Dear Grzegorz,
it might be possible, that there are other portraits/engravings of
Weiss, but we don't know.
Hoffmann wrote about the engraving of Weiss, that was published as
frontispiz in the Bibliothek ... and he writes about an engraving by
Folin on a portrait of Denner.
As the engraving by
Good point Rob, but, if we're thinking of one of the pictures, I
recall it seems to show a large lute with a single neck. Whilst this
could, of course, be the engraver's own fancy it might suggest the
performer is playing a gallichon (large continuo
type)..
Interesting point, Martyn. I don't have the picture to hand. How many
strings or tuning pegs are shown? I still think the four-string
gallichon of circa 90cms length would make a great baroque bass
instrument. It's not an instrument I've ever seen associated with
Weiss, but that
If my memory isn't playing me false and the instrument is a single neck
it might indeed rule out Weiss since, as you suggest, there's no record
of him being associated with the gallichon/mandora. It'll take me time
to dig out the pic which is buried somewhere in what passes for my
Oskar de Mari-Jones, on Youtube, post two new videos of vihuela :
[1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydwo9tHP8DM
[2]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCDmyu13xvU
Enjoy !
Val
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References
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydwo9tHP8DM
2.
On 09.07.2011 19:33, Bernd Haegemann wrote:
Historische Beschreibung der Edelen Sing- und Klingkunst ... by Wofgang
CasparPrintz.
which you can find here:
http://diglib.hab.de/drucke/xb-1894/start.htm
Excellent.
See page 135 (picture 157).
Rainer
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On 11.07.2011 19:53, adS wrote:
On 09.07.2011 19:33, Bernd Haegemann wrote:
Historische Beschreibung der Edelen Sing- und Klingkunst ... by Wofgang
CasparPrintz.
which you can find here:
http://diglib.hab.de/drucke/xb-1894/start.htm
Excellent.
See page 135 (picture 157).
Rainer
Playing in churches or stone-built castles is fine, and I can see
why people like the reverberative acoustics. Lots of different kinds
of music sound very good in these spaces.
BUT - are we talking about HIP Renaissance lute, Baroque lute, or
Medeival music? Stone-built castles were
Good points, Tom. I recently listened to (on FM radio) a Spanish lute piece
played by Hopkinson Smith. Had I not been familiar with the instrument, I
would have guessed that it was about the size of a grand piano. I can
understand recording engineers wanting to 'enhance' a sound that to
Thanks Rainer.
Would anyone like to post a translation of the following paragraphs 20 and 21
which talk about
the unknown inventor of the theorbo, and about Kapsberger?
Best wishes,
Magnus
--- On Mon, 7/11/11, adS rainer.aus-dem-spr...@gmx.de wrote:
From: adS rainer.aus-dem-spr...@gmx.de
Hi people
This whole discussion begins to approach the (almost ZEN) question of: What
is the pure lute sound?
And: What did the lute sound like yesteryear?
As for myself, I have to say that I admire the quest for finding the
perfect lute sound of the ancients. Those persuing it today are
A piece may sound wonderful (and touch the listener) on any instrument
or in any combination of instruments. But, there must also be a reason
to why f.ex. guitarists wish to alter the sound of their playing so
much with all kinds of wave manipulation and distortion. (There must
be 1001 or
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