Here is an interesting portrait of the Mozart family, with Dad playing the
lute:
http://www.musicintime.co.uk/mozart.htm
Quite an ensemble. But what music were they playing?
Rob
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So who is it?
Rob
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From: Davide Rebuffa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 02 February 2006 08:25
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: Re: [LUTE] Mozart?
Dr Mancal, curator of the paintings collection in Augsburg
told me that it is not a portrait of the Mozart Family
ject: [LUTE] Re: Best lute video ever
> There wasn't any lute in there, was there?
>
> On Feb 11, 2006, at 6:40 PM, Rob MacKillop wrote:
>
> > A memorable performance:
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/w/Boney-M---El-Lute?v=xjX2jgWvttU&search=lute
>
only the council could organise concerts. John Beck won, and since that day
we have been able to stage our own unpaid lute concerts in Edinburgh! Well,
crumbs are better than nothing. Info from my esteemed colleaugue, Dr Jim
Porter.
Rob MacKillop
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Stewart,
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I disagree with you, Ed, when you say it is hard to criticise the book. The
facts are facts, but the interpretation is often misleading and irrelevant.
I can't accept his comments on Fuenllana, and I don't think there is one
mention of the lute in Scotland. Clearly he doesn't think Scottish lute
mu
Now back online:
http://www.musicintime.co.uk/mozart.htm
It won't be there for long, so copy (right click) it if you need to.
Rob
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From: Arthur Ness [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 10 March 2006 21:16
To: Rob MacKillop
Subject: Montagu cover
Dear Rob,
Could you put up
I don't want to clutter up my website with extra files and images. I have
limited bandwidth. Someone else could make a feature of the image.
Rob
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Sent: 10 March 2006 22:34
To: Rob MacKillop
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Su
Sorry, Bill, but I think having upstrokes as strong as downstrokes is
unspeakably unmusical! :-) It is what makes classical guitar technique
unlistenable.
Inequality of stress is in the music, and the best way to articulate it is
to match it with the natural inequality in the technique of down and
Sorry, Bill, but I think having upstrokes as strong as downstrokes is
unspeakably unmusical! :-) It is what makes classical guitar technique
unlistenable.
Inequality of stress is in the music, and the best way to articulate it is
to match it with the natural inequality in the technique of down and
>>>What about the last part of Bill's sentence?: where it says that one
should be able to control the strokes with a pick, whether they are up or
down. He's right, as you should know from playing jazz guitar.<<<
There are quite a few different techniques for jazz guitar, and I certainly
don't co
>>>What about the last part of Bill's sentence?: where it says that one
should be able to control the strokes with a pick, whether they are up or
down. He's right, as you should know from playing jazz guitar.<<<
There are quite a few different techniques for jazz guitar, and I certainly
don't co
A few people have wondered about my figures for recording. Recording studios
- good ones - are very expensive in the UK. The price included vat at 17.5
per cent. Of course, it is easier to do it cheaper...and it will sound it.
That includes two days recording, two days mastering, and travel,
accomm
Lots of lutes at the climax of Shrek, as all the characters sing 'I'm a
believer', the Monkeys hit.
Rob
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You are a lute freak! ;-)
Rob
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Subject: AW: [LUTE] Re: Lute sighting on Simpsons tonight
Oh yes! Everybody told me that - seems
The English translation of John Griffiths' vihuela tutor based on the
teaching of Bermudo is now on the web at:
http://www.dpz.es/ifc/libros/ebook2368.pdf
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The links for ordering are on this page of my website:
http://www.musicintime.co.uk/taner.htm
It is an incredibly inexpensive book, well worth the effort of tracking
down. Lots of scores, tabs and transcriptions. And DR Griffiths has given us
for free his own English translation. Deserving of our
Oh dear...It has been a crazy two days. I've had to take the book
temporarily off the site. I have had over a thousand email enquiries in two
days! Can't cope. Will repackage it as a CDRom.
The lute was never like this!
For the curious: http://www.musicintime.co.uk/ScottishGuitar.htm
Rob
T
I've been asked to play a lute part in Wagner's Meistersingers...is there
such a thing? What did he have in mind, and what instrument should play the
part?
Rob MacKillop
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I've just emailed her. I'll let you know what she says.
Rob
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Sent: 21 June 2006 21:10
To: Rob MacKillop
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Subject: [LUTE] Re: Wagner and the lute
Hello all!
On her list of instrum
>From Bone:
''The immortal dramatic composer and poet displayed his interest in the
guitar on several occasions and it is common knowledge that his preliminary
inspirations were frequently worked out on the guitar...the tuning of the
instrument was elaborated by Wagner (in the Mesitersinger) into
How many courses and are the strings wire or gut? Some English Guitars had
lute bowl backs. A photo would help enormously.
Rob
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> Dear Combined Knowledg
http://www.rmguitar.co.uk/forsale.htm
One original Lacote-style guitar and one Panormo copy (stunning) by =
Simon Ambridge. Photos online.
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Rob MacKillop=20
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Let's revive the practice, at least virtually. Which present-day lute player
would you put in the blocks...and why?
Rob
because he couldn't bear not to be included on such a list
Ed Martin - for being too damn good
Matanya Ophee - for always being right (he is)
Rob MacKillop - for once admitting to liking English lute music (I was
drugged into it)
I'm sure you wish to add more names, Roman...
Rob
only one more month. The third moment was =
in Japan where the 400-strong audience made me feel at home at a moment =
when I could not have felt further from home and my family.=20
Keep plucking!!! Feel the force ;-)
Rob
Concert Details:
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Rob MacKillop
Scottish Lute Music
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Thanks to all the kind messages, both to this list and to me privately. =
Many of the writers find it hard to understand why I don't follow my own =
advice and get a day job so that I can play the lute for my own pleasure =
and do the occasional concert. That is obvious, and yet I am not the =
firs
Scuse me for being a bit bored by this discussion. It will go on forever =
and ever... If you like it, play it. If you don't, don't. But please =
don't present statements without going into the whole thing much more =
deeply. There are TWO different versions in the ms. The edition recently =
upload
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> "Rob MacKillop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
> > Scuse me for being a bit bored by this discussion. It will go on forever
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> > and ever... If you li
Well that last concert was great fun. I'm off now to play bebop. See you =
on the far side.
Wayne, I'm so sorry but I've forgotten how to get off these lists: lute, =
medieval lute, baroque lute and lute makers. Could you pull the plug?
Cheers y'all,
Rob MacKillop
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The Scots/Irish clarsach (medieval wire-string harp) of yore had the
two central strings tuned to b, and were referred to as the 'two
sisters'. I have a couple of theories as to why this should be. 1) one
of them was b flat - necessary for medieval music theory and practice,
2) most
I don't have a date - I'm thinking back 20 years or so. I imagine I got
the information from Anne Hayman or Bill Taylor. Anne, if I remember
her correctly, had some madcap theory to do with folk-lore, pixies,
spiritual lay lines, and god-knows what else - although may be doing
her a
3c strung
in gut...
Rob MacKillop
2009/12/31 Daniel Winheld <[1]dwinh...@comcast.net>
Danny-
Bravo! Very satisfying videos. I'm with Ed Martin on this; I much
prefer the 11 course in gut, although they both sound very good. It
reminds me of my own 13 c
Saw this at Bernunzio's:
[1]http://bernunzio.com/products/0914440 Thought someone here might
appreciate it.
Rob
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Hi folks,
Rob MacKillop, returning to the list. I've been a member for a while
but have been unable to post until now. I have been interested in the
discussions about contemporary music for the lute, and other subjects.
I have a couple of things to mention:
1. My di
I have a couple of baroque lute students and I thought it would be a
good thing to get them together to play some duets. They are not
beginners, but not yet performer level. Can anyone direct me towards
some published or online material they could look at?
At the moment one of the
Perfect, Roman!
Many thanks,
Rob
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wrote:
[2]http://www.polyhymnion.org/swv/adue.html
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Thanks to everyone.
Jean-Michel - even with the new link I could not open those zip files.
My zip program said they were empty, but I will try again on my wife's
computer,
Cheers,
Rob
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OK, I've just read the first two pieces - slowly - in Poulton's book.
Seems straight-forward enough, and fun to do. I dare say it will get
more complicated...
Now that I've mastered it (cough!) does this make me a real lute player
now? Can I look disdainfully at those who have never
Exactly.
Well, it's fun to do, and it is always nice to work from facsimiles.
But yes, I could do it a hundred times faster in French tab. It has
always been a no-go area for me, or even no-reason-to-go, but I'm
taking an interest in early German lute music, and it seemed the
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