[LUTE] Re: Building a lute - decision

2017-09-01 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Whoops! - sorry Ralph. I've just looked in my drafts folder and see I forgot to actually send it! I've now sent it. regards, Martyn __ From: Ralf Mattes To: Cc: lutelist Net

[LUTE] Re: Building a lute - decision

2017-09-01 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Thanks Ralf. My original reply to Tristan was purposefully brief and so curtailed much of the further detail - I simply wished to give him the headlines about the gallichon in case there was confusion between it and the Italian colascione. If anyone wishes more detail this can be

[LUTE] Historical Lute and tab pricing

2017-09-01 Thread Tristan von Neumann
Hello lutists-researchers, I wonder what the pricing of lutes and printed tabs was in the 16th century to early 17th, in relation to purchase power. It would be very interesting for example how many beers you needed to not drink to be able to afford the new album by Le Roy. Cheers! Tristan

[LUTE] Dances played like dances

2017-09-01 Thread Tristan von Neumann
Hello Lutists, why is it that when playing dance music, it always sounds more like chillout music than actual dance music? Exaggerating here, but still. Certainly, dances must have been played by one lutist for some dancers, especially outdoors. I realized that for example this "Ballet du Roy"

[LUTE] Re: Terzi - Tamburino

2017-09-01 Thread Tristan von Neumann
Thank you Rainer! I'll have a look. Have you any additional information about the date? I can't read Italian tabs, it's so counterintuitive. The notes go up, but the symbols go down. I cannot get used to it... But I'll set it in French soon and post it. Are you allowed to send pdf via the

[LUTE] Re: How late was Ren Lute music performed?

2017-09-01 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
exactly the point I make in my paper to be published by the Lute Society and the LSA too ! Already available - in French of course ;-) - from the Société Française de Luth and on Academia (

[LUTE] Re: How late was Ren Lute music performed?

2017-09-01 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
And incidentally I have made a recording of pieces by Gaultier in the old tuning soon to be released as a (short) CD along with pieces by Lespine in old tuning too... These guys , Gaultier, Lespine and others, even though some of their production appears in the new tunings, had been trained and

[LUTE] Re: How late was Ren Lute music performed?

2017-09-01 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Actually you only need this part of the link to go to the page in question : https://www.academia.edu/33549422 Jean-Marie -- >exactly the point I make in my paper to be published by the Lute Society and >the LSA too ! Already available - in French of course ;-) - >from the