[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-02-03 Thread Lutz, Markus
Am 31.01.2014 10:13, schrieb jean-michel Catherinot: the conflict?? Concerning staff notation: there are extremely rare examples of lute parts in staff notation (Fasch's concerto?, and not sure it's for D min tuning) . Indeed we can't be sure about lute parts in notation, for which

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-02-03 Thread Roman Turovsky
I'd accept a Trabant! RT On 2/1/2014 10:16 AM, R. Mattes wrote: On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:42:16 -0500, Roman Turovsky wrote No one knows. The only thing known is that the combination of consonants TRB is absent in all European languages, except for the Slavic ones. Where did you get this from?

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-02-03 Thread Roman Turovsky
-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Martyn Hodgson Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 12:03 AM To: David Tayler; lute Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 As already pointed out on a number of occasions, the point about tablature sources, rather than staff

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-02-03 Thread R. Mattes
On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:42:16 -0500, Roman Turovsky wrote No one knows. The only thing known is that the combination of consonants TRB is absent in all European languages, except for the Slavic ones. Where did you get this from? Just because I was drinking one while your mail came in: Teber

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-02-03 Thread Roman Turovsky
On 2/3/2014 12:29 PM, Geoff Gaherty wrote: As is turbine. Geoff that is not related to turbans or theorbos, but rather to the latin TURBARE, to BOTHER. RT To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-02-03 Thread howard posner
On Feb 3, 2014, at 4:36 PM, Roman Turovsky r.turov...@verizon.net wrote: that is not related to turbans or theorbos, but rather to the latin TURBARE, to BOTHER. If you dismiss out of hand any relationship between theorbos and “bother,” you lack sufficient experience with theorbos. -- To

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-31 Thread Martyn Hodgson
__ From: David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net To: lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, 31 January 2014, 6:19 Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 I don't see that staff notation is peculiar

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-31 Thread Martyn Hodgson
away. Mostly. dt From: jean-michel Catherinot [1]jeanmichel.catheri...@yahoo.com To: David Tayler [2]vidan...@sbcglobal.net; lute [3]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 1:18 AM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 If you read

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-31 Thread Martyn Hodgson
__ From: David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net To: lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, 31 January 2014, 5:57 Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 That's an interesting set of labels but it doesn't cover all the historical cases

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-31 Thread jean-michel Catherinot
__ From: jean-michel Catherinot [1]jeanmichel.catheri...@yahoo.com To: R. Mattes [2]r...@mh-freiburg.de; lute [3]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; Martyn Hodgson [4]hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 2:14 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-31 Thread jean-michel Catherinot
]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; Martyn Hodgson [4][5]hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 2:14 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 Yes: Zamboni in tablature., but indeed you know that!. I consider that most

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-31 Thread Arthur Ness
What is the etymology of the word tiorba? -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Martyn Hodgson Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 12:03 AM To: David Tayler; lute Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 As already

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-31 Thread William Samson
' lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, 31 January 2014, 21:45 Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 What is the etymology of the word tiorba? -Original Message- From: [3]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:[4]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Martyn

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-31 Thread Arto Wikla
To: David Tayler; lute Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 As already pointed out on a number of occasions, the point about tablature sources, rather than staff notation, is that they oblige a particular tuning from the named instrument. Thus, for example, the archlute

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-31 Thread Andreas Schlegel
To: 'Martyn Hodgson' hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk; 'David Tayler' vidan...@sbcglobal.net; 'lute' lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, 31 January 2014, 21:45 Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 What is the etymology of the word tiorba? -Original Message- From: [3

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-31 Thread Arthur Ness
today, Andi -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Arto Wikla Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 11:01 AM To: Arthur Ness; Martyn Hodgson; David Tayler; lute Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 Jakob Lindberg had

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-31 Thread Roman Turovsky
of the word tiorba? -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Martyn Hodgson Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 12:03 AM To: David Tayler; lute Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 As already pointed out on a number

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-31 Thread Anthony Hind
-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Martyn Hodgson Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 12:03 AM To: David Tayler; lute Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 As already pointed out on a number of occasions, the point about tablature sources, rather than

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-31 Thread dominic robillard
To: David Tayler; lute Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 As already pointed out on a number of occasions, the point about tablature sources, rather than staff notation, is that they oblige a particular tuning from the named instrument. Thus, for example

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-30 Thread David Tayler
jeanmichel.catheri...@yahoo.com To: David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net; lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 1:18 AM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 If you read the previous messages, and specially, the one from Arthur Ness, you may

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-30 Thread David Tayler
, 2014 1:59 AM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 This doesn't address the point I made to you: that the fundamental difference between the archlute and the theorbo is in the manner of stringing - theorbos have the top one or two courses lowered from nominal

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-30 Thread David Tayler
28, 2014 3:35 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 Have a look at: a) the early sources (Bob Spencer's famous paper still represents a good summary [1]http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/spencer/html/index.html ); b) tablatures identified for the two

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-30 Thread David Tayler
@cs.dartmouth.edu; Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 2:14 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 Yes: Zamboni in tablature., but indeed you know that!. I consider that most of the arciliuto music is written in staff notation, may

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-29 Thread jean-michel Catherinot
Yes: Zamboni in tablature., but indeed you know that!. I consider that most of the arciliuto music is written in staff notation, may be this is a particularity of the instrument, and there is no doubt that tuning is not re-entrant (just have a look to Hasse's Cleofide, for arciliuto

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-29 Thread jean-michel Catherinot
don't know any tablature evidence of the use of vieil ton after ca1640: indeed you have to read 1650 (I think the last one is FranAS:ois de Chancy airs de cour-1649) Le Mercredi 29 janvier 2014 11h14, jean-michel Catherinot jeanmichel.catheri...@yahoo.com a A(c)crit : Yes:

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-29 Thread jean-michel Catherinot
and I've forgot the one of 1655 (I've never seen it, but I suppose it's in vieil ton). But no solos till ca 1640. Le Mercredi 29 janvier 2014 13h02, jean-michel Catherinot jeanmichel.catheri...@yahoo.com a ecrit : don't know any tablature evidence of the use of vieil ton after

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-29 Thread jean-michel Catherinot
in fact, the chansons de Chancy are for voices alone. So my firts mistake was not a mistake1640 Le Mercredi 29 janvier 2014 14h18, jean-michel Catherinot jeanmichel.catheri...@yahoo.com a ecrit : and I've forgot the one of 1655 (I've never seen it, but I suppose it's

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-29 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
1643 precisely Jean-Michel, with Anthoyne Boesset XVIe Livre d'Airs de cour avec la tablature de luth... Cheers, Jean-Marie -- in fact, the chansons de Chancy are for voices alone. So my firts mistake was not a mistake1640 Le Mercredi 29 janvier 2014 14h18,

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-28 Thread jean-michel Catherinot
__ From: David Tayler [1][2]vidan...@sbcglobal.net To: lute [2][3]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, 24 January 2014, 19:14 Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 The terms

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-28 Thread Martyn Hodgson
: Martyn Hodgson [1]hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk To: David Tayler [2]vidan...@sbcglobal.net; lute [3]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 1:39 AM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 You write that 'The terms arciliuto and tiorba

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-28 Thread Martyn Hodgson
To: lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, 28 January 2014, 1:35 Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 __ This is a very interesting quote because it falls in between the classical

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-28 Thread Markus Lutz
__ From: David Tayler [1]vidan...@sbcglobal.net To: lute [2]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, 24 January 2014, 19:14 Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 The terms arciliuto and tiorba are high-degree interchangeable

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-28 Thread R. Mattes
Sent: Tuesday, 28 January 2014, 1:16 Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 Well, the evidence is in the museums--there are more than two types of instruments. Therefore, any attempt to categorize the historical lutes as two types does not reflect

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-28 Thread R. Mattes
On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:56:46 +0100, Markus Lutz wrote This quote is part of a letter, and I think most letters show a very personal point of view. Yes, this is important to point out. Also Weiss clearly states that he gives his opinion. He doesn't want to be descriptive or prescriptive at

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-28 Thread Martyn Hodgson
__ From: R. Mattes r...@mh-freiburg.de To: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk; David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net; lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, 28 January 2014, 11:22 Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 On Tue, 28 Jan

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-28 Thread Christopher Wilke
; lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 Sent: Tue, Jan 28, 2014 11:35:20 AM Have a look at: a) the early sources (Bob Spencer's famous paper still represents a good summary [2]http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/spencer/html/index.html

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-28 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Subject: RE: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 Iconographic sources depict theorbos and/or archlutes with highly variable numbers of courses and stringing setups. Unfortunately we have no way of knowing how any particular instrument was tuned. Modern gut, since its

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-28 Thread Markus Lutz
Am 28.01.2014 12:36, schrieb R. Mattes: On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:56:46 +0100, Markus Lutz wrote He criticises that theorbos often - he even says ordinarily - are played with nails and therefore have a coarse, harsh sound (also primarily his opinion!). Hmm, that's not what he writes - he

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-28 Thread R. Mattes
On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:35:20 + (GMT), Martyn Hodgson wrote Have a look at: This is either a non-answer (how utterly Zen) or pretty close to an (ad hominem) insult. a) the early sources (Bob Spencer's famous paper still represents a good summary

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-28 Thread Martyn Hodgson
hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Tuesday, 28 January 2014, 16:57 Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:35:20 + (GMT), Martyn Hodgson wrote Have a look at: This is either a non-answer (how utterly Zen) or pretty close to an (ad hominem

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-28 Thread R. Mattes
On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 17:10:18 + (GMT), Martyn Hodgson wrote I'm sorry you find Bob Spencer's paper so very poor. No need to be sorry, esp. since I don't find Spencer's paper very poor (where did I write that?). I only tied to say that it a) shows it's age b) seems to be an overview-type of

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-27 Thread jean-michel Catherinot
@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, 24 January 2014, 19:14 Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 The terms arciliuto and tiorba are high-degree interchangeable. That is, they are not low or medium, and they are also not completely interchangeable (since

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-27 Thread David Tayler
lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 1:39 AM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 You write that 'The terms arciliuto and tiorba are high-degree interchangeable.' What's your evidence for this? The two instruments were tuned in different

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-27 Thread David Tayler
__ From: David Tayler [1]vidan...@sbcglobal.net To: lute [2]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, 24 January 2014, 19:14 Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 The terms arciliuto and tiorba are high-degree interchangeable

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-25 Thread Martyn Hodgson
__ From: David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net To: lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, 24 January 2014, 19:14 Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 The terms arciliuto and tiorba are high-degree interchangeable. That is, they are not low or medium

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-24 Thread jean-michel Catherinot
great, Gary!Thank you for this sum up. I searched some weeks ago on RISM with the key arciliuto and so on. Apart for its use in Roma (and +?), it's outstanding that you find arciliuto obligato in Dresden 's opera (Hasse's Cleofide for instance) at the time of Weiss (and not

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-24 Thread Geoff Gaherty
On 24/01/14 9:19 AM, Gary R. Boye wrote: Yes; interesting! We are only talking about Corelli's Op. 1 (Opp. 2-4 all call for archlute according to surviving editions--no mention of theorbo there). I suppose this could either reflect common practice in a city (Rome vs. Bologna/Venice) or publisher

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-24 Thread Arthur Ness
; LuteNet list Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 great, Gary!Thank you for this sum up. I searched some weeks ago on RISM with the key arciliuto and so on. Apart for its use in Roma (and +?), it's outstanding that you find arciliuto obligato in Dresden 's opera

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-24 Thread David Tayler
The terms arciliuto and tiorba are high-degree interchangeable. That is, they are not low or medium, and they are also not completely interchangeable (since they are sometimes used together). One could argue that they are medium instead of high, but it would be difficult to show

[LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-24 Thread Ralf Bachmann
13:56:14 -0800 To: jeanmichel.catheri...@yahoo.com; boy...@appstate.edu; hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk; r...@mh-freiburg.de; edurb...@gmail.com; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu From: arthurjn...@verizon.net Subject: [LUTE] Re: archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1 Yes, and some of those