[VIHUELA] The Chittarra atiorbata and Guittare theorbee

2020-08-08 Thread Monica Hall
Dear All I have at last revised and substantially enlarged my study of these enigmatic instruments. You will find the revised pdf at https://monicahall.co.uk in the section The Chittarra Atiorbata and Guittare Theorbée -- To get on or off this list see list information at

[VIHUELA] Corbetta

2020-04-16 Thread Monica Hall
If anyone is interested in Corbetta - I have revised and rearranged the various sections in my study of him on my webpage - https://monicahall.co.uk https://monicahall.co.uk There are now just four large sections placed at the beginning of the list all clearly dated 2020. I haven't deleted

[VIHUELA] Re: Giustiniani

2020-04-13 Thread Monica Hall
cm.org/v9/no1/stein.html#ch4 > >[2]http://www.sscm-jscm.org/v9/no1/stein.html > >Best, > >Matthew > >On Apr 13, 2020, at 13:08, Monica Hall ><[3]mjlh...@mail.cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote: > >Dear List >I am trying to trace a quot

[VIHUELA] Giustiniani

2020-04-13 Thread Monica Hall
Dear List I am trying to trace a quotation from Giustiniani’s Discorso sobre la musica in which he writes about accompanying the voice with theorbo, guitar, harpsichord or organ and refers to Kapsberger as writing arie to be sung all spagnola or all’italiana. I just cannot track it down on

[VIHUELA] Re: Mersenne reference

2020-02-05 Thread Monica Hall
le genre Chromatic a peut estre esté > appellé de ce nom, parce que les Grecs l'escriuoient auec des caracteres > rouges, ou dautre couleur, car chroma signifie couleur) > http://www.chmtl.indiana.edu/tfm/17th/MERHU2_5_TEXT.html > > On Wed, Feb 5, 2020

[VIHUELA] Re: Mersenne reference

2020-02-05 Thread Monica Hall
https://books.google.com/books?id=fVsiWYQUGpcC > > -Original Message- > From: lute-...@new-old-mail.cs.dartmouth.edu > On Behalf Of Monica Hall > Sent: Wednesday 5 February 2020 11:01 > To: VihuelaList > Subject: [VIHUELA] Mersenne reference > >I

[VIHUELA] Mersenne reference

2020-02-05 Thread Monica Hall
I just wondered whether any kind soul familiar with Mersenne's monumental work could Identify which Book/Chapter/page number in Harmonie universelle. the following quote appears. "Il faut remarquer que le genre chromatique de musique a pris son nom des couleurs , car chroma

[VIHUELA] Novel about Corbetta

2019-12-10 Thread Monica Hall
Just as a matter of general interest. Rafael Andia has written a novel about Corbetta - the title is Guitarre royalle - roman. it is in French and published by Harmattan. Haven't read it yet. Perhaps it will be made into a film - like Tous les matins du monde! Monica -- To get on or off this

[VIHUELA] Italian

2019-09-02 Thread Monica Hall
I wonder if any of our Italian speaking members is willing to translate this sonnet. I get the general drift of it which seems to be rather derogatory but some of it is difficult to turn into coherent English. Muse ui prego di non fare il Muso/ E soffrir à ragion ch’entra in

[VIHUELA] Re: Stradivarius sstringing instructions

2019-06-26 Thread Monica Hall
ze. > > regards > > Martyn > > On Wednesday, 26 June 2019, 09:33:51 BST, Monica Hall > wrote: > > > Hi Martyn > > Thank you for this. I've read your article several times and I think I > have understood it although when it comes an

[VIHUELA] Re: Stradivarius sstringing instructions

2019-06-26 Thread Monica Hall
ve nature of some of the previous analysis > means that few unequivocal conclusions may be drawn"Nevertheless, I > believed then, and still do, it gives a reasonable indication of the tensions > employed. > > regards > > Martyn > > On Wednesd

[VIHUELA] Stradivarius sstringing instructions

2019-06-26 Thread Monica Hall
I have been puzzling over the Stradivarius stringing instructions for the chitarra ttiorbata again. I have two queries. Why should he compare the strings of the third, fourth and fifth courses to violin strings rather than those on the (presumably) standard 5-course guitar.

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitarre theorbee

2019-06-13 Thread Monica Hall
at 18:42 Azalais wrote: Could there possibly be a structural, or a bridge (and bracing) and/or peg box spacing reason perhaps? Maybe a string oscillation clearance issue? (I haven't seen photos or images) azalais On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 11:12 AM Monica Hall < [1]m

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitarre theorbee

2019-06-12 Thread Monica Hall
. > > Or perhaps I've misunderstood .. > > Marty > > > On Wednesday, 12 June 2019, 14:15:27 BST, Monica Hall > wrote: > > > Well - the pieces in the Gallot Ms. - the only known source of music for > the instrument - are all solo pieces an

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitarre theorbee

2019-06-12 Thread Monica Hall
oved out of the way from the main action. > But I don't know... > > Rob > > On 12 June 2019, at 13:51, Monica Hall wrote: > > Sorry if it is not clear. It is a twelve course instrument. There are five > courses on the fingerboard and seven unstopped basses. > > Fr

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitarre theorbee

2019-06-12 Thread Monica Hall
e' c' g c B Unfretted: B C D E F a g > > Is that correct? If so, that is highly unusual, so please correct me if > I'm wrong. > > Rob MacKillop > > > > On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 at 12:07, Monica Hall < mjlh...@cs.dartmouth.edu > mailto:mjlh...@cs.dartmouth.ed

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitarre theorbee

2019-06-12 Thread Monica Hall
> Monica, this tuning seems very odd? Fifth course a semitone lower than fourth > course? Same note B on two courses (fifth course on fingerboard and fifth > unstopped course)? > > > > On 12 June 2019, at 12:08, Monica Hall wrote: > >The latest issue of Early Music

[VIHUELA] Guitarre theorbee

2019-06-12 Thread Monica Hall
The latest issue of Early Music has a short article on the guitarre theorbee suggesting an interesting tuning/stringing method different from the one suggested by Donald Gill and myself - to witt - on the fingerboard - e' c' g c B 1st - 5th unstopped courses - F E D C B,

[VIHUELA] Corbetta and Bartolotti I-Rsc Ms.AS A 4912

2019-03-15 Thread Monica Hall
I have added a section to my Corbetta page describing the manuscript I-Rsc Ms.AS A 4912 which includes some pieces by him. This is Section VI Part 6, right at the end. As the ms. also contains music by Bartolotti I have added a section to my Bartolotti page. It is after the main

[VIHUELA] My Web Site

2015-07-04 Thread Monica Hall
For those of you who are interested... My web site - [1]www.monicahall2.wordpress.com now has on it an extended study of Corbetta - the best of all in the words of Sanz and in my estimation too. The highlights of this are 1. An extended biography - I have collected

[VIHUELA] Re: My Web Site

2015-07-04 Thread Monica Hall
Thanks - that solves that little mystery. M - Original Message - From: Lex Eisenhardt eisenha...@planet.nl To: 'Monica Hall' mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk; 'Vihuelalist' vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2015 12:57 PM Subject: RE: [VIHUELA] My Web Site Especially

[VIHUELA] Re: Jarana as Baroque Guitar

2015-04-27 Thread Monica Hall
The Lute Society in England was given a Mexican 5-course instrument which was supposed to pass as a baroque guitar. I borrowed it for a while and thought it was awful - very heavy in constuction. It was strung with nylgut which I had never used before and hated but I am not sure whether gut

[VIHUELA] Re: Derosier

2015-02-24 Thread Monica Hall
I will answer my own question in case any one is interested. It is in the Bibliotheque nationale de France. Monica - Original Message - From: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk To: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 2:01 PM Subject: [VIHUELA

[VIHUELA] Derosier

2015-02-24 Thread Monica Hall
Does anyone know where there is a copy of the second edition of Nicolas Derosiers' little book i.e. Nouveaux principes de la guitarre printed in Paris in 1699? It's mentioned in Tyler's book but he doesn't give a location. Monica To get on or off this list see list information at

[VIHUELA] Joao Duarte

2014-10-28 Thread Monica Hall
Does anyone have an e-mail address for Joao Duarte a Portuguese guitarist who is an authority on Portuguese baroque guitar manuscripts. Cheers Monica -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[VIHUELA] New recording of Bartolotti

2014-09-25 Thread Monica Hall
The Swedish lutenist Fredrik Bock has just released a very nice CD of music from Bartolotti's Secondo Libro. It's on the Swedish label Lawo LWC 1065. Monicaq -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[VIHUELA] Re: Landi - Quando Rinaldo

2014-09-16 Thread Monica Hall
the figures indicate and the guitar part - which to my ears makes better sense at lest in some ways As ever Monica - Original Message - From: Arto Wikla wi...@cs.dartmouth.edu To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk; Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 4

[VIHUELA] Re: Early Music

2014-08-19 Thread Monica Hall
some access through JSTOR but Early Music has partial coverage. Arthur On 08/18/14, Monica Hall[5]mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: I wonder if anyone who has access to the journal Early Music on line would be able to send me a copy of this article from no. 42, August 2014 issue

[VIHUELA] Early Music

2014-08-18 Thread Monica Hall
I wonder if anyone who has access to the journal Early Music on line would be able to send me a copy of this article from no. 42, August 2014 issue New recordings of early guitar Gary Boye Early Music 2014 42: 488-490. Regards to all - hope you are enjoying summer holidays. Monica To

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit

2014-06-27 Thread Monica Hall
articles in Early Music 41/4 and 42/1 were all reviewed by outside readers. -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Namens Martyn Hodgson Verzonden: woensdag 25 juni 2014 10:59 Aan: Monica Hall; Braig, Eugene CC: Vihuelalist Onderwerp

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit

2014-06-27 Thread Monica Hall
: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Monica Hall Sent: Friday, June 27, 2014 3:42 AM To: Lex Eisenhardt Cc: Vihuelalist Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit To be honest - even if these articles are read by outside readers there is no guarantee

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit

2014-06-25 Thread Monica Hall
Dmth Onderwerp: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit On 24/06/2014 09:25, Martyn Hodgson wrote: A A - Forwarded Message - A A From: Martyn Hodgson [5][5]hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk A A To: Monica Hall [6][6]mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk A A Sent: Tuesday, 24 June 2014, 7:26 A A Subject: Re

[VIHUELA] Guitar Summit

2014-06-23 Thread Monica Hall
I just wondered whether anyone else on this list is on the Guitar Summit list and if so whether they ever get any messages. I haven't had any for months and was wondering whether it is defunct or whether I have been struck off! Thanks to all Monica -- To get on or

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit

2014-06-23 Thread Monica Hall
but messages I have sent have not got through and I haven't received any for ages. Monica - Original Message - From: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk; Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 6:37 PM Subject

[VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit

2014-06-23 Thread Monica Hall
- From: Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk Sent: Monday, June 23, 2014 7:55 PM Subject: RE: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar Summit So, I went to the list's web interface (http://lists.topica.com/lists/guitar-summit) to look for any of Monica's e-mail notes to have been

[VIHUELA] Re: S de Murcia

2014-05-14 Thread Monica Hall
Many thanks for that! Well obviously he must have seen it. When you start delving into these things it is amazing what you find. Regards Monica - Original Message - From: [1]Azalais To: [2]Monica Hall Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 10:26 PM Subject: Re

[VIHUELA] Re: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN 0-9618527-1-2

2014-05-13 Thread Monica Hall
. It seems that Segovia included this piece too in vol. 3 of his Obras de guitarra series. Amazing what you can find on the internet. Monica - Original Message - From: Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent

[VIHUELA] Re: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN 0-9618527-1-2

2014-05-13 Thread Monica Hall
Yes it is - I remember watching it on the tele. Monica - Original Message - From: Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu To: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk; Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 12:59 PM Subject

[VIHUELA] Re: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN 0-9618527-1-2

2014-05-13 Thread Monica Hall
: [1]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:[2]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Namens Martyn Hodgson Verzonden: dinsdag 13 mei 2014 13:30 Aan: Monica Hall; Braig, Eugene CC: Vihuelalist Onderwerp: [VIHUELA] Re: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN 0-9618527-1-2 Yes it is interesting. But it's surely

[VIHUELA] Re: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN 0-9618527-1-2

2014-05-13 Thread Monica Hall
with overwound strings for the bourdons and it wouldn't surprise me if it did have fixed frets. But it is difficult to tell from a Youtube clip. Monica - Original Message - From: Chris Barker csbarker...@att.net To: 'Monica Hall' mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 1:18 PM

[VIHUELA] Re: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN 0-9618527-1-2

2014-05-13 Thread Monica Hall
://www.kentguitarclassics.com/classical-guitars/jose-luis-romanillos/jose-luis-romanillos-of-semley-3 Enjoy. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Monica Hall Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 8:47 AM To: Chris Barker Cc: Vihuelalist Subject

[VIHUELA] S de Murcia

2014-05-13 Thread Monica Hall
Returning to my original query I wonder whether anyone on the list actually has a copy of this Prélude pour guitare ; Allegro pour guitare ; edited by Emilio Pujol. Paris : Max Eschig, 1955. [Autors Anciens no. 1026]. I just want to be sure that it is the same pieces that Bream and Segovia

[VIHUELA] Re: S de Murcia

2014-05-13 Thread Monica Hall
in Madrid. I wonder how Pujol got hold of it. That's another mystery to solve. Did he come to England. Thank you both again. Monica - Original Message - From: Peter Kooiman pkooi...@multimediabit.com To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent

[VIHUELA] Santiago de Murcia

2014-05-12 Thread Monica Hall
I am trying to trace printed editions and recordings of S de Murcia's music in any format which pre-date 1987 - the year in which the Saldivar Codex came to light or at least was recognized as being a source of his music. People like Pujol, Graciano Tarrago, Jose Azpiazu and Alexander Bellow

[VIHUELA] Re: Santiago de Murcia

2014-05-12 Thread Monica Hall
! Monica - Original Message - From: [1]Rob MacKillop To: [2]Monica Hall Cc: [3]Vihuelalist Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 3:01 PM Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Santiago de Murcia You mean before his music became flamencofied ;-) Rob On 12 May 2014 14:03, Monica

[VIHUELA] Re: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN 0-9618527-1-2

2014-05-12 Thread Monica Hall
message didn't seem to appear on that list and I haven't had any response. Perhaps it is now defunct. Regards to all Monica - Original Message - From: Azalais To: Monica Hall Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 7:32 PM Subject: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN 0-9618527-1-2 Hello Monica, Your

[VIHUELA] Re: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN 0-9618527-1-2

2014-05-12 Thread Monica Hall
to all Monica - Original Message - From: Azalais To: Monica Hall Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 7:32 PM Subject: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN 0-9618527-1-2 Hello Monica, Your mention of the pre-1987 cut off date for de Murcia references leads me to believe that you must

[VIHUELA] Re: Santiago de Murcia

2014-05-12 Thread Monica Hall
: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Namens Monica Hall Verzonden: maandag 12 mei 2014 15:03 Aan: Vihuelalist Onderwerp: [VIHUELA] Santiago de Murcia I am trying to trace printed editions and recordings of S de Murcia's music in any format which pre-date 1987 - the year

[VIHUELA] Re: Santiago de Murcia

2014-05-12 Thread Monica Hall
That is even more helpful! Thank you. Monica - Original Message - From: Peter Kooiman pkooi...@multimediabit.com To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 8:40 PM Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Santiago de Murcia Some googling

[VIHUELA] Re: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN 0-9618527-1-2

2014-05-12 Thread Monica Hall
-course guitar (I can check the exact phrasing in the liner notes when home from the office), but he certainly favored a modern functionality when dabbling in early instruments. Best, Eugene -Original Message- From: Monica Hall [mailto:mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk] Sent: Monday, May 12, 2014 4

[VIHUELA] Re: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN 0-9618527-1-2

2014-05-12 Thread Monica Hall
Many thanks for the information. Most helpful. Monica - Original Message - From: Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 4:56 AM Subject: RE: [VIHUELA] Re: Lorimer's bibliography? (ISBN

[VIHUELA] Re: Amat's 7 string guitar

2014-02-16 Thread Monica Hall
Never! it is included in the earliest surviving edition of 1626 and was included (uncorrected) in all subsequent editions right through to the end of the 18th century. It is also included in the plagiarized edition edited by Andres Sotos printed in 1764 in Madrid. Monica - Original

[VIHUELA] Re: Hertzberg Guitar Book

2014-01-11 Thread Monica Hall
the information you need without leaving home! Monica - Original Message - From: [1]Rockford Mjos To: [2]Monica Hall Cc: [3]Vihuelalist Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 5:39 AM Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Hertzberg Guitar Book Hans Olav Gorset, Vegard Lund, and Kristian

[VIHUELA] Hertzberg Guitar Book

2014-01-05 Thread Monica Hall
Hertzbook Guitar Book I have a few queries about this manuscript which was mentioned some time ago when Are Hansen posted information about it on-line at http://folk.uio.no/henninho/Gitar.html It is now in the National Library of Norway - Mus. Ms.a 5038 and the catalogue entry includes a

[VIHUELA] Re: Matteis

2013-11-20 Thread Monica Hall
that a similar dissonance is intended when there is no obvious practical reason for not doing the correct thing. As ever Monica - Original Message - From: Lex Eisenhardt eisenha...@planet.nl To: 'Martyn Hodgson' hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk; 'Monica Hall' mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk; 'WALSH

[VIHUELA] Matteis

2013-11-14 Thread Monica Hall
On p.260 of his dissertation Alex Dean has reproduced two passages from Matteis's False consonances. In his transcription of the excerpt at the top of the page Dean proposes that the open 1st and 5th courses should be included in all the chords in the 2nd and 3rd bars.

[VIHUELA] Re: Matteis

2013-11-14 Thread Monica Hall
(in the first full bar) with dots, but the second time (bar 5) there are no dots! Monica - Original Message - From: [1]Martyn Hodgson To: [2]Monica Hall Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 4:08 PM Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Matteis Page no in 1682 original plse

[VIHUELA] Re: Matteis

2013-11-14 Thread Monica Hall
the notation? As ever Monica - Original Message - From: Natasha Miles natasha.mi...@hotmail.co.uk To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk Cc: Vihuela List vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 6:13 PM Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Matteis Hi Monica, I've been tackling similar

[VIHUELA] Re: Matteis

2013-11-14 Thread Monica Hall
Actually I just noticed that Dean's transcription of Fig.4.12A is wrong. In the 2nd measure the B major chord is repeated, not the the C major one. Monica - Original Message - From: [1]Natasha Miles To: [2]Monica Hall Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 8:57

[VIHUELA] Re: Matteis

2013-11-14 Thread Monica Hall
Reply below. - Original Message - From: WALSH STUART s.wa...@ntlworld.com To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2013 9:59 PM Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Matteis On 14/11/2013 21:48, Monica Hall wrote: Yes

[VIHUELA] Chord L

2013-11-09 Thread Monica Hall
For those of you interested in these matters there is an excellent article about Chord L written by Natasha Miles - everything you wanted to know - in the latest Lute Vol. 50, 2010. An impressive piece of work. Well done Natasha. Monica -- To get on or off this list see

[VIHUELA] Frets

2013-11-06 Thread Monica Hall
Dear Collective Wisdom,, When did fixed, rather than tied on frets become the norm on the guitar? Monica -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[VIHUELA] Re: Web Pages

2013-11-01 Thread Monica Hall
Reply at the bottom.. - Original Message - From: WALSH STUART s.wa...@ntlworld.com To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk; Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 10:19 PM Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Web Pages On 30/10/2013 15:05, Monica Hall wrote

[VIHUELA] Web Pages

2013-10-30 Thread Monica Hall
I have now put on my web page a revised and much expanded version of my study of BartolottiI have completely redone the musical examples because I now have a better programme for doing staff notation. There are also a few more illustrations of one sort or another including a

[VIHUELA] De Visee

2013-08-06 Thread Monica Hall
I just read in a review of Toyohiko Satoh's latest recording of De Visee that De Visee was born in a little village called Viseu in Portugal near Coimbra where he learnt the guitar. After studying at university he moved to Paris where he studied the guitar with Corbetta and the

[VIHUELA] Re: De Visee

2013-08-06 Thread Monica Hall
I was gob-smacked when I read it. Does Satoh really say that De Visee was born in Portugal without there being any evidence to that effect? That really is reprehensible. As ever Monica - Original Message - From: [1]Martyn Hodgson To: [2]Monica Hall

[VIHUELA] Matheo Bezon

2013-06-05 Thread Monica Hall
I don't know if anyone is interested but there is an article about the Cancionero de Matheo Bezon in Resonance - this is the link [1]http://www.resonancejournal.org/current-issue/spr-2013/spanish-song- chitarra-alla-spagnola-and-the-a-bi-ci-matheo-bezon-and-his-1599-alfabe

[VIHUELA] Baroque guitar soundboards

2013-05-25 Thread Monica Hall
This may be a silly question but what type of wood is usually used for the soundboards of original 17th century baroque guitars? I am just looking through the RCM catalogue and it just says front fine-grained of fine to medium grained. Are soundboards ever made of cypress wood?

[VIHUELA] Scarlatti and the baroque guitar

2013-05-23 Thread Monica Hall
As I am sure you all know there is this tale that Scarlatti heard the baroque guitar played in the streets of Madrid and tried to reproduce some of its unique effects in his keyboard sonatas. But does anyone know what the actual source for this mugget of information is. Is it

[VIHUELA] Re: Scarlatti in Spain

2013-05-23 Thread Monica Hall
- Original Message - From: [1]Eduard Agullo To: [2]Monica Hall Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:07 PM Subject: Scarlatti in Spain Hello Monica, I am a Spanish guitarist, and I follow your vihuela list frequently, even If I don't post very much. I am

[VIHUELA] Pepys manuscripts

2013-05-21 Thread Monica Hall
Dear Collective Wisdom I think there are four manuscripts of songs which have guitar accompaniments in tablature which belonged to Samuel Pepys. Has anyone ever made modern editions of any or all of these either published or otherwise. Monica -- To get on or off

[VIHUELA] Re: Instrumental music with alfabeto

2013-05-01 Thread Monica Hall
Thanks to both of you for the information. Monica To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[VIHUELA] Instrumental music with alfabeto

2013-04-30 Thread Monica Hall
I am sure we have discussed this before but are there any other sources of purely instrumental music besides Marini with alfabeto? Monica -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[VIHUELA] Re: new Baroque guitar video

2013-02-20 Thread Monica Hall
Hi Ed Thanks for posting this. I enjoyed listening to it and watching you play. I always find it fascinating to watch other people playing close up. I did think that you tend to play too close to the bridge too much of the time which seems to create an almost metalic sound. But perhaps

[VIHUELA] Re: Corbetta x ornament starting note

2013-01-24 Thread Monica Hall
of the note to which the appoggiatura is attached. A long note might call for something more elaborate. I'm afraid that is the best I can do. Maybe someone else would interpret the notation differently. Monica Thanks Monica, I put my comments in line. On Jan 22, 2013, at 1:20 AM, Monica Hall

[VIHUELA] Re: Adam Ebert

2013-01-23 Thread Monica Hall
Thanks for that. Monica - Original Message - From: Lex Eisenhardt eisenha...@planet.nl To: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 9:58 PM Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Adam Ebert Whilst we are on the subject of Corbetta's biography I wonder if anyone has

[VIHUELA] Re: Adam Ebert

2013-01-22 Thread Monica Hall
managed to break into their library yet. I would like to know exactly what it says. Regards Monica - Original Message - From: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk To: Lex Eisenhardt eisenha...@planet.nl Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 5:21 PM

[VIHUELA] Re: Corbetta x ornament starting note

2013-01-21 Thread Monica Hall
By chance I have a recording of Antonio Ligios playing this piece and as far as I can tell he is doing exactly what the ornaments seem to imply... Has anyone any thoughts about the starting note of the x ornament signs in Corbetta's La Guitar Royal of 1671, particularly the Folia starting on

[VIHUELA] Re: Adam Ebert

2013-01-04 Thread Monica Hall
it includes some material from them. Monica - Original Message - From: Lex Eisenhardt eisenha...@planet.nl To: 'Monica Hall' mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk Cc: 'Vihuelalist' vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 11:24 AM Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Adam Ebert Thanks, this is very

[VIHUELA] Re: Fuenllana

2013-01-03 Thread Monica Hall
on hand - like whether to wait until the insurance company repairs the washing machine or go out and buy a new one. Happy New Year to anyone I have not greeted to date. MOnica - Original Message - From: Rob MacKillop robmackil...@gmail.com To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk Cc

[VIHUELA] Re: Adam Ebert

2013-01-03 Thread Monica Hall
Well - I spent a lot of time looking at this some time age - the British Library have a copy. In spite of not knowing much German or being able to read Gothic script I did manage to make some headway with the section about England which described the London of Charles II very accurately. I

[VIHUELA] Re: Adam Ebert

2013-01-03 Thread Monica Hall
. Monica - Original Message - From: Lex Eisenhardt eisenha...@planet.nl To: 'Monica Hall' mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk Cc: 'Vihuelalist' vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 9:52 PM Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Adam Ebert Somehow I seem to miss the point. Where can we read

[VIHUELA] Re: Adam Ebert

2013-01-03 Thread Monica Hall
- Original Message - From: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk To: Lex Eisenhardt eisenha...@planet.nl Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 10:13 PM Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Adam Ebert Sorry if I haven't made myself clear. The passage about Corbetta

[VIHUELA] Re: Adam Ebert

2013-01-03 Thread Monica Hall
computer. If you can translate it into English I would be grateful for a copy as John Roberts has only summarised it. Monica - Original Message - From: Lex Eisenhardt eisenha...@planet.nl To: 'Monica Hall' mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk Cc: 'Vihuelalist' vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent

[VIHUELA] Fuenllana

2013-01-02 Thread Monica Hall
Does anyone have any dates for Fuenllana. I have just come across a source which gives them as c.1500-1579. It seems unlikely to me that he would have lived to be 79... Groves gives fl. 1553-1578. Monica -- To get on or off this list see list information at

[VIHUELA] Re: Fuenllana

2013-01-02 Thread Monica Hall
. Monica - Original Message - From: [1]Martyn Hodgson To: [2]Vihuelalist ; [3]Monica Hall Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 5:21 PM Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Fuenllana Well, Orphenica Lyra is 1554 and I'd not think he'd be much younger than around 30

[VIHUELA] Re: Fuenllana

2013-01-02 Thread Monica Hall
in 1568. 1578 seems a probable death date but I don't think he can have been born in 1500. 1510 or later seems more likely doesn't it. MOnica - Original Message - From: Eloy Cruz eloyc...@gmail.com To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent

[VIHUELA] Re: Fuenllana

2013-01-02 Thread Monica Hall
I knew in Madrid) added the fifth course which we call the first. which is also a bit odd. An eye witness nevertheless. Another of life's mysteries. MOnica - Original Message - From: Rob MacKillop robmackil...@gmail.com To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk Cc: Eloy Cruz eloyc

[VIHUELA] Articles in Early Music

2012-12-11 Thread Monica Hall
There are two articles in the upcoming issue of Early Music with baroque guitar interest - K. Macdowell - Il Mattaccino A. Dean - Strumming in a void I wonder whether there is anyone who has advanced access to the pdfs which are available on the EM webpage who might

[VIHUELA] Re: de Visee Chaconne in a minor to the guitar?

2012-11-22 Thread Monica Hall
, Eugene brai...@osu.edu wrote: From: Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: de Visee Chaconne in a minor to the guitar? To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Wednesday, 21 November, 2012, 21:18 Indeed. I'm in the day

[VIHUELA] Re: de Visee Chaconne in a minor to the guitar?

2012-11-22 Thread Monica Hall
to make it more accessible. The biggest problem is transcribing music in the re-entrant tuning because you end up with so many unisons... Still I think we have to try. As ever Monica - Original Message - From: Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk

[VIHUELA] Re: de Visee Chaconne in a minor to the guitar?

2012-11-21 Thread Monica Hall
to know whether notes in the relevant range belong along the a, g, or b string. Best, Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Monica Hall Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 2:33 PM To: ar...@student.matnat.uio.no Cc: Vihuelalist

[VIHUELA] Re: de Visee Chaconne in a minor to the guitar?

2012-11-21 Thread Monica Hall
guitar - but I didn't care for it very much that way! De gustibus non disputandum. MOnica - Original Message - From: Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk Cc: Vihuelalist vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 9:18 PM Subject: RE

[VIHUELA] Re: de Visee arr of Corelli - version to b-guitar?

2012-11-17 Thread Monica Hall
Dear Art Not sure if I have understood your question aright but there are arrangements for baroque guitar of several movements from Corelli's violin sonatas in Murcia's Passacalles y obras and quite a lot of arrangements of pieces by Lully in various French ms. Monica - Original

[VIHUELA] Re: de Visee Chaconne in a minor to the guitar?

2012-11-11 Thread Monica Hall
Dear Arto There is a guitar version of this chaconne - in D minor - in the huge manuscript F.Pn Res. F. 844. It is on p.237. Someone - Stuart I think - pointed out that you can download an image of the whole of this ms. from the Bib. Nat. site. Regards Monica - Original Message

[VIHUELA] Re: de Visee Chaconne in a minor to the guitar?

2012-11-11 Thread Monica Hall
- From: [1]WALSH STUART To: [2]Monica Hall Cc: [3]ar...@student.matnat.uio.no ; [4]Vihuelalist Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 8:24 PM Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: de Visee Chaconne in a minor to the guitar? I couldn't resist a quick try at it: [5]http

[VIHUELA] Re: Losy Rondeau

2012-11-08 Thread Monica Hall
are. They didn't know we would be interested 300 years later. Monica - Original Message - From: [1]Martyn Hodgson To: [2]Monica Hall Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 4:18 PM Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Losy Rondeau On f. 75v of the same Ms (Brno D189) this rondeau

[VIHUELA] Re: Losy (Logi) sarabande?

2012-11-06 Thread Monica Hall
Musica Antiqua Bohemica. It includes both the Tombeau and the Sarabande. They seem to me to be very idiomatically conceived for the guitar. The chord shapes are typical alfabeto. Monica - Original Message - From: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk To: Monica Hall mjlh

[VIHUELA] Re: Losy (Logi) sarabande?

2012-11-06 Thread Monica Hall
That's very helpful and interesting. I just borrowed it from the library for various reaons but haven't had a lot of time to look at it. The problem with so many of these early ediitions or even later ones is that you can't be sure they are reliable. Only the original is reliable - sort of!

[VIHUELA] Re: Losy (Logi) sarabande?

2012-11-06 Thread Monica Hall
practical on the guitar than the mandora. Just a thought. Monica - Original Message - From: WALSH STUART s.wa...@ntlworld.com To: Chris Despopoulos despopoulos_chr...@yahoo.com Cc: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk; Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk; Vihuelalist vihuela

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