Dear list members, At the risk of being a bit commercial, I would like to let you know that the Sociedad de la Vihuela in Spain has finally got its on-line store functioning. We are really pleased with the way it looks and works, and it is now easy for English speakers to negotiate, whether to pay membership subscriptions or to buy journals and books. The journal Hispanica Lyra has good music supplements and high quality photo lift-outs of newly discovered iconographical images. The books include a really stunning full-colour facsimile of Milan's El Maestro that is really worth having. And the software used for the shop is quite fun too. You can even drag and drop your purchases into your shopping basket.
To celebrate, there are 20% discounts on the book publications during July and August. Even at 70, the Milan facsimile is a real bargain. Now you can get it for 55 (or 44 if you are a member)! I'm surprised that it isn't more in the vicinity of $200. The link is: [1]http://www.sociedaddelavihuela.com/store Please forgive the mercantile nature of this message, but I have been helping the Sociedad de la Vihuela get this project off the ground. If the Spanish society can do as well for itself internationally as the LSA or The Lute Society, then it has a good chance of achieving the same kind of longevity, and we will all be richer for it. Good wishes, John -- References 1. http://www.sociedaddelavihuela.com/store To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
