[LUTE] Re: Thomas Campion

2009-08-27 Thread Taco Walstra
On Wed, 2009-08-26 at 16:51 +0200, Matteo Turri wrote: Thanks! That's the second wonderful link in one week! Not just dowland and campion facsimiles but also wilson, rosseter etc. etc. Very nice. \ Unfortunately you can only create a pdf of one page and not the whole book. Taco A great resource

[LUTE] Re: Thomas Campion

2009-08-27 Thread Matteo Turri
Taco, you can download the whole documents in pdf. At the moment I cannot access EEBO form my office. I will do it later from home and explain you the steps. M. 2009/8/27 Taco Walstra [1]wals...@science.uva.nl On Wed, 2009-08-26 at 16:51 +0200, Matteo Turri wrote:

[LUTE] Re: Thomas Campion

2009-08-27 Thread Taco Walstra
On Thu, 2009-08-27 at 09:59 +0200, Matteo Turri wrote: Taco, you can download the whole documents in pdf. At the moment I cannot access EEBO form my office. I will do it later from home and explain you the steps. M. Ah, I figured it out: you select the document and in the marked list

[LUTE] Re: pacoloni on youtube

2009-08-27 Thread Stuart Walsh
The Bacheler Consort plays Pacoloni : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJa0byWuhpU Very stylish playing. Is the cittern part derived from a lute part? Stuart To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Edward Martin/who knows?

2009-08-27 Thread demery
Quite right, Dana, but if memory serves Milan introduces the 6 Pavanas by saying that the next six fantasias are pavanas. The there's the problem of pavans being generally in duple and some of the Milan pavanas are in triple. I am away from my copy of milan, so I cant confirm

[LUTE] Re: Any hints on how to develop improvisational ability?

2009-08-27 Thread demery
There are specific skills you need to be a professional yes, but, what kind of professional? even if you could, as some of the great cornetto players can, improvise in the style of Bassano and others, this would definitely not land you a job. In itself, perhaps not, but one

[LUTE] Re: Any hints on how to develop improvisational ability?

2009-08-27 Thread Daniel Winheld
However, her lute teacher recently pointed out to her that if she hopes to play the lute professionally in the future she will need to become much more proficient in playing improvisationally. Interesting; the unquestioned linkage to a professional lutenist's career with improvisational

[LUTE] Re: Any hints on how to develop improvisational ability?

2009-08-27 Thread howard posner
On Aug 26, 2009, at 6:17 AM, Christopher Witmer wrote: s improvisational ability something that you either have or you don't? Or is it something that can be learned? Are there any tips concerning how my daughter could most effectively approach this? I'm assuming the skills we're talking about

[LUTE] Re: Any hints on how to develop improvisational ability?

2009-08-27 Thread Nedmast2
In the current (August 31) issue of The New Yorker, Alex Ross has an article called Taking Liberties: Reviving the art of classical improvisation. He points out that while modern musicians specializing in the Renaissance and the Baroque have been leaders in improvisation, the idea

[LUTE] Re: Edward Martin/who knows?

2009-08-27 Thread Antonio Corona
Dear Friends, Quite right, Dana, but if memory serves Milan introduces the 6 Pavanas by saying that the next six fantasias are pavanas. The there's the problem of pavans being generally in duple and some of the Milan pavanas are in triple. Dana: I am away from my copy of milan,

[LUTE] Flying with lutes

2009-08-27 Thread Peter Martin
Harking back to a recent thread about airline travel with lutes, has anyone ever tried Ryanair's -L-30 musical instrument transportation scheme? I would love to know that it works, although frankly I'm deeply sceptical. Here's what their website says: Sporting or musical

[LUTE] Re: Edward Martin/who nose?

2009-08-27 Thread howard posner
On Aug 27, 2009, at 12:21 PM, Antonio Corona wrote: They must be played with a somewhat fast air [so much for the slow pavan] and it is required that they be played twice or thrice (Debense tañer con el compas algo apresurado, y requierense tañer dos o tres veces). Milan does not say

[LUTE] T Merula

2009-08-27 Thread Jerzy Zak
Dear All, I'm looking for a collection of vocal music with continuo : Il Curtio precipitato... of 1638 by Tarquinio MERULA. Seams that the net is full of CD recordings but no edition, either modern score or a facsimile. Do you know where to get it from? Thanks in advance, Jurek ___

[LUTE] Temperament on the lute

2009-08-27 Thread Leonard Williams
Thank you, Richard Kolb, for the article on tempered tuning for lute players in the latest LSA Quarterly! I've recently read two books on the subject of temperament: Duffin's How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony and Isacoff's Temperament. The former was fun and informative; the latter

[LUTE] Re: pacoloni on youtube

2009-08-27 Thread Sean Smith
From http://tinyurl.com/nxmee2 NOVA ET ELEGANTISSIMA IN CYTHARA LUDENDA CARMINA QUAE VIDELICET IN SOLA CYTHARA VEL ETIAM CUM tribus Testudinibus exhibita, mira dulcedina auiditorum possunt oblectare, eaque omnia facilitate quam fieri potuit summa in tyronum usum composita. Et Primo quidem libro

[LUTE] Re: Edward Marvin/who nose?

2009-08-27 Thread howard posner
On Aug 27, 2009, at 9:29 PM, Antonio Corona wrote: You are quite right, but that was not the point I was trying to make. Rather than questioning how to manipulate the piece, I was trying to show the inconsistency of forcing a historic category into a context that contradicts it explicitly.

[LUTE] Re: Edward Martin/who nose?

2009-08-27 Thread Antonio Corona
Dear Howard, You are quite right, but that was not the point I was trying to make. Rather than questioning how to manipulate the piece, I was trying to show the inconsistency of forcing a historic category into a context that contradicts it explicitly. With best wishes, Antonio -