[LUTE] Re: Theorbo in G? Plus some guidelines

2008-02-03 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Rob, The Talbot MS gives the small (lesser) French theorbo string length c 76cm as tuned in D. If this was at 'French' pitch (whatever this means in the context - French pitch as recorded in England, French Opera pitch, chamber pitch) then, if the same pitch levels and string

[LUTE] Re: Theorbo in G? Plus some guidelines

2008-02-03 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Thanks for this; I'd be grateful for a fuller response to cover all the points in my previous email to you. Nevertheless I'll respond to this one below: INFORMATION I now see from your mention of my guitar stringing email that you seem to equate 'information' solely with figures

[LUTE] Re: Vuestros ojos

2008-02-03 Thread Martin Shepherd
I agree absolutely, Daniel. I enjoyed all their other performances as well. Martin Daniel F Heiman wrote: Only 800 views in over 5 months??? This performance is outstanding and deserves to be much better known: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ81bbG-khM Daniel Heiman To get on or off

[LUTE] Playing in time (olim Polish, anyone?)

2008-02-03 Thread Stewart McCoy
Dear Jaroslav, Thank you very much for these observations, which you have presumably taken from Robert Donington, _The Interpretation of Early Music_ (London: Faber Faber, new version reprinted 1975), p. 425. The first passage you quote, which Donington took from Thomas Mace, p. 147, is

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time

2008-02-03 Thread Jerzy Zak
Dear Stewart and Jaroslaw, In a way you are both right advocating legitimate interpretations, theoretically opposite. But they overlap and that common region is in much degree subjective, depending on context, historicall or personal styles, even some national propensities (compare the

[LUTE] Source Wars

2008-02-03 Thread David Rastall
I assume that these source wars, where one person trots out his sources, and someone else trots out his in rebuttal, are purely academic discussions with little or no relationship to actual real- world playing. Otherwise, if you guys need to be told how to play musically, if you have to

[LUTE] Re: Theorbo in G/A? Plus some guidelines

2008-02-03 Thread Jerzy Zak
Martyn, All this is very persuasive, but what about the story of a double re- entrant instrument with double strings and the second course in octaves, in G or A? From my sketchy calculations it appeares it must be an instrument of about 74 cm (stopped), considering on one side the

[LUTE] Re: Source Wars

2008-02-03 Thread vance wood
Ahhha, David: You forget egos and music. You cannot separate the two and sometimes egos show themselves in rude responses and --- no responses: I get that all the time. Vw - Original Message - From: David Rastall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lute Net lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Sunday,

[LUTE] Re: Stegher sized theorbo body, comments?

2008-02-03 Thread Mathias Rösel
The following text has been taken from Wolfgang Emmerich's homepage http://www.zupfinstrumente-emmerich.de/English/index.htm - click on new on the left, then scroll down to the bottom (pics available there): Only scarcely noticed: Magno Stegher in Venetia 1598 A much bigger share of bass-lutes

[LUTE] Re: Music Notation Software

2008-02-03 Thread adS
Taco Walstra wrote: On Sunday 03 February 2008 02:01, Thomas Tallant wrote: Depends a bit which platform you are using but I've used lilypond on linux which is quite good. Lilypond used to be unistallabe on Windows but now it is easy. Of course, Lilypond has no GUI - you have to enter a text

[LUTE] Re: Playing in time

2008-02-03 Thread Jarosław Lipski
Dear Stewart, Sorry for changing the title but I don't think being Polish has anything to do with playing in time. Thank you very much for your analysis. Yes, obviously Robert Donington The interpretation of early music is a great source of knowledge for all of us. It's very handy for me, because

[LUTE] Looking to share a ride to Cleveland

2008-02-03 Thread Bruce O. Bowes
I am considering attending the Summer Seminar and wondered if there was anyone in the greater NYC area, southern Connecticut or for the matter anyone who might be driving through New York on Route 84. I am trying to work out transportation and wanted to know if there might be someone willing to