[LUTE] Imbalance

2009-09-14 Thread Stewart McCoy
Dear Stuart, Some years ago Jon Banks made a CD with the early music group Sirinu, which included some of those early 16th century lute trios. The trios made up about one third of the CD. I always take Jon's edition to Lute Society playing events, but the music never gets play

[LUTE] Imbalance

2009-09-10 Thread Stewart McCoy
Dear Monica, I don't think it is sad at all. We all have the opportunity to contribute to this list, whether we are men or women. The choice is ours. If there happen to be more men than women in Peter Martin's sample, so be it. That's the way it is. You could as well do a survey, as I did some ye

[LUTE] Imbalance

2009-09-10 Thread Peter Martin
Of the last 100 individuals to post to this list, 95 were men. Is this representative of the wider lute world? Any ideas why? Peter -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html