Thanks for telling me about the show; it sounds painful. I wish they hadn't mentioned the 4-course at all, than to have John Williams say it didn't have polyphonic music.
Jocelyn > From: Monica Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 08:24:28 +0100 > To: Rob MacKillop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: Vihuelalist <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: History of the guitar on BBC1 (one!) > > I videoed it and have just watched half of it. What a waste of time. > > The cittern player was Michael Tyack who is a member of the Lute Society. > I suppose it takes all sorts... > > Monica > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob MacKillop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Nelson, Jocelyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 7:21 AM > Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: History of the guitar on BBC1 (one!) > > >> I made the mistake of actually staying up to watch the programme. It >> was definitely the worst programme I've seen in a long time. We had >> John Williams, for instance, saying that the 4c guitar never had any >> polyphonic music, it was only strummed, and that the modern classical >> guitar was superior. Thanks, John! What an ignoramous. There were quite >> a few gems along those lines. >> >> I forgot the name of the lute/cittern/vihuela player they found. He was >> dressed in period costume (the presenter called it a 1970's medieval >> costume, and he was quite accurate) and gave the impression he dressed >> and lived like that all the time. The message was clear: early music >> people are nuts. >> >> I should say that I have a personal story here. The researcher for the >> programme phoned me about two months ago to ask if I could give him >> information about the so-called English Guitar. He knew only one story, >> apparently, about the harpsichord maker, Kirkman, buying guittars to >> give to prostitutes in order to put the middle-classes off of buying >> them, buying his harpsichords instead. He kept giggling uncontrollably >> about this story and refused to listen to anything I said. He sounded >> like a 14-year old. I refused to take part in the programme. My fears >> were justified. >> >> Looking forward to Part 2! >> >> Rob MacKillop >> >> -- >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
