Jack said:
I've been doing string things (mainly the ud) a bit lately, having
had some doubts about whether I would ever be able to blow anything
again after some surgery last year - seems I can in fact even play
the clarinet again, though I made sure my first experiment was at
Sandy Bell's,
Well TobyI read your email aloud to Eric (my husband, producer, and the
bloke who plays the bodhrans and flutes on my recording) and he said he's
right there with you.here I go.
Oh, Toby: Eric just told me he wants your desert island list of required
listening. Would you
At 11:07 AM 1/20/03 -0800, you wrote:
Oh, Toby: Eric just told me he wants your desert island list of required
listening. Would you mind?
Boy, that's going to be a very long list indeed,
Take your time. Just remember, this is a desert island we're talking about!
I think what he really
Not quite the modern one: the Erard design is from 1810. Bigger and
louder than a typical modern clarsach, but the range used for Scottish
repertoire is generally no wider and fancy chromaticisms are rare.
Jack, I'm really impressed with your knowledge of harps, especially since
you're not a
On Sun, 2003-01-19 at 15:50, Jack Campin wrote:
BTW, anyone who hasn't heard it should try to listen to Cynthia's
recording. There are some rough edges but it's honest traditional
stuff that doesn't try to dilute the music with other genres to make
it market-friendly, as too many harpists in
The use of this music at the time is nearly invisible to history,
as it was mostly by women wealthy enough to have access to a harp,
which meant domestic performance. But it's obvious that women
were the major market for instrumental sheet music, and the harp
was their central instrument.
Not quite the modern one: the Erard design is from 1810. Bigger and
louder than a typical modern clarsach, but the range used for Scottish
repertoire is generally no wider and fancy chromaticisms are rare.
Jack, I'm really impressed with your knowledge of harps, especially since
you're not
This
whole discussion is very distressing, and I will not be drawn into it
exceptto say the
following, and then I am done.
As with
many organizations, SHSA (Scottish Harp Society of America) is having
some differences of opinion about the comp requirements. I urge anyone
interested and
