[LUTE] Re: Carmen's Whistle

2014-06-14 Thread Bernd Haegemann
On 14.06.2014 04:30, Nancy Carlin wrote: There are 2 Carmen's Whistles - I'm very disappointed by both of the versions: to me they don't sound like flamenco at all! Enjoy the weekend! B To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: Carmen's Whistle

2014-06-14 Thread Charles Mokotoff
Thank you, Nancy, for this detailed info! I have one version, its quite similar to what Paul plays, but without the scales at the end. I wouldn't be surprised if he is using what I have but just embellished the last variation. On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 10:30 PM, Nancy Carlin

[LUTE] Re: Carmen's Whistle

2014-06-14 Thread Geoff Gaherty
On 2014-06-14, 9:13 AM, Bernd Haegemann wrote: I'm very disappointed by both of the versions: to me they don't sound like flamenco at all! Note that the correct title for this piece is Carman's Whistle, not Carmen's Whistle, and that it was written by John Johnson, not Georges Bizet. I

[LUTE] Re: Carmen's Whistle

2014-06-14 Thread AJN
In other words, you need the PIckeringe setting. Facsimile on Veylit's Django pages. Page 58-59 (the cited page 59 is a continuation). On 06/14/14, AJNarthurjn...@verizon.net wrote: The Carman's Whistle is a ballad tune about a lad meeting a damsel under a myrtle tree. O God

[LUTE] Re: Carmen's Whistle

2014-06-14 Thread Lex van Sante
Hi all, Paul writes on the sleeve notes that he has added embelishments as a hommage to Julian Bream. Bream used to play them but they were of his own invention. So theu cannot be found in ye olde scriptures. my $ 0.02 Enjoy the weekend Lex 2014-06-14 18:17 GMT+02:00 AJN

[LUTE] Re: Carmen's Whistle

2014-06-14 Thread Nancy Carlin
Hi Charles, It is very much in the style of this music for a performer to adapt notes to others that he likes better and especially cadential flourishes can be changed. Paul O'Dette talked a bit about this in the class he gave at the LSA's lute week in 2012. You can see a bit more

[LUTE] Re: Carmen's Whistle

2014-06-13 Thread Nancy Carlin
There are 2 Carmen's Whistles - to check titles like this the easiest way is to go to Julia Craig McFeely's dissertation. There is a link to it on the LSA's Links section of the web site and scroll down to her index of titles. One version is from Pickering and the other is it Dd. 5.78. Next