[LUTE] Re: The lute list is retiring soon

2020-08-23 Thread Luca Manassero
YOU AGAIN, Wayne :-) All the best, Luca ââ Luca Manassero | twitter: @mluca | skype: luca_manassero |[1]Lute Blog -- References 1. http://www.liuti.blog/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Picture(s) of a Theorbo originally built by Pietro Raillich

2019-08-18 Thread Luca Manassero
some years earlier. See Campion, Addition (available online on gallica.bnf.fr) for more details.Am 18.08.2019 18:00 schrieb Luca Manassero <[1]l...@manassero.net>: > >Dear Magnus, > thank you for all these interesting points. Personally, I fully >

[LUTE] Re: Picture(s) of a Theorbo originally built by Pietro Raillich

2019-08-18 Thread Luca Manassero
Louise Gottsched, who wrote the first biographic article about S. L. Weiss in her husband' BIG "Handlexicon" ("Handlexikon oder kurzgefaßtes Wörterbuch der schönen Wissenschaften und freyen Künste", Leipzig: Gleditsch, 1760), defines the swan neck lute as "theorbieret" (if I

[LUTE] Re: Picture(s) of a Theorbo originally built by Pietro Raillich

2019-08-18 Thread Luca Manassero
e: Dear Luca, I have the original string lengths down as 823 and 1677. Indeed it is odd how many theorbos there are with 8 courses on the fingerboard, it seems to have been a fashion started by that well-known authority Leopoldo Franciolini. Best wishes, David At 20:29 +0200 17/

[LUTE] Re: Picture(s) of a Theorbo originally built by Pietro Raillich

2019-08-17 Thread Luca Manassero
, Catalogo del Museo degli strumenti musicali di Roma, Roma 1994, pp. 297-299 from where I got my photos. Best wishes, David At 18:34 +0200 17/8/19, Luca Manassero wrote: > Dear common wisdom, > seven years ago I had the opportunity to buy a theorbo from a German > frien

[LUTE] Picture(s) of a Theorbo originally built by Pietro Raillich

2019-08-17 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear common wisdom, seven years ago I had the opportunity to buy a theorbo from a German friend: it had been built by Hendrik Hasenfuss in 1993 and has a very nice bowl made of 35 ribs of yew. Looking for the model, I think I came to a theorbo built by Pietro Raillich in Padova,

[LUTE] Re: Leonardo da Vinci and the lute

2019-04-28 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear Andreas, Massimo Lonardi has many times played his lute version of the "musical rebus" attributed to Leonardo da Vinci in the Windsor Codex; if I remember correctly Massimo even published a CD including it (with obviously many more lute music). He published it in full

[LUTE] Oggetto: A new discovery

2019-04-02 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear Franco, this is really amazing: the time passes, but the amount of lute music waiting to be "novamente messa in luce" ("newly exposed to light") is growing steadily. Thank you for your work: I look forward to hear / read from you the whole story! All the best,

[LUTE] Re: Heavy theorbo neck

2019-03-28 Thread Luca Manassero
Ramirez 1A guitars have a significant graphite-epoxy inset along >>>>> the neck to stiffen it, and that is said to be significant in a neck >>>>> that is only 66.7cm. >>>>> A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E. >>>>> On Mar 23, 2019,

[LUTE] Re: Best luthier to make a 1728 Edlinger/problems with new Cepelak lute

2019-03-23 Thread Luca Manassero
Hi Jay, I had that very same model built by Paolo Busato two years ago and played it extensively for my exams at the Conservatorio of Pavia: the projection is great and so it is the action. The instrument has been very stable so far (no cracks, no growing action, etc) and Paolo

[LUTE] A very nice post abiut Diana Poulton

2018-12-13 Thread Luca Manassero
On Walter Bitner's blog: [1]https://walterbitner.com/2018/12/10/diana-poulton/ Have fun, Luca -- References 1. https://walterbitner.com/2018/12/10/diana-poulton/#more-11239 To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Looking for the printed Minkoff facsimile of the Manuscrit Barbe

2018-10-13 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear collective wisdom, I already have a digital copy of the Manuscrit Barbe, but the printed facsimile of Minkoff Editions is simply beautiful (with all those "vivid red" annotations). Should anybody have a printed MINKOFF copy and could part from it, I'd be a very happy

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Looking for the printed Minkoff facsimile of the Manuscrit Barbe

2018-10-13 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear collective wisdom, I already have a digital copy of the Manuscrit Barbe, but the printed facsimile of Minkoff Editions is simply beautiful (with all those "vivid red" annotations). Should anybody have a printed MINKOFF copy and could part from it, I'd be a very happy

[LUTE] Re: prostitution

2018-08-10 Thread Luca Manassero
LOL On ven, 10 ago 2018 16:38:14 +0200 wrote You have truly long reaching memories! RT Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 10, 2018, at 8:13 AM, Luca Manassero <[1]l...@manassero.net> wrote: > > As far as I remember, a lady walking with a lute in

[LUTE] Re: prostitution

2018-08-10 Thread Luca Manassero
As far as I remember, a lady walking with a lute in Venezia (XVIth century) was considered a prostitute. My 2 cents, Luca On ven, 10 ago 2018 12:57:44 +0200 r.turov...@gmail.com wrote Lute in a brothel was a large Dutch sarcasm, lute being a symbol of domestic

[LUTE] Re: bergamasca

2018-07-25 Thread Luca Manassero
://fandango.musickshandmade.com/images/facsimiles/Italian/Gianon celli/G_P9.jpg On 07/25/2018 04:30 AM, Luca Manassero wrote: Very interesting! Could you or somebody else on this list provide the original? thank you in advance! Luca On mer, 25 lug 2018 11:51:45 +0200

[LUTE] Re: bergamasca

2018-07-25 Thread Luca Manassero
Very interesting! Could you or somebody else on this list provide the original? thank you in advance! Luca On mer, 25 lug 2018 11:51:45 +0200 spiffys84121 wrote The Gianoncelli Bergamesca from 1650 for archlute is superb. I played it last month for O'dette's

[LUTE] Re: Conradi Sonata in C Major - source?

2018-06-02 Thread Luca Manassero
, Luca Manassero wrote: > Thank you, Ed. > In the meantime I got a few copies, but I'll order the facsimile by > Tree Editions. I knew Conradi already, but wasn't aware that we have > such a tiny bit of his music. > Luca > On sab, 02 giu 2018 14:07:30 +0200 Edwa

[LUTE] Re: Conradi Sonata in C Major - source?

2018-06-02 Thread Luca Manassero
, Tree editions has the book. There are 3 basic works, a suite in C Major, a suite in A major, and 2 incidental pieces in d minor. It is indeed fabulous music, and it is frustrating that there are not more pieces. ed On Sat, Jun 2, 2018 at 4:33 AM Luca Manassero <[

[LUTE] Conradi Sonata in C Major - source?

2018-06-02 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear Lute list, I suddenly felt in love with the Conradi Sonata in C Major as Roberto Barto plays it in this video: [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jz6AfKH4KU Can anybody please point me to the right facsimile or manuscript for it? Is it the Leipzig III.10.34

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: facsimile of Sonata 50 in B-Flat MajoRe: Presto

2018-04-04 Thread Luca Manassero
Hi Dominic, what I would do is as follows: A. use SLWeiss.de to find out about the manuscript source of the Sonata 50. You'll easily find out that the Sonata 50 can only be found in the Manuscript D-Dl - Ms. Mus. 2841-V-1, which is better known as the Dresden Manuscript, at

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Peculiar pegbox artwork on a Baroque lute

2018-02-27 Thread Luca Manassero
- > > It's a Hoffmann pegbox from Brussels. I've put it as the possible > design for my "build your own baroque lute" courses so it's probably > all over the place by now! > > best wishes > > David > > On 23 February 2018 at 12:02 Luca

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Peculiar pegbox artwork on a Baroque lute

2018-02-23 Thread Luca Manassero
best wishes David On 23 February 2018 at 12:02 Luca Manassero <[1]l...@manassero.net> wrote: Dear list members, months ago looking on the French list of instruments for sale I noticed a baroque lute built in 1980 by Martin Bowers and showing a very peculi

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Johann Christian Hoffmann, 14 course swan-neck lute in Leipzig

2018-02-13 Thread Luca Manassero
t- >Von: [2]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:[3]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Im Auftrag >von Luca Manassero >Gesendet: Montag, 12. Februar 2018 19:07 >An: baroque-lute >Betreff: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Johann Christian Hoffman n, 14 course swan-neck lute &

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Johann Christian Hoffman n, 14 course swan-neck lute in Leipzing

2018-02-12 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear common wisdom, a couple of years ago I stumbled upon the Leipzig Museum website, planned to visit their Hoffman exhibition (but had to pass on it, unfortunately) - then one day realized that the pictured Hoffmann swan-neck lute they recently acquired (2012, says the YouTube

[LUTE] Re: Jacques Gautier, Ludovico Ariosti engravings (portraits)

2018-02-09 Thread Luca Manassero
Probably I wasn't fast enough: I couldn't find any of the two... :-( On gio, 08 feb 2018 21:36:43 +0100 Arthur Ness wrote From J Lubrano ( [1]http://www.lubranomusic.com/ ) in the New Acquisitions for February I spotted two engravings of possible

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Looking for a dissertation about the Bach BWV995 - FOUND!!

2018-02-07 Thread Luca Manassero
search ! François-Pierre Goy 07.02.2018, 19:28, "Luca Manassero" <[2]l...@manassero.net>: Dear collective wisdom, I'm presently working on my last year of the "laurea magistralis" (I'm actually 52, but I loved lute music so much that I

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Looking for a dissertation about the Bach BWV995

2018-02-07 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear collective wisdom, I'm presently working on my last year of the "laurea magistralis" (I'm actually 52, but I loved lute music so much that I finally managed to get there…) at the Conservatorio of Pavia and trying to investigate as much as possible the history of the

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Harp Sharp etc, on an 11c lute

2017-10-18 Thread Luca Manassero
ot;, > though, and do my best to play with some sense of period style. > I hope people are open enough to just listen to the beautiful music. > And for what it's worth, I think the lute sounds beautiful too :-) > Rob MacKillop > > On 18 October 2017 at 09:01, Luca Manassero <[1]l

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Harp Sharp etc, on an 11c lute

2017-10-18 Thread Luca Manassero
I'm a bit wondering about the single strung lute, but the music is really lovely. Over here (near Venice) it's the "real" first Fall day (it was very sunny 'til today) and this music just fits perfectly. Thank you, Rob Il 2017-10-18 01:09 Rob MacKillop ha scritto: > Might be of interest to

[LUTE] Weiss French manuscript (Venice 1712) - facsimile

2017-09-24 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear List, for a potential dissertation on S. L. Weiss I'd like to get a full facsimile copy of the manuscript F-Pn Rés. Vmc ms. 61 (Paris Library, France), the one which is dated "In Venetiis [...] 1712". Are you aware of any facsimile copy or of the procedure to get one from the Paris

[LUTE] Re: In search of some Bach / Weiss old academic articles in German

2017-09-08 Thread Luca Manassero
eads you to a digital copy of the > periodical article on Die Musikforschung. > []^[DEL: :DEL] > As for the Durr Festschrift under Italy use "Union Cat." author: Rehm > and title: Festschrift Durr and you'll see many libraries in Italy with > the book. > And if these li

[LUTE] In search of some Bach / Weiss old academic articles in German

2017-09-07 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear Lute list, since one year now I'm a student again (Conservatorio of Pavia, Italy - Master in Lute and Theorbo) and am collecting together some literature for my potential thesis work. Since a few weeks I'm trying to have access to three very interesting contributions printed in different

[LUTE] Re: Shortest historical theorbo string length?

2017-08-22 Thread Luca Manassero
t;toy theorbo" to some views, not all of them helpful, that have been > expressed on theorbo sizes. > >> On Aug 20, 2017, at 9:36 AM, Luca Manassero <l...@manassero.net> wrote: >> >> Dear collective wisdom, >> >> I'm doing some research concerning the hist

[LUTE] Re: Battle pieces

2017-08-22 Thread Luca Manassero
As far as I can tell the Italian "Società del Liuto" on Academia.edu posted a few full articles (like one concerning the Battaglie I cited days ago) and all covers and Table of contents. No full numbers: these are available to members only. Luca Il 2017-08-22 11:32 Rainer ha scritto: > On

[LUTE] Shortest historical theorbo string length?

2017-08-20 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear collective wisdom, I'm doing some research concerning the historical theorbo (fretted) string lengths in museum or private collections: I'd be really grateful to anybody letting me know about historical theorbos with "short" string length. Of course a reference to a collection or at least to

[LUTE] Re: Battle pieces

2017-08-16 Thread Luca Manassero
Hi, the Italian lutenist Gian Luca Lastraioli is publishing a very rich catalogue of "Battaglie" on the Journal of the Società Italiana del Liuto (see www.societadelliuto.it) [1] since a few years. You can read his first contribution (and potentially many more) here:

[LUTE] Re: What Dave meant to say ..

2016-03-10 Thread Luca Manassero
Thank you very much, David, for this very informative answer! ..and thank you Wayne for rerouting this e-mail :-) Luca Il 2016-03-09 13:50 Wayne ha scritto: > What Dave meant to say .. > > Dear Luca, > > It does seem to be a characteristic of the baroque lutes I've > examined but that's not

[LUTE] Question about the fretboard of a Baroque lute

2016-03-06 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear friends, on this list we all had the pleasure to read very detailed and informative answers from a number of very good lutemakers, so having a curiosity and not being able to find an informed answer anywhere, I'll simply post it here... Apparently is customary to rebuild Baroque lutes

[LUTE] Theorboes and their stringing

2015-08-19 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear List, I really do not mean to start some sort of war, but I noticed that more and more theorboes in YouTube videos and/or pictures (and concerts...) are built with eight single strings + six basses. While I certainly understand that an f# can happen (at least to us)

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Tombeau de Mazarin

2015-03-13 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear Grzegorz, thank you for pointing it out: it's a really nice recording. All the best, Luca Grzegorz Joachimiak on 09/03/15 00:24 wrote: Dear all, did you hear Tombeau de Mazarin performed by Jan Cizmar? You can listen to it to gether with short prelude placed before

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Weiss - London Manuscript facsimile - FOUND!

2015-01-11 Thread Luca Manassero
Thank you to all who gave me precious indications concerning the Weiss London manuscript. It's really INVALUABLE to always get your very kind help. All the best, Luca Luca Manassero on 10/01/15 17:06 wrote: Dear collective wisdom, I'm looking for the facsimile

[LUTE] Re: Weiss - London Manuscript facsimile - digital copy - FOUND

2015-01-11 Thread Luca Manassero
Thank you to all who gave me precious indications concerning the Weiss London manuscript. It's really INVALUABLE to always get your very kind help. All the best, Luca Luca Manassero on 10/01/15 16:57 wrote: Dear collective wisdom, I'm looking for the facsimile well known

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Weiss - London Manuscript facsimile - digital copy?

2015-01-10 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear collective wisdom, I'm looking for the facsimile of the well known London Manuscript (British Library Add. 30387). A digital copy would be fantastic (as it is so much lighter to carry arounda|), but buying the Ed. Peters in two volumes would also be an acceptable option, if only I

[LUTE] Weiss - London Manuscript facsimile - digital copy?

2015-01-10 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear collective wisdom, I'm looking for the facsimile well known London Manuscript (British Library Add. 30387). A digital copy would be fantastic (as it is so much lighter to carry arounda|), but buying the Ed. Peters in two volume would also be an acceptable option, if only I

[LUTE] Re: Question

2014-11-23 Thread Luca Manassero
as put the CD booklet online here: [1]http://www.bgsrecords.com/products/images/pages/BGS120.pdf Best Matthew On Nov 23, 2014, at 0:11, Luca Manassero [2]l...@manassero.net wrote: Dear List wisdom, I stumbled upon two beautiful Nigel North Weiss' recordings on YouTube ([1][3]https

[LUTE] Question

2014-11-22 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear List wisdom, I stumbled upon two beautiful Nigel North Weiss' recordings on YouTube ([1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v-aeshHlvAO4 and [2]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz6M98-LcTo): Nigel North plays a beatiful 13 course Baroque lute which seems much bigger than the

[LUTE] Re: de Bellis lute book now on line!

2014-08-25 Thread Luca Manassero
Unfortunately I just noticed that in certain cases (cfr. p. 11 of the manuscript, for an example) pages have been scanned without really pressing both pages open. In such cases the latest columns near the binding are hidden completely or partially. It's really exciting to have a new

[LUTE] Re: The Grüssau manuscript collection (including the Parties for 2 baroque lutes)

2014-08-24 Thread Luca Manassero
-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Luca Manassero Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2014 10:13 PM To: [13]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] The Gruessau manuscript collection (including the Parties for 2 baroque lutes) Dear List, since many years I was looking

[BAROQUE-LUTE] The Grüssau manuscript collection (including the Parties for 2 baroque lutes)

2014-08-23 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear List, since many years I was looking for the Parties `a deux Luths that I had heard in a very dated recording of Narciso Yepes and Godelieve Monden. I had then learned that the music came from manuscript PL - Wu RM 4135, but the only way to find it had been to order the

[LUTE] The Grüssau manuscript collection (including the Parties for 2 baroque lutes)

2014-08-23 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear List, since many years I was looking for the Parties `a deux Luths that I had heard in a very dated recording of Narciso Yepes and Godelieve Monden. I had then learned that the music came from manuscript PL - Wu RM 4135, but the only way to find it had been to order the

[LUTE] Rudolph Valentino as a lutenist??

2014-06-02 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear List, have a look to this really interesting postcard dated around 1925 ;-) It can be bought on eBay, item #310934410137 for EUR 30, just in case... It could start an interesting discussion concerning lute revival in 1925... Luca -- To get on or off this list

[LUTE] Re: Theorbo set up

2014-02-20 Thread Luca Manassero
Hi, I am afraid it's a really long story. - Italian theorbos were, as far as I know, always 6 (fretted) + 8 basses. - 7 + 7 are kind of hard to find n Museums and collections, but existed. Extremely helpful when you need an occasional G sharp :-) - 8 (fretted) + 6 basses

[LUTE] Re: Theorbo set up

2014-02-20 Thread Luca Manassero
2014 15:58:30 +0100 Mittente: Luca Manassero [1]l...@manassero.net A: [2]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Hi, I am afraid it's a really long story. - Italian theorbos were, as far as I know, always 6 (fretted) + 8 basses. - 7 + 7 are kind of hard to find n Museums

[LUTE] A Knud Sindt 8 course lute for sale on eBay.it

2014-02-09 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear List, yesterday I noticed this ad ([1]http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem31121363358) on eBay: maybe somebody out there could be interested :-) Luca References 1. http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem31121363358 To get on or off this list

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Barbe Manuscript - any colourful copy?

2013-08-30 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear List, my favourite french lute music manuscript is - needless to say - the Manuscrit Barbe. As you certainly know the fingering appears in red ink and is *very* difficult to read on a black/white copy. There used to be an expensive facsimile printed by Minkoff, but it's

[LUTE] Re: The golden rose

2013-06-21 Thread Luca Manassero
Hellmer 1609 Fuessen, in Darmstadt, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Kg 67:104 8. Anonymous lute in Bologna, Museo Civico Medievale, 1814 Best wishes, David At 16:11 +0200 20/6/13, Luca Manassero wrote: Dear list, a few years ago I saw pictures of a lute built

[LUTE] The golden rose

2013-06-20 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear list, a few years ago I saw pictures of a lute built by a well known british lutemaker and showing a really beautiful golden rose. Baroque lutenists certainly know about the Allemande of Ennemond Gaultier (Vieux Gaultier) La roze d'or also known as The loss of the golden

[LUTE] Bossinensis / Petrucci [1509 et 1511]

2013-02-04 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear List, are you aware of a digital *fac-simile* (not a modern copy) of the first and second book edited by Franciscus Bossinensis and printed by Ottaviano Petrucci in Venezia (1509, 1511), i. e. Tenori e contrabassi intabulati col sopran in canto figurato per cantar e sonar

[LUTE] Marin Marais La Reveuse - theorbo version

2013-01-18 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear List, in a CD recorded in 1997 (Pieces pour theorbes franc,aises) Jose Miguel Moreno plays a rather beautiful *theorbo* transcription of the well-known La Reveuse for viol of Marin Marais. Does anybody of you have access to this transcription? Do you happen to have

[LUTE] Re: 8-ch lute strings spacing

2012-11-14 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear list, five years ago at the Neuburg (Bavaria) Summer Academy I happened to try an 8 course lute built for a friend of mine by Martin Shepherd: the strings spacing fitted so perfectly that later on I e-mailed Martin to have his strings spacing. I still use it on all my

[LUTE] Anything lute related in Berlin?

2012-10-08 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear List, I will spend a week in Berlin to attend various meetings. I am sure I'll be able to reserve a bit of time for anything lute-related. Is there any original instrument to see and/or any interesting concert going on this week? Thank you in advance for your help,

[LUTE] Re: Anything lute related in Berlin?

2012-10-08 Thread Luca Manassero
Thank you very much to all who sent me their suggestions! I really hope to have enough time to visit at least the Museum. Best, Luca Luca Manassero on 08/10/12 13.24 wrote: Dear List, I will spend a week in Berlin to attend various meetings. I am sure I'll be able

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Zingy strings

2012-05-25 Thread Luca Manassero
I cannot cite my source, but somebody VERY much into strings making suggested to use hands cream (Nivea is very good and cheap over here) on overspun strings. It stops the ringing and the too long sustain, like it happens on - say - 10-years old strings. I tried it and had good

[LUTE] Re: Chanterelle choice?

2012-05-09 Thread Luca Manassero
Hi, I am using fishing nylon since now about 4 years with perfectly fine results. It's plain, cheap and sings pretty well. And you can easily buy more than 50 meters for about 6 Euros (at least in Italy). Of course, you have to carefully measure the string length of your new lute

[LUTE] Robert Ballard, 2nd book - CNRS edition

2012-04-29 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear List, first of all I'd like to thank you all members who got back to me about Robert Lundberg contribution: not only they have been very kind, but confirmed the fact that this list is an invaluable resource for every lutenist and/or lute maniac. For this reason, I hope

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Bach’s Lute Suites: This Myth is Busted

2012-04-25 Thread Luca Manassero
An interesting post: [1]http://www.classicalguitarcanada.ca/2012/04/bachs-lute-suites-this-m yth-is-busted-part-i/ Luca References 1. http://www.classicalguitarcanada.ca/2012/04/bachs-lute-suites-this-myth-is-busted-part-i/ To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Lundberg's contribution to lutemaking in the age of Galileo

2012-04-23 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear List, I just discovered what it seems a very interesting book: Victor Coehlo (ed.), Music and Science in the Age of Galileo, Kluwer Academic Publishers 1992 Preview here: [1]http://books.google.it/books?id=yjH_c3KQ3yMC Robert Lundberg's contribution (The physics and

[LUTE] Re: Why no active historical lutes?

2012-04-22 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear All, Martin pointed out a lot of very important informations. I have had the pleasure to hear from a very close position the Rauwolf lute owned by Jakob Lindberg (and had the responsibility to trasport it on my car...) and can confirm it has a lovely sweet tone. The

[LUTE] Re: historical lutes?

2012-04-22 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear All, I tend to agree with Martin. And calling two unaltered surviving 6 course lutes (Gerle, Dieffopruchar) evidence is probably pushing statistics a bit too far, especially if you consider how many lutes (and we tend to know how many) were built in those distant years. I

[LUTE] the Castelfranco Veneto manuscript

2012-04-11 Thread Luca Manassero
In case you didn't know... Messaggio originale Oggetto: Intavolatura manoscritta per liuto del Duomo di Castelfranco Veneto - new Data: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:41:21 +0200 Mittente: Arnaldo Forni Editore [1]i...@fornieditore.com A: [2]l...@manassero.net Dear

[LUTE] Re: What makes a good lute?

2012-04-07 Thread Luca Manassero
Hi, very nice list. Let me put them in a slightly different order: 1. sound (very subjective, but when you hear it, you know you found it) 2. playability (again very subjective. Most of present lutemakers dogmata are rather funny, especially when supported by arguments like this

[LUTE] Re: Cambridge Dd.9.33 Dowland 73. Facsimile anybody?

2012-02-19 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear David, the whole Cambridge Dd.9.33 C (fac-simile) is available here: [1]http://www.gerbode.net/ft2/sources/cambridge_university_library/Dd.9 .33_c/ Hope it helps, Luca David van Ooijen on 19/02/12 15.32 wrote: Does anybody have a facsimile of Dowland's A Fancy

[LUTE] Re: where to get Damiani's tutor?

2012-01-19 Thread Luca Manassero
Check the Ut Orpheus website, here: [1]http://www.utorpheus.com/index.php?language=en You could find a distributor in your area or (easier) order it on line. Luca Stuart Walsh on 19/01/12 17.08 wrote: A friend's daughter is going to have lute lessons and wants to get

[BAROQUE-LUTE] News of the lutemaker Hendrik Hasenfuss?

2012-01-12 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear list, after a very sad and upsetting e-mail exchange with the lutemaker Hendrik Hasenfuss in last october, I have been consistently unable to get an answer from him concerning the baroque lute he built me for me in 2009. During that e-mail exchange I learned that he disliked

[LUTE] News of the lutemaker Hendrik Hasenfuss?

2012-01-12 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear list, after a very sad and upsetting e-mail exchange with the lutemaker Hendrik Hasenfuss in last october, I have been consistently unable to get an answer from him concerning the baroque lute he built me for me in 2009. During that e-mail exchange I learned that he disliked

[LUTE] From printed page to performance: C. Hogwood, E. Kirkby, J. Lindberg

2011-12-02 Thread Luca Manassero
In case you missed it: [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=072CUf3b1_A Luca References 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=072CUf3b1_A To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: SAD TRIP----Michael Thames

2011-11-30 Thread Luca Manassero
I am afraid this is a very well known SCAM. Somebody hacked Michael's e-mail account and is now spamming all his contacts list. The same happened to a friend of mine last summer: same tone, same accident, same help request. It's disgusting scammers are profiting from other people

[LUTE] Re: Cambridge Dd.9.33 - FOUND!

2011-11-30 Thread Luca Manassero
Thank you VERY MUCH to all who pointed me to the right place, i. e. [1]http://www.gerbode.net/ft2/sources/cambridge_university_library/Dd.9 .33_c/ Luca Luca Manassero on 30/11/11 09.28 wrote: Dear List, is anybody in possession of a facsimile copy of the manuscript

[LUTE] Re: Gut Strings

2011-11-16 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear List, as Mimmo explains in a video (unfortunately in Italian) on his facebook page, the original beef gut regulation in EU was due to fear of the so-called mad cow disease transmission. In the meantime thou we have discovered that this disease is NOT transmissible and

[LUTE] Thank you (was Robert Johnson)

2011-11-05 Thread Luca Manassero
Thank you to all of you who sent me PDF's I wasn't smart enough to find on the net ;-) It really helped! Luca To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Theorbo humor in comic strip

2011-10-24 Thread Luca Manassero
Really nice :-) I'll use it on my blog soon (properly citing the source, of course!) Luca howard posner on 23/10/11 02.09 wrote: If your paper doesn't have 9 Chickweed Lane you can catch the October 21 strip here: [1]http://www.gocomics.com/9chickweedlane/2011/10/22 It isn't the

[LUTE] Re: Robert de Visee

2011-10-09 Thread Luca Manassero
Hello Caius, you're VERY lucky. The Gallica project has digitalised all de Visee printed books here: [1]http://gallica.bnf.fr/Search?ArianeWireIndex=indexp=1lang=ENq=rob ert+de+vis%C3%A9e They can be browsed on-line or fully downloaded. Amusez-vous bien, i. e. enjoy! Luca

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Hendrik Hasenfuss

2011-10-01 Thread Luca Manassero
He made a very nice baroque lute for me too :-) Luca David van Ooijen on 29/09/11 22.49 wrote: since June I am trying to get in touch with German lutemaker Hendrik Hasenfuss ([1][1]http://www.lauten.com), who made my Baroque lute What a cool string calculator he has on his

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: C'est l'amour qui nous menace

2011-08-21 Thread Luca Manassero
Wow! I love to play Lully transcriptions, but I only knew about Mouton ones. Where did you get the Gallot one? Thanks, Luca wikla on 20/08/11 21.31 wrote: Dear b-lutenists, there are at least 3 lutenist Gallots, the great Jacques, another vieux from Angers, and then the jeune.

[LUTE] Euing Lute Book

2011-08-18 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear List, is there a fac-simile edition or (even better!) a *good* digitalised on-line copy of the so called Euing Lute Book (see [1]http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/manuscripts/search/detaild.cfm?DID=5897 ) There's used to be a partial copy on the Alain Veylit old site (the

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Weiss for 11c in Venetiis

2011-07-28 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear List, as the in Venetiis manuscript has been named, do you know whether is available on our beloved internet? The only edition I know is quite old and (at lest apparently) not really easy to buy. Thanks, Luca Markus Lutz on 27/07/11 01.20 wrote: Probably Thomas

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Library search

2011-07-10 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear List, I am looking for a short excerpt of a publication which has proven difficult to find and (unfortunately) expensive: ROLLIN MONIQUE, Les oeuvres de Lully transcrites pour le luth. In Jean-Baptiste Lully, Laaber Verlag 1990, pp. 483-494 Thank you, Luca Manassero

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: The Lute Book of Jollas, Jollaksen luuttukirja

2011-07-10 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear Arto, many thanks for this really nice collection of wonderful music. This has always been the spirit of the Baroque Lute :-) Your Lutebook and your recordings will hopefulyl help many other lutenists to approach the world of this music. Thanks again, Luca

[LUTE] Re: Question

2011-05-03 Thread Luca Manassero
I do not have the LP anywhere close these days, but couldn't they be: Pavana La Milanesa Saltarello (both of Pietro Paulo Borrono) from the Casteliono, 1536? Best wishes, Luca Ariel Abramovich on 03/05/11 12.56 wrote: Dear friends, I'm looking for two pieces included

[LUTE] Re: Italian word

2011-04-27 Thread Luca Manassero
corde means strings (corda meaning string); accordi means chords (accordo meaning chord). Luca Bruno Correia on 27/04/11 05.48 wrote: Could anybody help me with the Italian word corde or cordi. Does it mean string/s or chord/s? To get on or off this list see list information

[LUTE] Re: European lute collections

2011-03-29 Thread Luca Manassero
Paris, Cite de la Musique Nurnberg, Germanisches Museum Fuessen Wien Milano Bologna The lute Collection at the Victoria Albert Museum has been packed away, as far as I know :-( so you could skip London. [1]theoj89...@aol.com on 29/03/11 15.46 wrote: If one were

[BAROQUE-LUTE] The Barbe Manuscript on Scribd.com

2011-03-24 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear List, maybe you knew it already: the well-known Barbe Manuscript is available on Scribd.com at the follwoing address: [1]http://www.scribd.com/doc/49734229/Manuscrit-Barbe Black and white of course (no colours unfortunately!), but it's a very good copy, as far as I can

[LUTE] The Barbe Manuscript on Scribd.com

2011-03-24 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear List, maybe you knew it already: the well-known Barbe Manuscript is available on Scribd.com at the follwoing address: [1]http://www.scribd.com/doc/49734229/Manuscrit-Barbe Black and white of course (no colours unfortunately!), but it's a very good copy, as far as I can

[LUTE] Re: The Barbe Manuscript (and much more) on Scribd.com

2011-03-24 Thread Luca Manassero
on 24/03/11 18.21 wrote: Thank you for the link, Luca! On the same page is also Vallet I II, and works by Hagen. best regards B. - Original Message - From: Luca Manassero [1]l...@manassero.net To: [2]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011

[LUTE] Folger Dowland manuscript - thank you!

2010-12-28 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear List, thank you to all members for your precious help! Season greetings, Luca Messaggio originale Oggetto: [LUTE] Folger Dowland manuscript Data: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 20:30:20 +0100 Mittente: Luca Manassero [1]l...@manassero.net A: [2

[LUTE] Folger Dowland manuscript

2010-12-27 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear List, I am away from home for a few days and looking for a readable digital copy of the Folger Dowland manuscript (I do have the Lute society edition... at home). I tried to download it from the musickshandmade.com site, but unfortunately it isn't possible. Playing with

[LUTE] Lute players (or enthusiasts) in Florence on January 23rd, 2011

2010-12-21 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear Lute List, the Societ`a del Liuto (Italian Lute Society, [1]http://www.societadelliuto.it) will held its next meeting in Florence on January 23rd, 2011 in a rather beatiful location: the Salone Brunelleschi in the Palagio di Parte Guelfa

[LUTE] Re: Chaconne from Saizenay

2010-12-14 Thread Luca Manassero
The whole Vaudry de Saizenay Manuscript is available here: [1]http://lutegroup.ning.com/forum/topics/ms-de-saizenay?id=2106727%3AT opic%3A35707 Hope it helps, Luca Benjamin Narvey on 14/12/10 20.00 wrote: Dear all, If anyone on this list could scan me the chaconne on page 120

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Chaconne from Saizenay

2010-12-14 Thread Luca Manassero
The whole Vaudry de Saizenay Manuscript is available here: [1]http://lutegroup.ning.com/forum/topics/ms-de-saizenay?id=2106727%3AT opic%3A35707 Hope it helps, Luca Benjamin Narvey on 14/12/10 20.00 wrote: Dear all, If anyone on this list could scan me the chaconne on page 120

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