[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes

2020-08-15 Thread Lynda Kraar
RIP Julian Bream. As a teenager in Toronto, the very first records I took out of the library were the Toronto Consort, who introduced me to Julian Bream's music, and Woods So Wild. After that I signed out Lute Music from the Royal Courts of Europe and Julian Bream Plays Dowland. And

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes

2020-07-04 Thread Tristan von Neumann
True! You can't put Early Music into concert halls and call it historical performance. I once heard Jordi Savall and his orchestra (about 20 people or so) with Corelli in a huge Symphony Hall. It was nice, but it totally lacked the impact it would have had in a more intimate setting. And if it

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes

2020-05-04 Thread Ron Andrico
week. Best, Ron & Donna __ From: lute-...@new-old-mail.cs.dartmouth.edu on behalf of Martyn Hodgson Sent: Sunday, May 3, 2020 6:58 AM To: Lutelist Net ; Ron Andrico Subject: [LUTE] Re: Saturda

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes

2020-05-03 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Dear Donna and Ron, I often find your Sat quotes interesting but don't always make time to read every single one! I wonder if you've considered of making them all available in some sort of omnibus edition so that they can be readily accessed at a later, more convenient, date. Just

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes

2020-03-21 Thread Ron Andrico
To: Ron Andrico Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes Thanks, Ron & Donna Your video is superb musical entertainment in our time of isolation and solitude. Dick Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 21, 2020, at 3:59 PM, Ron Andric

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes

2020-03-21 Thread Dick Hoban
Thanks, Ron & Donna Your video is superb musical entertainment in our time of isolation and solitude. Dick Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 21, 2020, at 3:59 PM, Ron Andrico wrote: > >  Better late than never, we have posted a new video today with two songs > by Bartolomeo Tromboncino. We h

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes

2019-08-26 Thread Tristan von Neumann
PS: If you want a glimpse at how polyphony sounds with Indian voices, check out this Dhrupad by the Gundecha Brothers. Though Indian music is mostly monody, harmonies are sometimes used in the extensive Prelude/Ricercar at the beginning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MskgNpSf1c4 On 26.08.19

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes

2019-08-26 Thread Tristan von Neumann
Thanks George, this is interesting! Though I was referring to Afghan singers because they are mentioned in the source explicitly as singing like Europeans. For diminution practices and virtuoso singing, I consider Indian singers a good inspiration. Indian music theory also

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes

2019-08-24 Thread Tristan von Neumann
I second that! The Rore album is stunning. It also features a Ceterone. On 25.08.19 03:43, Jurgen Frenz wrote: thank you very much for the post and listen to "grain de la voix", there are several recordings on YouTube. Jurgen -- “Close your eyes. Fall in love.

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes

2019-08-24 Thread Jurgen Frenz
thank you very much for the post and listen to "grain de la voix", there are several recordings on YouTube. Jurgen -- “Close your eyes. Fall in love. Stay there.” Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rumi ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Saturday, August 24, 2019 7:46 PM, R

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes

2019-08-24 Thread Tristan von Neumann
Thanks Ron! I wish more Early Musicians would turn to their natural voices. And polyphonic madrigals are rarely sung in a natural voice, many performances I find very irritating. Apart from sources, there is another way to approximate the sound of the voice around 1600: A Jesuit traveller in A

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - New link

2019-06-01 Thread Martin Shepherd
Thanks for this, Ron.  List members might like to know that I wrote on a similar topic: http://luteshop.co.uk/the-great-silence/ Best to all, Martin On 01/06/2019 15:06, Ron Andrico wrote: Wordpress is forever rearranging their format and keeping us guessing. Here is a new link that a

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes

2019-02-09 Thread Susan Sandman
The performance has a lovely sonority. Congrats. On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 12:08 PM Ron Andrico <[1]praelu...@hotmail.com> wrote: We have posted our Saturday morning quotes, this week with a video of Josquin's Stabat Mater [1][2]https://wp.me/p15OyV-4nY R

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Lachrimae

2018-09-01 Thread Antonio Corona
__ Dear Ron, Tears started to fall before Dowland published "Flow my tears". Have a look at "Come heavy sleep", published in the First Book of 1697. Best Antonio P.S. Of course I'm aware that the manuscript ve

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes

2018-07-14 Thread Tristan von Neumann
Thank You Ron for this very poignant post! What can be read between the lines, and what also came up in many discussions I had about music: Many people forget that music in the 16th century was not made to please a great mass of uneducated people, but highly educated patrons you would even t

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes

2018-04-14 Thread Gilbert Isbin
VERY informative and interesting article again With kind regards, Met vriendelijke groeten, Bien cordialement, Gilbert Isbin [1]www.gilbertisbin.com [2]gilbert.is...@gmail.com 2018-04-14 17:29 GMT+02:00 Ron Andrico <[3]praelu...@hotmail.com>: We have posted our S

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes

2018-04-07 Thread Gilbert Isbin
Very interesting article Ron ! With kind regards, Met vriendelijke groeten, Bien cordialement, Gilbert Isbin [1]www.gilbertisbin.com [2]gilbert.is...@gmail.com 2018-04-07 19:03 GMT+02:00 Ron Andrico <[3]praelu...@hotmail.com>: We have published our Saturday morni

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - A Phantazie

2017-01-15 Thread Christopher Stetson
As others have said, thanks, Ron, for your impressively thorough and informed scholarship from an insider's viewpoint. This would have been unlikely to come from someone not intimately involved with the music. On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 6:05 AM, Ed Durbrow <[1]edurb...@sea.plala.

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - A Phantazie

2017-01-15 Thread Ed Durbrow
Thanks for your long contribution. Good luck! Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch https://soundcloud.com/ed-durbrow http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - A Phantazie

2017-01-14 Thread G. C.
Huge thanks Ron, for 6 years of remarkable and insightful lute bloggings. A veritable treasure trove of thoughtful information for all of us who like to dig a little deeper. Best of luck with your new projects! G On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 5:23 PM, Ron Andrico <[1]praelu...@hotmail.

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - A HIP score

2016-10-16 Thread Mathias Rösel
ober 2016 21:11 An: Roman Turovsky; Ron Andrico; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - A HIP score On 15/10/2016 21:05, Roman Turovsky wrote: > little squeaky lutes in A are very likely a modern anachronism, > considering that the majority of voices work much bett

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - A HIP score

2016-10-15 Thread Roman Turovsky
He sings duets with Putin, so.. RT On 10/15/2016 4:15 PM, John Mardinly wrote: If so, obviously not one Trump would molest….. On Oct 15, 2016, at 12:47 PM, Matthew Daillie <[1]dail...@club-internet.fr> wrote: Did she have a moustache? On 15/10/2016 21:46, Roman Tu

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - A HIP score

2016-10-15 Thread Roman Turovsky
what are you implyin'? RT On 10/15/2016 3:47 PM, Matthew Daillie wrote: Did she have a moustache? On 15/10/2016 21:46, Roman Turovsky wrote: the one I worked with - was happy in D. RT On 10/15/2016 3:40 PM, Matthew Daillie wrote: On 15/10/2016 21:38, Roman Turovsky wrote: I've been asked t

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - A HIP score

2016-10-15 Thread John Mardinly
If so, obviously not one Trump would molest….. On Oct 15, 2016, at 12:47 PM, Matthew Daillie <[1]dail...@club-internet.fr> wrote: Did she have a moustache? On 15/10/2016 21:46, Roman Turovsky wrote: the one I worked with - was happy in D. RT On 10/15/2016 3:40 PM,

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - A HIP score

2016-10-15 Thread Matthew Daillie
Did she have a moustache? On 15/10/2016 21:46, Roman Turovsky wrote: the one I worked with - was happy in D. RT On 10/15/2016 3:40 PM, Matthew Daillie wrote: On 15/10/2016 21:38, Roman Turovsky wrote: I've been asked the "couldn't we do it lower in E?" question too many times. RT You sho

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - A HIP score

2016-10-15 Thread Roman Turovsky
the one I worked with - was happy in D. RT On 10/15/2016 3:40 PM, Matthew Daillie wrote: On 15/10/2016 21:38, Roman Turovsky wrote: I've been asked the "couldn't we do it lower in E?" question too many times. RT You should try sopranos. The question is always: 'don't you have a lute with

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - A HIP score

2016-10-15 Thread Matthew Daillie
On 15/10/2016 21:38, Roman Turovsky wrote: I've been asked the "couldn't we do it lower in E?" question too many times. RT You should try sopranos. The question is always: 'don't you have a lute with a higher pitch?' Matthew To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - A HIP score

2016-10-15 Thread Roman Turovsky
I've been asked the "couldn't we do it lower in E?" question too many times. RT On 10/15/2016 3:10 PM, Matthew Daillie wrote: On 15/10/2016 21:05, Roman Turovsky wrote: little squeaky lutes in A are very likely a modern anachronism, considering that the majority of voices work much better wit

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - A HIP score

2016-10-15 Thread Matthew Daillie
On 15/10/2016 21:05, Roman Turovsky wrote: little squeaky lutes in A are very likely a modern anachronism, considering that the majority of voices work much better with larger lutes tuned a whole 3rd lower - to E, or even D. RT One does not need to use a 'little squeaky lute in a' to accompan

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - A HIP score

2016-10-15 Thread Roman Turovsky
little squeaky lutes in A are very likely a modern anachronism, considering that the majority of voices work much better with larger lutes tuned a whole 3rd lower - to E, or even D. RT On 10/15/2016 2:55 PM, Matthew Daillie wrote: On 15/10/2016 19:23, Ron Andrico wrote: Matthew: It'

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - A HIP score

2016-10-15 Thread Matthew Daillie
On 15/10/2016 19:23, Ron Andrico wrote: Matthew: It's nice to know you keep up with our blog, although I expect that you would direct your commentary there instead of this forum. We always appreciate thoughtful and respectful commentary. In your comment, you skew the point

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - A HIP score

2016-10-15 Thread Matthew Daillie
Ron, In the 'Saturday morning quote' you put on line today and publicised (as usual) on this forum, you speak of historically informed performance in relation to an Air de cour by Guédron entitled 'Bien qu'un cruel martire'. You claim that 'When the modern editor André Verchaly

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - The anti-lute

2016-07-17 Thread howard posner
> On Jul 16, 2016, at 7:50 AM, Ron Andrico wrote: > > The combination actually works. Why wouldn’t it? It’s not the first time a lute and small reed organ have played together. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - The anti-lute

2016-07-17 Thread John Mardinly
HWell, with a bit of imagination, it sort of sounds like a crumhorn ensemble A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E. Retired Principal Materials Nanoanalysis Engineer EMail: [1]john.mardi...@asu.edu Cell: [2]408-921-3253 (does not work in TEM labs) But don't call the lab

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - The anti-lute

2016-07-17 Thread Lynda Kraar
Hear, hear!! Bravo!! [kraar+logo.png] Lynda Kraar, President Lynda Kraar & Associates U.S. Cell: 551-486-3772 Google Voice: [1]985-205-9632 (985-20-LYNDA) Skype: lyndakraar On Jul 16, 2016, at 12:39 PM, Dan Winheld <[2]dwinh...@lmi.net> wrote: Brilliant! Roman- that rea

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - The anti-lute

2016-07-16 Thread alexander
Of course it works! While some lucky lutanists get a singer girl-friend, some get stuck with an accordionist girl-friend. And what then? You just learn to love what you have... alexander r. On Sat, 16 Jul 2016 14:50:45 + Ron Andrico wrote: >Thanks, Roman. The combination actually wor

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - The anti-lute

2016-07-16 Thread Dan Winheld
Brilliant! Roman- that really rocks; Thanks! Dan On 7/16/2016 7:34 AM, Roman Turovsky wrote: You might want to check out this TV program about both things together - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kuQZJuF_tI RT On 7/16/2016 10:27 AM, Ron Andrico wrote: We have posted our Saturday mor

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - The anti-lute

2016-07-16 Thread Roman Turovsky
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2016 2:34 PM To: Ron Andrico; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - The anti-lute You might want to check out this TV program about both things together - [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kuQZJuF_tI RT On 7/16/2016

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - The anti-lute

2016-07-16 Thread Roman Turovsky
You might want to check out this TV program about both things together - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kuQZJuF_tI RT On 7/16/2016 10:27 AM, Ron Andrico wrote: We have posted our Saturday morning quote, this week featuring the anti-lute. [1]http://wp.me/p15OyV-2Y6 Ron & Do

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Sixth year

2016-05-22 Thread Alain
Mary Burwell would have had no trouble at all working in the advertising industry today. Even though, thank goodness, in those days they did not have to list the side-effects. On 05/21/2016 06:55 AM, Ron Andrico wrote: We have posted Saturday morning quotes 6.1. [1]http://wp.me/p15OyV-

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Dante

2016-02-20 Thread howard posner
> On Feb 20, 2016, at 11:34 AM, Ron Andrico wrote: > > Liberal, from the Latin liberalis, means ample, free or generous. That may be true, but “liberal education,” "liberal arts,” or “liberal studies” has/had a different, and more specific, meaning: “those studies which are the proper pursu

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Dante

2016-02-20 Thread John Mardinly
So, if "the study of Dante is a liberal education", is it safe to assume that Trump, Cruz and Rubio never studied Dante? A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E. Principal Materials Nanoanalysis Engineer EMail: [1]john.mardi...@asu.edu Cell: [2]408-921-3253 (does not work in TEM labs) J

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pitch

2016-01-18 Thread Lute List
Thanks William, I believe this tidbit of information came from Arthur A. Reblitz's book, Piano Servicing, Tuning and Rebuilding. Can't remember for sure. I will be the first to admit that this could be mis-information also! Thanks again, Tom Tom Draughon Heartistry Music www.heartistry.com

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pitch

2016-01-17 Thread Lute List
Resent without "equal" signs: On Jan 17, 2016, at 2:09 PM, Lute List wrote: I have been restoring an early square piano by Chickering circa 1840. In my communications with other piano techs and my research, I have found that pitch, even in the 19th century, varied wildly. The 1840 Chickerin

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pitch

2016-01-17 Thread Lute List
Thanks Wayne, and apologies for my ignorance. I'll re-send Tom Draughon Heartistry Music www.heartistry.com 714 9th Ave. W. Ashland, WI 54806 715-682-9362 On Jan 17, 2016, at 4:42 PM, wayne cripps wrote: > Hi Tom , and everyone else > > The lute list is set up to “unpack" messages that ha

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pitch

2016-01-17 Thread howard posner
> On Jan 17, 2016, at 12:09 PM, Lute List wrote: > > American standard pitch for pianos was set at 440 in 1916 By whom, if you happen to know? To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pitch

2016-01-17 Thread wayne cripps
Hi Tom , and everyone else The lute list is set up to “unpack" messages that have been "packed up" for travel by your computer. One system of “packing" text is called quoted-printable, and it uses an equals sign followed by a number to represent special characters and numbers. So when you wr

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pitch

2016-01-17 Thread Lute List
I have been restoring an early square piano by Chickering circa 1840. In my communications with other piano techs and research, I have found that pitch, even in the 19th century, varied wildly. The 1840 Chickering, one of the very first pianos to incorporate a full cast metal plate, was designe

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pitch

2016-01-16 Thread Leonard Williams
A late response to this thread, but I found this discussion/article; http://www.viewzone.com/432hertz222.html Not all that scientific, I don't think, but there's information to think about. Regards, Leonard Williams On 12/12/15, 12:21 PM, "Edward Martin" wrote: > Nice article, Ron. > I ag

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pitch

2015-12-13 Thread John Mardinly
This is hilarious! A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E. Principal Materials Nanoanalysis Engineer EMail: [1]john.mardi...@asu.edu Cell: [2]408-921-3253 (does not work in TEM labs) Titan Lab: [3]480-727-5651 NION UltraSTEM Lab: [4]480-727-5652 JEOL ARM 200 Lab: [5]480-727-5653 2

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pitch

2015-12-13 Thread Martin Shepherd
- Original Message - From: "howard posner" To: "Martin Shepherd" Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2015 12:25 AM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Saturday morning quotes - Pitch I responded to Ron's post but I think Wordpress deleted me, so I'll say it here. Having a standard "early music" pitch is h

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pitch

2015-12-12 Thread howard posner
> On Dec 12, 2015, at 3:48 PM, Chris Barker wrote: > > Oh, good grief, Lyndon LaRouche! He was as crazy as a peach orchard squirrel! My Los Angeles neighborhood is notably lacking in peach orchards, so I can’t comment on the mental fitness of squirrels in them, but it’s premature to be referr

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pitch

2015-12-12 Thread Chris Barker
Oh, good grief, Lyndon LaRouche! He was as crazy as a peach orchard squirrel! -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of howard posner Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2015 5:18 PM To: Lute List Subject: [LUTE] Re: Saturday morning

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pitch

2015-12-12 Thread G. C.
Yes, the pro's have connections -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pitch

2015-12-12 Thread howard posner
> On Dec 12, 2015, at 12:51 PM, Ron Andrico wrote: > > Nevertheless, most lutenists play solo, Most amateur lutenists. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pitch

2015-12-12 Thread howard posner
> On Dec 12, 2015, at 9:21 AM, Edward Martin wrote: > > I am wondering, has anybody on the list read some of the arguments > about changing the modern pitch standard as a + 432? A major push for 432 came from none other than convicted mail fraud conspirator and 8-time fringe presidential ca

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pitch

2015-12-12 Thread Guy Smith
rtmouth.edu] On Behalf Of stephen arndt Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2015 11:40 AM To: Edward Martin; Ron Andrico Cc: Lute List Subject: [LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pitch For what it's worth, some recorder makers are no longer making recorders pitched at 440. They have bumped the pit

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pitch

2015-12-12 Thread Martin Shepherd
ng length - anywhere from c.65cm up to well into the 70s. M - Original Message - From: "stephen arndt" To: "Edward Martin" ; "Ron Andrico" Cc: "Lute List" Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2015 8:39 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pi

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pitch

2015-12-12 Thread David van Ooijen
>> they told me that 442 is becoming the standard concert pitch in Europe. << Ever rising. One of the modern orchestras I play with is at 446 for quite awhile already. But in the early music orchestras I meet anything from 392 (Gilles' Requiem last month) to 466 for Monteverdi

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pitch

2015-12-12 Thread stephen arndt
urday, December 12, 2015 11:21 AM To: Ron Andrico Cc: Lute List Subject: [LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pitch Nice article, Ron. I agree, in that there is no definitive pitch. We seem to have settled on 440 vs. 415 as standards of modern vs baroque, but what about 460, or 392? Wit

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pitch

2015-12-12 Thread Dan Winheld
After wrestling with this vexed question of pitch since at least 1976 on lutes, vihuelas, guitars, violas da gamba- with singers, other instrumentalists, and- worst of all, alone by myself- attempting to force gut strings to go to distant extremes both high & low; to remote places where no gut

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Pitch

2015-12-12 Thread Edward Martin
Nice article, Ron. I agree, in that there is no definitive pitch. We seem to have settled on 440 vs. 415 as standards of modern vs baroque, but what about 460, or 392? With the lute, a few sources state to tune the treble to just before it breaks, and that is where one starts.

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Tempo and pitch

2015-12-06 Thread howard posner
> On Dec 5, 2015, at 12:39 PM, Ron Andrico wrote: > > The "thinking error" in my estimation lies in assuming that players ever > discussed their reference pitch at all. Instruments were tuned to where they > felt and sounded right or, in the case of accompanying instruments, where the > voic

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Julian Bream

2015-12-05 Thread John Mardinly
Finally read it-MOST enjoyable! Thank you. The link to Bream and Grappelli was most appreciated. A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E. Principal Materials Nanoanalysis Engineer EMail: [1]john.mardi...@asu.edu Cell: [2]408-921-3253 (does not work in TEM labs) Titan Lab: [3]480-727-5651

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Tempo and pitch

2015-12-05 Thread David van Ooijen
>> 1) instruments are tuned to A=415, [a|] When strings are slackened a bit they do not project quite as well to the ears of those who were first trained on modern instruments << Thinking error. We do not slacken strings but choose the appropriate diameters for the

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Julian Bream

2015-11-28 Thread Charles Mokotoff
Fantastic and timeless commentary. Thank you for sharing! > On Nov 28, 2015, at 11:21 AM, Ron Andrico wrote: > > We have posted our Saturday morning quotes, this week from a 1960 > interview with Julian Bream. > [1]http://wp.me/p15OyV-1lq > > Ron & Donna > > -- > > References >

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Dowland leads the way

2015-11-07 Thread howard posner
> On Nov 7, 2015, at 4:53 AM, Ron Andrico wrote: > > We have posted our Saturday morning quotes, Dowland leads the way. > [1]http://wp.me/p15OyV-1 That particular link goes to Ron's 28 September 2010 post. The link at the bottom of your email goes to the one about the Big D. To get on o

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - continuum

2015-10-10 Thread stephen arndt
; [4]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - continuum Stephen, My page on the 16th-century sources is at least a partial answer to your question: [5]http://applications.library.appstate.edu/music/lute/C16/contentlst.h tml I didn't go b

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - continuum

2015-10-10 Thread Gary Boye
Stephen, My page on the 16th-century sources is at least a partial answer to your question: [1]http://applications.library.appstate.edu/music/lute/C16/contentlst.h tml I didn't go beyond 1600, but I think we'd all agree that the heyday of the vocal intabulation was about over f

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - continuum

2015-10-10 Thread stephen arndt
Ron writes: ". . . the bulk of published lute music was vocal polyphony reworked and arranged for the instrument." I have recently been wondering and have been on the verge of asking what percentage of the total lute repertoire intabulations of vocal works make up . Does anyone happen to know

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Philip Van Wilder

2015-09-26 Thread G. C.
Well, Wilder could have gotten a present (the pipe) from a captain that he cherished and therefore wore on the painting. A picture tells many stories that should not lead to easy quick conclusions =NOT= Regards G. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Lutes and brains

2015-08-30 Thread adS
Now I remember. Isn't he the guy who played Dowland with the Karamazov brothers? Rainer On 29.08.2015 22:30, Ron Andrico wrote: Ouch. > Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2015 12:57:48 -0700 > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > From: howardpos...@ca.rr.com > Subject: [LUTE] Re:

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Lutes and brains

2015-08-29 Thread Lute List
Tom Draughon Heartistry Music www.heartistry.com 714 9th Ave. W. Ashland, WI 54806 716-682-9362 On Aug 29, 2015, at 4:29 PM, howard posner wrote: > >> On Aug 29, 2015, at 1:16 PM, David van Ooijen >> wrote: >> >> James Joyce entertained the thought of playing the lute, of course, so >>

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Lutes and brains

2015-08-29 Thread howard posner
> On Aug 29, 2015, at 1:16 PM, David van Ooijen > wrote: > > James Joyce entertained the thought of playing the lute, of course, so > he should, it was the fashion of the time to entertain this thought, > but did not play the lute. And apparently didn’t play guitar terribly well either.

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Lutes and brains

2015-08-29 Thread howard posner
> > On Aug 29, 2015, at 11:20 AM, Rainer wrote: > > I have no idea who Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner is. Oddly enough, Sting said something similar. His 1985 documentary “Bring on the Night” has footage of a press conference in which some British press person prefaces a question by addressin

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Lutes and brains

2015-08-29 Thread Rainer
I have no idea who Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner is. However: Probably almost no lute players nor mathematicians know that the great mathematician Serge Lang was a lute player and was a friend of Julian Bream. Unfortunately his Books (about mathematics) are quite difficult to read :( Rainer a

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Fantasia

2015-03-30 Thread Bruno Figueiredo
I didn't know working in the US was so hard for musicians! Glad I'm down here... 2015-03-30 12:14 GMT-03:00 Dan Winheld <[1]dwinh...@lmi.net>: Hear hear over here as well- Just last September, I did a 3 hour gig with a harpist for a wedding rehearsal dinner held in a winery

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Fantasia

2015-03-30 Thread Dan Winheld
Hear hear over here as well- Just last September, I did a 3 hour gig with a harpist for a wedding rehearsal dinner held in a winery "castle" (imported & rebuilt- stone by stone, from Italy). They eventually fed us, but NO WINE! In NAPA COUNTY California! In 1977 we played at the Mexican Embass

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2015-03-30 Thread Geoff Gaherty
On 2015-03-30 5:29 AM, gary wrote: Peter says,"Well, okay you can come in, but go around back, passed the garbage cans, through the kitchen, and don't touch the Hors D'ouvres (sic) on the way in.'" Been there, done that! Which is why, when I got married, I paid the Toronto Consort to play my

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2015-03-30 Thread gary
I think it was Ronald Reagan who first referred to "sitting on our laurels" not realizing how painful that can be. Laurels have thorns. I think the phrase is "rest on our laurels". I heard another version of the same joke: "A businessman, a lawyer and a musician are waiting at the pearly gates

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2015-03-29 Thread Ed Durbrow
On Mar 30, 2015, at 1:59 AM, David van Ooijen wrote: > David - musician = not smart with money by definition Reminds me of the joke: Saint Peter is checking ID's at the Pearly Gates, and first comes a Texan. "Tell me, what have you done in life?" says St. Peter. The Texan says, "Well, I st

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2015-03-29 Thread David van Ooijen
will. Sadly, the average lutenist is not too big to fail, else I'd be demanding my $800 billion. RA A > Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 19:56:53 +0100 A > To: praelu...@hotmail.com; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu A > From: rads.bera_g...@t-online.de A > Subject:

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2015-03-29 Thread adS
00 billion. RA > Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 19:56:53 +0100 > To: praelu...@hotmail.com; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > From: rads.bera_g...@t-online.de > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Fantasia > > Dear Andrico, > > you write "Or do people today

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2015-03-29 Thread Alain
otmail.com; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > From: rads.bera_g...@t-online.de > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Fantasia > > Dear Andrico, > > you write "Or do people today realize that money is merely paper that > governments just print and allow to be distributed

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2015-03-29 Thread Rainer
ng my $800 billion. RA > Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 19:56:53 +0100 > To: praelu...@hotmail.com; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > From: rads.bera_g...@t-online.de > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Fantasia > > Dear Andrico, > > you write "Or do people today

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2015-03-28 Thread Ron Andrico
th.edu > From: rads.bera_g...@t-online.de > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Fantasia > > Dear Andrico, > > you write "Or do people today realize that money is merely paper that > governments just print and allow to be distributed when

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2015-03-28 Thread Rainer
Dear Andrico, you write "Or do people today realize that money is merely paper that governments just print and allow to be distributed when and to whom they please?" You certainly know that this is nonsense. No government in Europe is allowed to print money. Unfortunately, the ECB is (sort o

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - musicality

2015-03-15 Thread doug asherman
I believe that Douglas Alton Smith (author of "A History of the Lute from Antiquity to the Renaissance") also plays banjo. Gustav Leonhardt played the banjo? -- that's a surprise! On 3/15/15 1:50 AM, Rob MacKillop wrote: I think it more pertinent to this forum to mention the number of lute

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2015-03-15 Thread Lex van Sante
Robby Faverey is an ace classical guitarist and baroque lute player with whom I have had the privilege to study. He is also playing South American folk instruments and old style gut strung banjo. He has also played the Sarod. He has made his own cello banjo's and enjoys playing the Bach cello su

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2015-03-15 Thread Albert Reyerman
One more contribution by Rob, available form TREE EDITION Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762) The Art of Playing the Guitar or Cittra (Edinburgh, 1760) Introduction by Rob MacKillop. 35.- Euros Facsimile edition of this important publication for the 18th-century wire-strun

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2015-03-15 Thread Rob MacKillop
I think it more pertinent to this forum to mention the number of lute players who play the banjo.A Ron Andrico - Ron plays in the "clawhammer" style, where the index (or middle) finger of the right hand strikes downwards onto individual strings. One of the greatest Old Time banjo pla

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2015-03-15 Thread gary
I had the privilege of seeing George Van Eps play in duet with Tony Ricci while on his last California tour. I went to see him with my friend, Eddie Duran, who is also a master jazz guitarist. Van Eps was amazing. I felt sorry for Tony Ricci who is an amazing jazz guitarist in his own right. Th

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2015-03-14 Thread David Smith
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2015 2:31 PM To: Rob MacKillop; Ron Andrico Cc: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu List Subject: [LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - musicality Alright, alright- I'm not sayin' nuthin- but I never knew G. van Eps had a method; is it easily found/avialable via the google? H

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2015-03-14 Thread Rob MacKillop
There's a link on my website, Dan: http://robmackillop.net/george-van-eps-method-for-guitar/ Rob www.robmackillop.net > On 14 Mar 2015, at 21:30, Dan Winheld wrote: > > Alright, alright- I'm not sayin' nuthin- but I never knew G. van Eps had a > method; is it easily found/avialable via the

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - musicality

2015-03-14 Thread Dan Winheld
Alright, alright- I'm not sayin' nuthin- but I never knew G. van Eps had a method; is it easily found/avialable via the google? He's a hero of mine because of the 7 string business. Love my 7 string steel-string, and am annoyed that my classical is only 6. DAN On 3/14/2015 12:27 PM, Rob MacKi

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2015-03-14 Thread Monica Hall
ot; Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2015 7:27 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - musicality Can I call a halt to this now? I appreciate it, but enough already! Everyone get back to work... Rob www.robmackillop.net On 14 Mar 2015, at 19:15, Edward Martin wrote: Ron, That wa

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2015-03-14 Thread Rob MacKillop
Can I call a halt to this now? I appreciate it, but enough already! Everyone get back to work... Rob www.robmackillop.net > On 14 Mar 2015, at 19:15, Edward Martin wrote: > > Ron, > That was a tremendous tribute to Rob, ad I cannot think of a person > more deserving of it.A I visited

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2015-03-14 Thread Edward Martin
Ron, That was a tremendous tribute to Rob, ad I cannot think of a person more deserving of it.A I visited Rob for a few days last summer, and he was enthusiastic, kind, a wonderful person and fantastic musician.A I cannot say enough good things about him. ed On Sat, Mar 14, 2

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2015-03-14 Thread Christopher Stetson
Thanks, Ron, for your observations, and a hearty confirmation of all you say about Rob. Be well, everyone, and keep playing. Chris. On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Rob MacKillop <[1]robmackil...@gmail.com> wrote: Ha. Thanks to Ron for that surprise. Right back at you, sir

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2015-03-14 Thread Rob MacKillop
Ha. Thanks to Ron for that surprise. Right back at you, sir! Lang may your lum reek - long may there be smoke coming from your chimney :-) Rob www.robmackillop.net > On 14 Mar 2015, at 16:14, Rockford Mjos wrote: > > I also raise my glass to Rob — to his musicianship and countless > contrib

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