[LUTE] Re: More on lute songs

2008-07-27 Thread LGS-Europe
Bruno wrote: Thanks for the info! Is the book from Ian Spink still availlable? I only find used ones... I wouldn't know. I found mine 18 years ago, new, in 'De Slegte', the Dutch bookshop that stocks what we call shop daughters: remains from normal shops and publishers that are sold cheaply

[LUTE] Re: More on lute songs

2008-07-27 Thread Peter Martin
The Spink book is depressing because he doesn't like the music. Open the book at random: The conclusion seems inescapable then, that Blow, as a song writer, fails at all levels ... he just has not got what it takes (p. 251) There is, however, little to say in favour of Francis Forcer, whose

[LUTE] Re: what the heck is this instrument?

2008-07-27 Thread Henry Villca
Hello !! it looks like a colascione xx H.V --- On Sun, 7/27/08, Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LUTE] what the heck is this instrument? To: Lutelist lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Sunday, July 27, 2008, 12:36 PM

[LUTE] Re: what the heck is this instrument?

2008-07-27 Thread Roman Turovsky
Too many courses. RT Hello !! it looks like a colascione xx H.V --- On Sun, 7/27/08, Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LUTE] what the heck is this instrument? To: Lutelist lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Sunday, July 27, 2008, 12:36

[LUTE] Re: More on lute songs

2008-07-27 Thread Martyn Hodgson
I'm surprised no one has mentioned Liz Kenny's interesting article on the English lute song and continuo air. Particularly relevant to this thread is that she suggests, quite rightly in my view, that printed lute song tablatures ought not be regarded like modern urtext editions and that many

[LUTE] Re: More on lute songs

2008-07-27 Thread Martyn Hodgson
I omitted to give the name of the journal: Early Music May 2008, Vol 36, pages 265-284 Elizabeth Kenny 'The uses of lute song: texts, contexts and pretexts for historically informed performance' MH --- On Sun, 27/7/08, Martyn Hodgson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Martyn Hodgson [EMAIL

[LUTE] Re: what the heck is this instrument?

2008-07-27 Thread Mathias Rösel
Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Too many courses. RT Yes, indeed. In fact, it is a calichone, tuned a e c G D/C. See http://www.marincola.com/lutebot5/table.htm Mathias Hello !! it looks like a colascione xx H.V --- On Sun, 7/27/08, Roman Turovsky [EMAIL

[LUTE] Re: what the heck is this instrument?

2008-07-27 Thread Doc Rossi
too many for an early one, but not for a later one. On Jul 27, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Roman Turovsky wrote: Too many courses. RT Hello !! it looks like a colascione xx H.V --- On Sun, 7/27/08, Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LUTE]

[LUTE] Re: what the heck is this instrument?

2008-07-27 Thread Roman Turovsky
It is obviously a gallichon (as opposed to colascione), but I've never seen one with such a small shell before. RT From: Doc Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] too many for an early one, but not for a later one. Too many courses. RT Hello !! it looks like a colascione xx H.V --- On Sun, 7/27/08,

[LUTE] Re: what the heck is this instrument?

2008-07-27 Thread Daniel Winheld
Paul McCartney's first bass. http://carlotta.gotlib.goteborg.se/zoom/534/GM_3885_bild1.jpg RT -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: More on lute songs

2008-07-27 Thread LGS-Europe
Thanks, Martyn, I didn't know that one. I'll look it up. David - Original Message - From: Martyn Hodgson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lute Net lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 4:27 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: More on lute songs I omitted to give the name of the journal:

[LUTE] Re: More on lute songs

2008-07-27 Thread LGS-Europe
Peter The English song composers in the transitional period between Dowland and Purcell invariably suffer because they are compared with the two great ones: it's not Dowland any more, but not quite Purcell yet. Ian Spink, too, tends to use these two composers as a reference in his judgement.

[LUTE] Re: what the heck is this instrument?

2008-07-27 Thread Arthur Ness
That's # GM:3885 in Goteborg that you link to. http://carlotta.gotlib.goteborg.se/zoom/534/GM_3885_bild1.jpg Here's some closeups: http://tinyurl.com/5pn4uj Here's another similar instrument, # GM:3889 http://tinyurl.com/5dn6bg They seem to have an abundant supply in Sweden. # GM:3889 is the

[LUTE] Re: More on lute songs

2008-07-27 Thread Rob MacKillop
2008/7/27 LGS-Europe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Martyn, I didn't know that one. I'll look it up. David Current issue of Early Music, I believe... Rob -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Mudarra

2008-07-27 Thread Monica Hall
Thanks for replying! At least I'm not the only person at sea over these things. I can't see the point of the second group of syllables at all! Monica - Original Message - From: Rob MacKillop To: Monica Hall Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 10:00 AM Subject: Re: [VIHUELA]

[LUTE] Re: what the heck is this instrument?

2008-07-27 Thread Mathias Rösel
Just in case my reply got lost: Look at LuteBot #5 at http://www.marincola.com/ containing an abbreviated version of Pietro Prosser's thesis on the calichon / mandora. It's all sufficiently explained there. Mathias Arthur Ness [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: That's # GM:3885 in Goteborg that you

[LUTE] Re: Bach prelude MP3

2008-07-27 Thread damian dlugolecki
I enjoyed your recording very much. Why no transcription for baroque lute? Doesn't it fall well on the fingerboard? Damian My arrangement of the Bach prelude from the cello suite in D minor is available as a free download http://www.voicesofmusic.org/DT%20Prelude%20MMB.mp3 Tab will be