Come on down and we will barbecue trout with fresh rosemary.
Talk about gout!
dt
At 08:26 PM 6/19/2008, you wrote:
Good question. The conclusion is that there is
no conclusion based on scansion. French
'lyrisme' is not difficult to grasp but you need
to have a working knowledge of the
Le 19 juin 08 à 23:59, Mathias Rösel a écrit :
I for one learned a lot by intabulating harpsichord music by Nicolas
Lebegue (1637, 1st print of harpsichord music in France).
To me, French baroque tunes in lute or harpsichord music are deeply
affiliated to oratorical singing. There's a gesture
greetings -
i recorded a video on youtube of my performance of tempus est iocundum from
the 13th
cent. carmina burana collection of songs.-! as i understand it, all songs in the
collection are anonymous - some of which were used by carl orff for his
orchestration.-!
the video has been
bill kilpatrick écrit:
i recorded a video on youtube of my performance of tempus est iocundum
from the 13th
cent. carmina burana collection of songs.-! as i understand it, all songs
in the
collection are anonymous - some of which were used by carl orff for his
orchestration.-!
the video has
dt wrote:
I have been using David van Ooijen's system for some time now and it
works perfectly.
Glad it worked for you. Sounds like an advertisement actually, so here's my
part of the commercial: I've updated bit by bit my DIY mean-tone page,
included calculations for 1/6 pythagorean comma
Really beautiful, Martin. A fine piece and very fine playing. Isn't the
Internet a wonderful thing when used positvely and creatively? And what a
wonderful resource your website is already, with more to come. Keep up the
good work!
Rob McKillop
2008/6/20 Martin Shepherd [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Dear
Well, if we're talking about the article French Lyricism in 17th
century pi=E8ces de luth, by yours truly, the conclusion is as follows:
In order to understand the concept of French lyricism we need to know
what the French considered good melody and how it is present in their
airs. An
David, et al,
Here's a hypothetical: Imagine that a few hundred
years from now NO audio recordings of jazz have
survived, just some good written descriptions, teach
yourself to play jazz saxophone/guitar/tuba method
books, and a fair number of lead sheets. What kind of
jazz would our
Dear Martin,
Once again, a very beautiful piece and exquisitely played. Tell me, how did
you finger the chord on the third beat of measure thirty-eight? Did you hold
down the notes on the second and third strings with the second finger amd
use the third finger on the fifth string (which I
Two pieces from the Rowallan ms, the weird Gypsies Lilt, and the beautiful I
Long For Thy Virginitie. Looks like I need my eighth fret tightened...
http://www.vimeo.com/1204178
Rob
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Its very easy to trick oneself into
believing that if you play French-style elements A, B
and C the way that writers X, Y, and Z have described
them that you're actually playing the style. The old
ones didn't learn French style from books, afterall.
Well, they
Dear Collective Wisdom,
In my closet I have a 7-course lute that I bought when I lived in Austria in
the early 1980s. I played it for about three years, and then put it away for
well over a decade when professional responsibilities left me no time for
playing. When I started playing again, I
Lovely! Two of my favorites from that body of repertoire.
Eugene
At 11:03 AM 6/20/2008, Rob MacKillop wrote:
Two pieces from the Rowallan ms, the weird Gypsies Lilt, and the beautiful I
Long For Thy Virginitie. Looks like I need my eighth fret tightened...
http://www.vimeo.com/1204178
Rob
Very rare footage:
http://www.vimeo.com/1204502
Rob
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I thought it might have been Rob McBloch at first - who later had a
sex change - but I think you're right.
On Jun 20, 2008, at 7:04 PM, Jean-Marie Poirier wrote:
Incredible ! He looks exactly like Rob MacDolmetsch... :-)
Jean-Marie
=== 20-06-2008 18:21:37 ===
Very rare footage:
I think the good Jazz transcriptions are pretty good, and there are
lots of them, but would you want to live in an imaginary world with
no Jazz recordings?
If you did, would you prefer the transcriptions to no Jazz at all?
In the case of the brouderie sources, we have essentially
Nice video, cool ornaments; beautiful sound.
dt
At 08:03 AM 6/20/2008, you wrote:
Two pieces from the Rowallan ms, the weird Gypsies Lilt, and the beautiful I
Long For Thy Virginitie. Looks like I need my eighth fret tightened...
http://www.vimeo.com/1204178
Rob
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David, would you care to give us a reading list of what you consider
to be the most important works for learning about the interpretation
of this music?
Doc
On Jun 20, 2008, at 7:56 PM, David Tayler wrote:
I think the good Jazz transcriptions are pretty good, and there are
lots of them,
You should start with
http://www.amazon.fr/Cyrano-Bergerac-Edmond-Rostand/dp/2266152173/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1213986985sr=1-3
or
http://www.amazon.fr/Fleurs-du-Mal-Charles-Baudelaire/dp/2253007102/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1213987081sr=1-2
you should also, at you own risk, try
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_literature_of_the_17th_century
A good overview.
RT
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On Jun 20, 2008, at 1:56 PM, David Tayler wrote:
This is all basic stuff. why don't they know it?
I'd like your take on this loaded question: why should they?
DR
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Perhaps this might be of interest to someone:
http://www.palmguitars.nl/page.php?cat_id=24
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--- David Tayler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think the good Jazz transcriptions are pretty
good, and there are
lots of them, but would you want to live in an
imaginary world with
no Jazz recordings?
If you did, would you prefer the transcriptions to
no Jazz at all?
I'd prefer a world
Michael Fink wrote:
RE the Spanish Pavan --- If you want English versions, then Julia
Craig-McFeely comes to the rescue. If you will go to
http://www.ramesescats.co.uk/thesis/, the index of her dissertation, the
Appendices links will give you pdf files containing a reference for every
piece and
There's an article by Diana Poulton on the Spanish Pavan in the Lute Society
Journal 1961, with a long list of sources (including some which aren't on
Rainer's list). Chris Goodwin still has copies for sale at a modest price.
The piece featured in the baroque guitar repertoire, too. There's a
Thanks, Bernd - I thought of our previous conversation about this piece
when I chose it - it seemed so obvious that I should publish it, with
the evidence of its derivation from the motet.
The lute is my old Gerle, made in 1985, string length 60cm, strung
entirely in gut with a Larson Pistoy
Gee what an annoying chord that is.
I have seen people play all four strings, that is two courses, with
the tip of one finger.
My finger is not wide enough.
I accept this as more or less unchangeable, unless I go to a really
narrow spacing.
Thanks for the lovely edition.
dt
Stephen Arndt
I need to contact Alain Veylitt. Please could someone provide his email
address.
Many thanks,
Stewart McCoy
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Dear David,
It may be that your finger tip really is too narrow, but there might be
some mileage in turning the angle of your hand, as violinists do, so
that there is a wider surface area to hold down both courses. Pointing
the left-hand fingers toward the bridge, is something we try to prevent
I say go for it. I think there is much to be learned from this type of
thing-converting old lutes into something new and -perhaps- better.
Sterling
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Beautiful, Rob. All of this discussion of tuning and strings is all well and
good, (and interesting) but you cut to the chase with your sensitive playing
and show us what it's all about.
Kerry
Rob MacKillop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Two pieces from the Rowallan ms, the weird Gypsies Lilt,
The Journal with the article mentioned blow in it will be in the mail
(with the Quarterly that Jim Stimson edited) next week.
Nancy
Well, if we're talking about the article French Lyricism in 17th
century pi=E8ces de luth, by yours truly, the conclusion is as follows:
In order to understand
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