[LUTE] Re: The golden rose

2013-06-23 Thread Anthony Hind
I suppose, Leonard, if any effect, it would be more like loading, so possibly more damping than brightening. Although, it would probably be too thin to make an audible difference. Just my intuition. Regards Anthony Sent from my iPhone On 23 juin 2013, at 01:13, Leonard Williams

[LUTE] Re: The golden rose

2013-06-23 Thread Bernd Haegemann
I think with a thickness of 1/9000 mm of the gold foil there is not much mass added when the rose is gilded.. Am 23.06.2013 01:13, schrieb Leonard Williams: How would a gilded rose affect the sound of the instrument? Though the gilding would surely be thin, wouldn't that extra mass affect

[LUTE] Re: The golden rose

2013-06-23 Thread R. Mattes
On Sun, 23 Jun 2013 09:17:31 +0200, Anthony Hind wrote I suppose, Leonard, if any effect, it would be more like loading, so possibly more damping than brightening. Although, it would probably be too thin to make an audible difference. Just my intuition. Regards Anthony While the mass of the

[LUTE] Re: The golden rose

2013-06-23 Thread Christopher Wilke
Golden rose is likely a simple metaphor meaning, the lute with the perfect sound. Today we (in America at least) refer to a radio announcer with a deep, resonant voice as having a golden throat. Obviously we don't mean it literally. Similar metaphors exist in olden time. St. John

[LUTE] Re: The golden rose

2013-06-23 Thread William Samson
Footballer David Beckham is also known as 'golden balls'. I won't speculate on whether is literally true or not. Mind you, judging by his highish voice, there may be an element of 'loss' involved here too . . . Bill From: Christopher Wilke chriswi...@yahoo.com To: R. Mattes

[LUTE] Re: Lute in North America

2013-06-23 Thread cetter
On 6/21/13 7:32 AM, Brad Walton gtung.wal...@utoronto.ca wrote: It was interesting to read of records concerning lutes in . New England. What records are you referring to? Are there records, i.e. documents, that mention a lute in present day New England, or in any of the British

[LUTE] Dancing Dowland

2013-06-23 Thread Stefan Olof Lundgren
John Dowland Seven Songs and A Galliard Melanie Poser, Dance Stefan Olof Lundgren, Theorbo Complete online in HD quality http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQfBPLXY9t8feature=youtu.be The music is arrangements of John Dowlands songs as well as the famous Galliard for two to play upon one lute.

[LUTE] Summary intavolations 32

2013-06-23 Thread Anton Höger
Hi, there are new Lute Intavolations on IMSLP Enjoy them Anton for 3 Lutes - Unisono Pallavicino, Benedetto Occhi leggiadri e belli http://imslp.org/wiki/II_primo_libro_de_madrigali_a_sei_voci_(Pallavicino,_Benedetto) Woodson, LeonardIn Nomine I

[LUTE] Re: Lute in North America

2013-06-23 Thread Arthur Ness
William Brewster, a minister and elder of the Separatist Church of England came to America on the Mayflower and his baggage included many books, as well as a lute (or two?) and Richard Alison's *The Psalmes of David in Metre* (1599). He lived for many years with other exiles in

[LUTE] Re: Lute in North America

2013-06-23 Thread Sean Smith
Further to the cittern, you might try to access any work done by David Hildebrand. He lectures and and performs on it (as it relates to the colonial period) mostly around the east coast and particularly Maryland. Sean On Jun 23, 2013, at 1:34 PM, Arthur Ness wrote: William Brewster, a