, at 5:41 AM, Christopher Wilke > wrote: > > Just curious - How do we know the exact cause of Beethoven's deafness > today? We don't > I assume doctors of the time didn't possess enough knowledge of > the causes of deafness to make a

[LUTE] Re: Bad lute music

In the film they also inform about the most recent diagnosis of Beethoven's illness, that is drawn from the contemporary autopsie of Beethoven's ear (after minute 58, around 62 you find a table with the diagnosis). After Wolfram Klingler: (as already written by A. John Mardinly) an "chronical

[LUTE] Re: Bad lute music

Oops! I didn’t read all previous posts. My bad! > Op 12 nov. 2017, om 15:56 heeft Lex van Sante het > volgende geschreven: > > Thomas Mace was deaf in his later years. He pressed his front teeth against > the edge of the soundboard and thus was able to hear what he was

[LUTE] Re: Bad lute music

Thomas Mace was deaf in his later years. He pressed his front teeth against the edge of the soundboard and thus was able to hear what he was playing. He describes this in his Musicks’ Monument in 1676. > Op 12 nov. 2017, om 15:33 heeft G. C. het volgende > geschreven: > >

[LUTE] Re: Bad lute music

Very interesting discourse about Beethoven's deafness, several more available (in german) on YT. Thanks for the link Markus. Although it doesn't specify the nature of the hearing aid connected to the piano which was used, I assume that all hasn't yet been said in this matter. G.

[LUTE] Re: Bad lute music

Just curious - How do we know the exact cause of Beethoven's deafness today? I assume doctors of the time didn't possess enough knowledge of the causes of deafness to make a diagnosis. Chris [1]Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Saturday, November 11, 2017, 7:01 PM, John

[LUTE] Re: Bad lute music

I'm not sure that this is a myth. There is a youtube video in German by the medical society of Mainz about Beethoven's deafness and his relation to Johann Nepomuk Mälzel (the inventor of the metronome). Beethoven used his ear trumpets and Mälzel also constructed a mechanism that was set on the

[LUTE] Re: Bad lute music

A myth then apparently. Interesting though, that: The "phenomenon" of bone conduction is generally credited as being discovered in the 1500s (though some say it can be traced back to around 2AD). A physician, mathematician, philosopher and all-around brilliant fella' by the name of

[LUTE] Re: Bad lute music

John meant to say . . . Beethoven’s deafness was caused by “inner ear” problems, sometimes called labyrinthitis, a form of nerve deafness, not mechanical problems, such as damage to the eardrum or the small bones of the inner ear. As such, it is unlikely that the bone conduction would