[BAROQUE-LUTE] website update

2008-04-15 Thread Rob MacKillop
Luthier Malcolm Prior has updated his website: http://www.malcolmprior.co.uk/index.htm - he took some time out when his wife started having children. He is now fully back into lute making and has a fairly short waiting time, as well as non-commissioned instruments coming up for sale. Highly

[LUTE] Essays on Scottish 17th-century music

2008-04-15 Thread Rob MacKillop
This academic book has been published recently: Defining Strains The Musical Life of Scots in the Seventeenth Century You can read about it, incuding contents, here: http://www.buchhandel.de/detailansicht.aspx?isbn--8-3-03910-948-7 It includes a chapter on Scottish lute music by yours truly...

[LUTE] Tarantella by soprano lute in YouTube

2008-04-15 Thread wikla
Hi lutenists, I added a version of my intabulation of Tarantella 'Tre modi di Kircher' to the YouTube. The playing is not polished at all - and the piece should of course be repeated ten times with more and more speed - to cure the spider bites... :-) Perhaps it is anyhow interesting to hear

[LUTE] Longest 6c piece?

2008-04-15 Thread Rob MacKillop
I've just been listening to Bart Roose's very good recording of music by Neusidler (www.passacaille.be) - it has raised the profile of Neuslider for me at least. Anyway, there is one track which clocks in at 12 minutes 38 seconds - Ein sehr kunstreicher Preambel oder Fantasey. Is this the longest

[LUTE] Re: Longest 6c piece?

2008-04-15 Thread Guy Smith
IIRC, there's a Bakfark intabulation that runs around 18 minutes. I heard Jacob Herringman play part of it once, but that was some years ago and I don't recall the name. Guy -Original Message- From: Rob MacKillop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 11:53 AM To: Lute

[LUTE] Re: Grove

2008-04-15 Thread David Tayler
That's hilarious. It is easier to use than the one I pay for. How funny. dt At 01:34 AM 4/15/2008, you wrote: Dear everyone, I just stumbled upon this URL: http://phonoarchive.org/grove/ -- Mathias To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: Essays on Scottish 17th-century music

2008-04-15 Thread David Tayler
Congatulations, Rob-- I look forward to reading it. dt At 09:08 AM 4/15/2008, you wrote: It is also available in the UK here: http://www.earlygaelicharp.info/emporium/books/porter.htm It also has a chapter on the Panmure collection. Rob -- To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: Longest 6c piece?

2008-04-15 Thread Are Vidar Boye Hansen
Vincenzo Galilei wrote 100 variations over the Romanesca, which would take more than one hour to perform. Are IIRC, there's a Bakfark intabulation that runs around 18 minutes. I heard Jacob Herringman play part of it once, but that was some years ago and I don't recall the name. Guy

[LUTE] Re: Longest 6c piece?

2008-04-15 Thread Rob MacKillop
An hour to perform - and an eternity to listen to, I imagine. It raises the question as to whether it is a 'composition' or a catalogue of examples. I haven't seen the notation. What do you think, Are? The Bakfark sounds more interesting. Anyone have more details? Rob On 15/04/2008, Are Vidar

[LUTE] Re: Longest 6c piece?

2008-04-15 Thread Anthony Hind
Rob Those are the longest ones on Jacob's Bakfark Black cow, but they are short compared to the ones you are speaking, two over 6, and two over 4 and a bit. over 8 http://www.magnatune.com/artists/albums/heringman-blackcow/12.m3u Over 6

[LUTE] website updated

2008-04-15 Thread Rob MacKillop
Luthier Malcolm Prior has updated his website: http://www.malcolmprior.co.uk/index.htm - he took some time out when his wife started having children. He is now fully back into lute making and has a fairly short waiting time, as well as non-commissioned instruments coming up for sale. Highly