[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: continuo playing in Germany

2008-04-17 Thread howard posner
On Apr 17, 2008, at 11:05 AM, Rob MacKillop wrote: Re the German Lute Society's Fundamenta der Lauten-Musique und Zugleich der Composition, Rob wrote: Is there any possibility that this will be translated into English? It comes with an English booklet. Here are some excerpts of a review

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Fundamenta der Lauten-Musique

2008-04-17 Thread howard posner
After I quoted parts of my review of Fundamenta der Lauten-Musique und Zugleich der Composition someone asked if the shortcomings of the English fascicle were such that I'd recommend against buying it. The answer is a qualified no. It's a valuable book, offered for a mere 15 Euros, and

[LUTE] Re: Sigh No More Ladies

2008-04-17 Thread Peter Jones-RR
Dear Matteo, The director of the play that I am meant to be playing for has heard the Naxos CD and wants that version of the song. I couldn't find it either in any of Robert Jones's printed books and presumed that it was in a MS source, which is why I contacted the list in the hope that

[LUTE] Re: Aarrrgghhhh!!!

2008-04-17 Thread Ron Fletcher
The problem being, this garbage gets recycled! BTW To a player, maybe long-neck lutes continuo (into infinity)! BTW 2 The 'Continuo' link leads to a French language Lycos-page. Sorry to disappoint you guys... Whatever it had has been removed. Ron (UK) Steve Kenyon wrote... There's more garbage

[LUTE] Re: Sigh No More Ladies

2008-04-17 Thread Mark Wheeler
Another possibility is to use a ballad tune. Ross w. Duffin in his excelllant Shakespeare's Somgbook suggested a number of tunes that would fit the text, including Lusty Gallant and Rogero, both of which fit very well. All the best Mark -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Peter Jones-RR

[LUTE] Re: Aarrrgghhhh!!!

2008-04-17 Thread Rob MacKillop
Just a thought - maybe he is one of us? The Phantom Lurker? I was going to write to him and the guy who wrote the article, but thought better of it. We reap what we sow. It's not the first time I've had quotation remarks around comments I never made. Seems to be the way reporters work.

[LUTE] Re: Aarrrgghhhh!!!

2008-04-17 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Kohut... ? Could he be a misspelt reincarnation of Kohaut ? ;-))) Jean-Marie === 16-04-2008 23:28:48 === This page left me speechless: http://www.kiltmagazine.com/KiltMagMusic0305.html - does anyone know this guy? He even 'quotes' me - I said no such thing. And it's good to have

[LUTE] Re: Aarrrgghhhh!!!

2008-04-17 Thread Daniel Shoskes
This happens to me all the time in my day job. They take something from prior articles or even my webpage, put quotes around it and make it look as though they did an exclusive face to face interview. As long as what they quote is actually true to what you have said, I think you have

[LUTE] Re: Aarrrgghhhh!!!

2008-04-17 Thread Daniel Shoskes
On Apr 17, 2008, at 6:12 AM, Anthony Hind wrote: Ooooh, I have remembered, the last time I mentioned lawyers, all the lutists on our list turned out to be barristers, I mentioned bows and lutes, and everyone was an archer, gun-buts and lutes and up popped a few lute playing gun-smiths. How

[LUTE] continuo playing in Germany

2008-04-17 Thread rodrigo demetrio
Dear lute players, I am new in this forum. I would like to have information about lute continuo playing in Germany at the end of XVII century. Many sources of solo lute music are in d tuning but I don't find continuo sources which speak about the appropriated instruments and tunings used at that

[LUTE] Re: Aarrrgghhhh!!!

2008-04-17 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
With such things, it's hard to tell how much misinformation can be attributed to Kohut or to the article's author. It's not uncommon for me to be misquoted. ...Although the MacKillop quote seems pretty damning. This guy is evidently a paddler too, his e-mail involving kayak. I'll look

[LUTE] Re: Aarrrgghhhh!!!

2008-04-17 Thread jslute
Dear Daniel, Rob, and All: Yes, I work at the Washington Post, although nowadays I'm mostly an editor. There are many kinds of reporters. One is a new breed of Internet or blog reporter, who functions without journalism training or editorial oversight. Perhaps he (or she) is a reporter simply

[LUTE] Reportage (was Re: Aarrrgghhhh!!!)

2008-04-17 Thread corun
Dear Jim, et. al., While this is not the forum for political rantings, I can not in good conscience let some of these comments go unanswered. And you, Jim, also know that I respect you and consider you a friend even though we have some fundamental disagreements on this topic. Which is why we

[LUTE] Re: Aarrrgghhhh!!!

2008-04-17 Thread David Rastall
On Apr 17, 2008, at 8:51 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fact-checking takes time, and editors must be paid, so accurate reporting is time- and labor-intensive. Today's blogosphere, which rewards unschooled right-wing loudmouths who spew half-truths and worse, has no interest in that.

[LUTE] Re: Aarrrgghhhh!!!

2008-04-17 Thread Tůma Petr
in Czech - Kohaut/Kohout in Slovak - Kohut / Kohút = Coq = Hahn = Cock Petr T. -Original Message- From: Jean-Marie Poirier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 11:22 AM To: lute Subject: [LUTE] Re: Aarrrgg!!! Kohut... ? Could he be a misspelt reincarnation of

[LUTE] ATTAINGNANT Heartz

2008-04-17 Thread Anthony Hind
Does any body know whether Daniel Heartz' Preludes, chansons and dances for lute, published by Pierre ATTAINGNANT contains both the tablature and analysis of this music, or specifically the analyses. Anthony To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] OT: Reportage (was Re: Aarrrgghhhh!!!)

2008-04-17 Thread howard posner
On Apr 17, 2008, at 6:25 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jim wrote: Fact-checking takes time, and editors must be paid, so accurate reporting is time- and labor-intensive. Today's blogosphere, which rewards unschooled right-wing loudmouths who spew half-truths and worse, has no

[LUTE] Less OT: Reportage

2008-04-17 Thread howard posner
A propos of the Snopes Urban legend web site, I meant to mention that you can find a debunking of a truly idiotic story (a column in the Houston Chronicle) about Itzhak Perlman playing an entire concerto on three strings at: http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/perlman.asp To get on or

[LUTE] Re: OT: Reportage (was Re: Aarrrgghhhh!!!)

2008-04-17 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 12:52 PM 4/17/2008, howard posner wrote: Americans are not sophisticated consumers of information, and are easily lied to. Rather than Americans, I think you mean human beings in general...but not necessarily lutenists...maybe...? Eugene To get on or off this list see list information

[LUTE] Sigh No More Ladies

2008-04-17 Thread Stewart McCoy
Dear Peter, Beauty sat bathing was also set by Francis Pilkington, with a rather nice Hey nonny refrain in slow motion. You might prefer Pilkington's setting to Jones. Presumably the words of Sigh no more ladies would fit both settings equally well. Best wishes, Stewart McCoy. -Original

[LUTE] Re: Aarrrgghhhh!!!

2008-04-17 Thread howard posner
On Apr 17, 2008, at 1:26 AM, Rob MacKillop wrote: I was going to write to him and the guy who wrote the article, but thought better of it. We reap what we sow. It's not the first time I've had quotation remarks around comments I never made. Seems to be the way reporters work. Nothing to be

[LUTE] Re: OT: Reportage (was Re: Aarrrgghhhh!!!)

2008-04-17 Thread Roman Turovsky
American credulity is proverbial. Hence Mark Twain's dictum Believe nothing you hear, and only half of what you see!. RT At 12:52 PM 4/17/2008, howard posner wrote: Americans are not sophisticated consumers of information, and are easily lied to. Rather than Americans, I think you mean

[LUTE] Re: continuo playing in Germany

2008-04-17 Thread Mathias Rösel
rodrigo demetrio [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Dear lute players, I am new in this forum. I would like to have information about lute continuo playing in Germany at the end of XVII century. Many sources of solo lute music are in d tuning but I don't find continuo sources which speak about the

[LUTE] Re: continuo playing in Germany

2008-04-17 Thread Rob MacKillop
Is there any possibility that this will be translated into English? Rob On 17/04/2008, Mathias R=F6sel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please excuse tze shameless ad: Order Fundamenta der Lauten-Musique from Deutsche Lautengesellschaft. It's a tutor for continuo with 11c lute in D minor tuning.

[LUTE] Re: continuo playing in Germany

2008-04-17 Thread Mathias Rösel
Rob MacKillop [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Is there any possibility that this will be translated into English? Rob Rainer Luckhardt of Seicento music and I took care that this was done with the 1st edition. The English translation comes as an extra booklet. Mathias Please excuse tze

[LUTE] Re: continuo playing in Germany

2008-04-17 Thread thomas schall
It already is - teh text comes with english translation. Thomas - Original Message - From: Rob MacKillop [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mathias Rösel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: rodrigo demetrio [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 8:05 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re:

[LUTE] St Matthew Passion

2008-04-17 Thread David Rastall
Dear Wisdom, I need to get a good recording of the Matthew Passion. Can any of you suggest one? I have a recording by Harnancourt on vinyl dating from 1970, and it's a marvellous performance, but I think it's time to get an up-to-date recording on CD. Can anyone suggest a good