[LUTE] Re: Left hand technique

es, I know that female teachers also can make unfounded assumptions about their students' experience. In our world there are so many more male teachers. . . . Caroline Caroline Usher Admin. Coordinator / Biology Dept. 613-8155 / fax 660-7293 Box 90338 Beauty is the enemy of expression. Christia

[LUTE] Re: What If A Day lyrics

Total Perspective Vortex!! Caroline Usher Admin. Coordinator, Biology Dept. 613-8155, 660-7293 (fax) Box 90338 There be many men that are by others taken to be serious and grave men, whom we contemn and pity. … Money-getting men, men that spend all their time, first in getting, and next

[LUTE] Re: Grant Tomlinson and Jan Rooks: Nepal Avalanche

I am so sad for my friend Grant. He was so happy with Jan. Caroline Caroline Usher Admin. Coordinator, Biology Dept. 613-8155, 660-7293 (fax) Box 90338 Principles for the Development of a Complete Mind:  Study the science of art. Study the art of science.  Develop your senses--especially learn

[LUTE] Re: Initiating finger movement.

of exercise back and forth across the neck staying always on the same fret. (And then I aggravated the injury by carrying several things at once in such a way that a lot of strain was put on the injured finger--it wouldn't have been too bad without that.) Caroline Caroline Usher Admin

[LUTE] Re: Initiating finger movement.

not retain the importance of moving from fret to fret up and down the neck. I got lazy and just did it at one fret. - overuse injury. Caroline Caroline Usher Admin. Coordinator, Biology Dept. 613-8155, 660-7293

[LUTE] Re: lute sighting

I think I saw that same lute in a Robin Hood film starring Richard Greene and Peter Cushing. Caroline Usher Admin. Coordinator, Biology Dept. 613-8155, 660-7293 (fax) Box 90338 Principles for the Development of a Complete Mind:  Study the science of art. Study the art of science.  Develop your

[LUTE] Re: Lute, Harp and Voice in Umbria (Italy)

I understand the problem, and I'm truly fortunate to be able to afford the trans-Atlantic travel. But what about the Europeans??? Caroline Caroline Usher Admin. Coordinator / Biology Dept. 613-8155 / fax 660-7293 Box 90338 -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu

[LUTE] Lute, Harp and Voice in Umbria (Italy)

) Dick Hoban. How can any lutenist in their right mind pass this opportunity up?!?!?!? Hie thee to the website and register, post-haste! (It says you have to sign up by the end of May, but I'm sure they will welcome you with open arms.) Ciao! Caroline Caroline Usher

[LUTE] Re: Disney World call for lutenist and singer

Caroline Usher Admin. Coordinator / Biology Dept. 613-8155 / fax 660-7293 Box 90338 From: Nelson, Jocelyn [mailto:nels...@ecu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 9:13 AM To: Nelson, Jocelyn; jocelynnel...@suddenlink.net Subject: Disney World call for lutenist

[LUTE] Our friend David Nelson

their condolences and memories for David's family. If anyone who wasn't able to attend would like to write something, I'd be happy to add it to the book. If you have pictures of David at LSA events, that would also be nice to include. Thank you, all. Caroline Caroline Usher

[LUTE] Transposed Dowland songs??

could tune down to 415 but I'm not sure she'll go for that. thanks, Caroline -- * Caroline Usher, Dept. of Biology Box 90338 Durham NC 27708 919-613-8155, fax 660-7293 -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: El Gordo

. Box for spare strings? http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/tdimage?object=90793 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- * Caroline Usher, Dept. of Biology Box 90338 Durham NC 27708 919-613-8155, fax 660-7293 --

[LUTE] Re: Lute iconographic project - a proposal]

There is a long-standing effort to do for musical iconography what RILM and RIMM do for musicology and music manuscripts, respectively: http://web.gc.cuny.edu/rcmi/index.htm They don't seem to be very web-oriented. Possibly they are concerned about copyright issues in putting their images

[LUTE] Hexachords

/hex.html, but how would one put it into practice? Much thanks for any suggestions, Caroline P.S. Who's going to Vancouver next week? I'm arriving at 10:58pm on Saturday evening--anyone want to share a cab to Green College? -- Caroline Usher, Dept. of Biology Box 90338 Durham NC 27708 613-8155

[LUTE] Re: Rép : [LUTE] Re: str ap + glasses

Anthony Hind wrote: [big snips] perhaps your breathing, if you sing at the same time. Catherine Usher also points out that this position may be less easy for women. Actually, Catherine was a rather different empress. . . . -- Caroline Caroline I, Empress of the Known Lute World, Queen of

[LUTE] Re: cleaning a soundboard + Strap

have a strap that matches my dress. BTW my costume is in subdued colors with low contrast--in other words it's not a stage costume with lots of stripes, gold braid etc. The idea is to focus on the music after all. The costume helps set the mood. Caroline -- Caroline Usher, Dept. of Biology Box

[LUTE] Empress going on Progress

and Defender of the Authentick Faith -- Caroline Usher, Dept. of Biology Box 90338 Durham NC 27708 613-8155, fax 660-7293 So that its subjects will view it with admiration, as a chicken which has the daring and courage to boldly cross the road, but also with fear, for who among them has

[LUTE] Spaces left in Ronn McFarlane Seminar in DC (March 23-5)

half hour) Concert, lecture/discussion, master classes with Haskell (Hal) Small. (Late Sat.PM) 10-15 minute concert with Bach included, short lecture, and 30-60 minutes of master classes Improvisation session (Caroline Usher) Organized ensembles (Betsy, Sat and/or Sun. AM) NEW THIS YEAR

[LUTE] Ronn McFarlane in Durham April 7-8

Noted lutenist and composer Ronn McFarlane will give a workshop and recital in Durham on April 7 and 8. Come one, come all! If you are in the vicinity of 35.59N, 78.54W this is your chance for to experience one of our living masters in an intimate setting. Please contact Caroline Usher

[LUTE] Re: Eyeglasses

like a frog. ;-) Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Room B343 LSRC Mailing address: Box 91000, Duke University, Durham NC 27708 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute

[LUTE] Re: Learning different tunings

couldn't understand why other students in language classes couldn't hear and reproduce the sounds of a foreign language, or why others had so much trouble with spelling. That's why I like French tab, it has letters! Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB

[LUTE] Re: Thomas Campion and underlights

Jrnl. Stella 28 Apr. (1901) 203 All the *under-hints there are mine too. Or, he could simply mean the lights both lower and lesser of human making which are visible at night on the earth's surface. Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator

[LUTE] Re: Sting and his CD

if you already know what they are. wince that's gotta smart. Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Room B343 LSRC Mailing address: Box 91000, Duke University, Durham NC 27708 To get on or off this list see list information at http

[LUTE] Re: too soft?

At 01:36 PM 10/11/2006, David Rastall wrote: On Oct 11, 2006, at 11:47 AM, Caroline Usher wrote: ...to me, the difference in timbre is more important than the difference in volume. [snip] I agree with Caroline completely. We thank you for your kind and loyal support, much valued

[LUTE] Re: too soft?

Jennifer Ellis (a finalist in last year's Early Music America competition), cellist William Skeen and the Portland Baroque Orchestra. Bravo! Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Room B343 LSRC Mailing address: Box 91000, Duke

[LUTE] Too soft to live, was The last word goes to Sting

the lute have continued equally with the guitar in that setting? I don't know the answer but I am pretty sure that it's not lack of volume. Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Room B343 LSRC Mailing address: Box 91000, Duke

[LUTE] Re: The last word goes to Sting

loved the lute. Well, she knew it had a funny side, clearly, but she was also deeply serious about it. Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Room B343 LSRC Mailing address: Box 91000, Duke University, Durham NC 27708 To get

[LUTE] Re: Sting? - Lute awareness?- Fantasy instrument - 30 Years of EM

. Ignorance is bliss. Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Room B343 LSRC Mailing address: Box 91000, Duke University, Durham NC 27708 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin

[LUTE] Re: Lute stand??? P.S.

From: Craig Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] [snip] And Katherine added. Actually she said that a few months ago, I had sorted my mail by subject and didn't realize I was into another era. Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Room

[LUTE] Francesco da Milano

Francesco's birthday is coming up - Aug. 18. What will you be doing? Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Room B343 LSRC Mailing address: Box 91000, Duke University, Durham NC 27708 To get on or off this list see list

[LUTE] Re: Francesco da Milano

? Serenading oneself under the stars, celebrating one's own birthday, playing the Ripper (the gall!), even going fishing. . . . What, is no one going to spread the Gospel of Francesco to a needy world? Do I have to do everything myself Caroline Caroline Usher Dowager Empress, Lute Society

[LUTE] Re: Castiglione and the lute

for producing a given pitch, and can choose the one that is more in tune. It's not an original idea of mine, I just can't remember where I heard it. Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Room B343 LSRC Mailing address: Box

[LUTE] Re: Lute and Iconography (was XXX Adult Lute)

. Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Room B343 LSRC Mailing address: Box 91000, Duke University, Durham NC 27708 -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: lute, flute, stone (fwd)

Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Room B343 LSRC Mailing address: Box 91000, Duke University, Durham NC 27708 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: lute, flute, stone (fwd)

? There's a boat-shaped something to her left, partly swathed and resting on a wave? some vegetation? I'm stumped. Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Room B343 LSRC Mailing address: Box 91000, Duke University, Durham NC 27708

[LUTE] Re: lute, flute, stone (fwd)

the figure clearly one or the other gender wasn't that important to the artist. Which leads one to wonder, why is it important to us? Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Room B343 LSRC Mailing address: Box 91000, Duke University

[LUTE] Re: lute, flute, stone (fwd)

) is on the web. http://www.mun.ca/alciato/index.html The Society for Emblem Studies has a brief explanation of the concept. http://www.emblems.arts.gla.ac.uk/SES/ Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Room B343 LSRC Mailing

[LUTE] Re: people with too much time on their hands (mathematician division)

At 07:15 AM 6/15/2006, Robert Clair wrote: Mathematicians discover the false string! http://www.acoustics.org/press/151st/Leger.html Paging Harry Partch . . . Paging Harry Partch . . . please call your party in Moncton. . . . Caroline Usher DCMB

[LUTE] Re: Der Juden Tanz - Neusiedler

resolved all the problems and caused the early exercise in bitonality to vanish from history. Some of us think the printed German tablature letters are hard to tell apart. . . . Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Room B343 LSRC

[LUTE] Seating for luting

if you could adjust the height, but that's probably difficult to do with a folding portable stool. How about you--what seating arrangements have you experimented with? Caroline Caroline Usher Dowager Empress, Lute Society of America Please refer all queries to the current President, Dick Hoban

[LUTE] Re: HBO Movie Elizabeth I, P.S.

a match intellectually for most of her council, and had a good idea what they were up to behind her back. Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Room B343 LSRC Mailing address: Box 91000, Duke University, Durham NC 27708 To get

[LUTE] Re: What the ....

to reveal the writing surface a storage space. I didn't care much for the figure of the wood he chose; not nearly as pretty as your average lute. Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Room B343 LSRC Mailing address: Box 91000

[LUTE] HBO Movie Elizabeth I

. The official website has no info save the name of the soundtrack composer. Any of you Brits better informed? thanks, Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Room B343 LSRC Mailing address: Box 91000, Duke University, Durham NC 27708

[LUTE] Re: 1733 ebay lute for a mere ...

the label looks like black notation to me, not tablature. Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Room B343 LSRC Mailing address: Box 91000, Duke University, Durham NC 27708 To get on or off this list see list information

[LUTE] Re: Christ's Cross

but they were kind of funny. Hmmm, I like this idea! Could also use it for chord shapes that can be moved up and down the neck. Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Room B343 LSRC Mailing address: Box 91000, Duke University

[LUTE] Re: The lute builder as woodworker.

together. Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Room B343 LSRC Mailing address: Box 91000, Duke University, Durham NC 27708 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin

[LUTE] Re: Surviving in Eliz. England.

for the assertion (how would they know?) I don't recall _my_ source, but I remember reading in a volume of history that Sir Walter Raleigh spoke with a strong Devon accent all his life, and that there was no standard court accent. Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155

[LUTE] Cool historical calligraphy supplies!

Including ink guaranteed for 300 years! http://www.exaclair.com/calligraphy.html Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Box 91000 B343 LSRC To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Humidity Woes

inside. (Ray Nurse's idea, not mine.) The humidifier doesn't have to go inside the instrument. But it's better to have it near the body than the pegbox, where it might make the pegs swell. Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Box 91000 B343 LSRC To get on or off

[LUTE] Hoppy Smith at Duke, Durham NC

century. Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Box 91000 B343 LSRC -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: What the ... ?

folksong. Can you imagine a lute piece known to and/or loved by 100,000,000 people This was lute's greatest moment of glory ever. Fascinating indeed. I would love to see/hear this canzona--any chance you could post it in some form? Caroline Caroline Usher Dowager Empress, Lute Society

Fwd: Last Chance for Naxos at ArkivMusic

For US and Canadian residents only, unfortunately. . . . This is just a quick reminder that the http://www.arkivmusic.com/homeArkivMusic sale on the complete Naxos Catalog ends on June 27 at 11:59 pm EDT.* New titles released this week have been added to our

Re: Opium-smoking vocal composers ? [was:Judentanz Neusidler etc.]

on at all. The current consensus among musicologists is that there was no physical smoking, although proving such a conclusion will likely remain difficult. At present, the argument is essentially an invocation of Occam's Razor. Todd McComb http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/misc/fumeurs.html Caroline Usher

Re: medieval lutes?

run out? ;-) Made me wonder what became of the medieval song project, and of medieval lute players in general. Good question. Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Box 91000 B343 LSRC To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu

Re: VERY OFF TOPIC: God speaks on murder

Copyright 2001 Onion, Inc., All rights reserved. http://www.theonion.com/ 26 September 2001 NEW YORK ”Responding to recent events on Earth, God, the omniscient creator-deity worshipped by billions of followers of various faiths for more than 6,000 years, angrily clarified His longtime

Re: Newbie Question #2

that there is an imbalance in my practice between historical accuracy and being a 21st-century lute player. Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Box 91000 B343 LSRC To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

Re: 'Tastini' - lack of evidence

Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Box 91000 B343 LSRC To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

Re: Newbie Question #2

At 11:29 AM 4/3/2005, Vance Wood wrote: I think sometimes we get too caught up in the historical accuracy of what it is we do. What you mean we, white man? ;-) Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Box 91000 B343 LSRC To get on or off this list see list

Re: Re: Printing and Binding

At 01:35 PM 3/29/2005, you wrote: So, more than a hundred visits in two days and just a single comment...shall I think everybody is busy building their own folders on my design or that they are awful? Sometimes one should need some feedback when spending half a day to put something online, just

Re: Music stands

their instruments in odd ways, etc., but on stage they play from music stands. Caroline Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155 Box 91000 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

non-lute messages

Please stop. *** Caroline Usher Dowager Empress, Lute Society of America Please refer all queries to the current President, Dick Hoban [EMAIL PROTECTED] To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

Not getting it

On 27.01.2005, at 22:16, Roman Turovsky wrote: Please stop. *** Caroline Usher Dowager Empress, I am reminded of an old children's poem by the great Mayakovsky who wrote in his Zoo: I'll show you a Lion, Here, take a look: No longer a Czar of animals

RE: Renaissance america - a little more lute related, maybe

and the Passacaglia are not the same. Caroline * Caroline Usher, DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Box 91000 -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

RE: Renaissance America - a little more lute related, maybe

interchangeably with Paseo. Caroline * Caroline Usher, DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Box 91000 -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

RE: Renaissance America - a little more lute related, maybe

line but a melody. Caroline http://www.bllearning.co.uk/live-extracts/108337/=20 * Caroline Usher, DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155, Box 91000 -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

McFarlane Workshop in Durham NC

Noted lutenist and composer Ronn McFarlane will give a workshop and recital in Durham on Dec. 11 and 12. Both will take place at 3775 Guess Road, #37. Workshop: Saturday, Dec. 11, 9AM to ??? (when we fall out), Sunday, 9AM to 12 noon. Recital: Sunday, Dec 12, 2PM Contact Caroline Usher

Weekend workshop in Durham NC (USA)

taught private lessons, plus a few lessons in master class, and played a recital. If you are interested in attending please let me know asap. Caroline *** Caroline Usher Dowager Empress, Lute Society of America Please refer all queries to the current President

Re: Old religious paintings.

consort, like lute and harp, representing the quiet intimacy of the family setting (and drawing the viewer therein). Caroline * Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155 Box 91000 To get on or off this list see list information at http

Re: Church authority in the Renaissance.

At 05:55 PM 1/30/2004 -0800, Howard Posner wrote: Caroline Usher wrote: As the essay that I pointed to yesterday puts it, From a historical point of view, the idea that the medieval church was corrupt is based on a couple of methodological fallacies, such as disrespect for the peculiarities

Re: Church authority in the Renaissance.

tracts of history with a sweep of the pen (or electron, as the case may be). Caroline * Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155 Box 91000

Re: Church authority in the Renaissance.

and viewpoints and reduced them to a monochrome. Caroline * Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155 Box 91000 --

Re: Church authority in the Renaissance.

Royster-Doyster.) And it's fun! Caroline * Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155 Box 91000

Fwd: Re: ivory in lutes

faculty who has studied elephants about this project. You should have seen her face. Suffice it to say she thinks it highly unlikely that they will find usable DNA. Caroline * Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155 Box 91000

Re: Fine Nacks for Ladies

COWDEN CLARKE Shaks. Char. xiv. 360 The pedlar's knacks and gaudy trash [Wint. T. IV. iv.] absorb Mopsa's whole gloating vision. Check the third verse of the song, which lists some of the pedlar's kncks: pins, points, laces and gloves. * Caroline Usher DCMB

Re: OT: Why was the K'berg MS stolen?

to the Finno-Ugric family. The other speakers are tribal peoples from east of the Ural mountains. Caroline * Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155 Box 91000

Re: Holbein, addendum

At 11:41 PM 10/22/2003 +0300, Arto Wikla wrote: Dear Caroline and all, on Wed, 22 Oct 2003, Caroline Usher wrote: If it was contrapuntal music that was considered objectionable, then what about all the contrapuntal music for organ or for choir? I seem to remember a very prolific composer

Lute as a vanity

, composing for lute, enjoying lute music, or eating pheasant and fruit. Caroline * Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155 Box 91000

Re: Holbein, addendum

and Greece are colored the same. Caroline * Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155 Box 91000

Re: farewell fantasy...

at a' that. Robert Burns *cuif = fool Harrumph. Caroline * Caroline Usher DCMB Administrative Coordinator 613-8155 Box 91000