Dear Jon;
Shooting from the hip again! Joseph Bacon is the son of composer Ernst
Bacon and lives in Sausalito, CA. I studied guitar with Joe when he lived in
Nicassio, CA. Joe is a gifted guitarist and lutenist and studied with Julian
Bream. 1750 Arch Records was a record company that arose from a performance
venue located in Berkeley, CA at 1750 Arch St. at which Joe performed. The
mouth is quicker than the mind.
Best Wishes,
Gary Digman
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From: "Jon Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 1:29 AM
Subject: Re: Joseph Bacon record
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>> BAcon lives in Fairfax, CA. He is in the LSA directory.
>> RT
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> I'm not sure how RT segues from a Joseph Bacon of 1750, unless the 1750
> refers to a catalogue number (but the S 1764 seems to do that). But that
> isn't the reason for this message. The title reminds me of the first
> recording that interested me in early music (not counting the early music
> I'd already had to sing). In my college days in the mid fifties we were
> only
> beginning to learn about real music - which may sound uneducated to most
> of
> you, but we didn't have recordings to listen to. When I entered college we
> might have a "45RPM" player, but more likely the Victrola with the 78s. I
> may be one of the few on this list who sharpened the cactus needles (that
> were favored, the steel wore out the recording) to play a two minute
> record.
> It was during my time in college that the LP at 33 RPM came out, and a
> full
> piece (if it wasn't too long) was on one side - and so did the Hi Fi
> sound -
> I remember the demo records.
>
> It was a very quick change in the availability of music, and occured
> around
> 1951 to 1955. (Stereo was a bit later on the shelves). So there it was,
> Respighi's orchestration of Oscar Chilosotti's collection of "Antique
> dances
> and airs for the lute". A revalation to a "youngster" who had heard
> nothing
> but commercial radio (except for the appalachian and English folk he'd
> sought out on particular freqencies). That romantic Respighi orchestration
> stuck the interest in my mind that is now coming to fruition so many years
> later.
>
> Bacon wrote Shakespeare, and collected lute music in 1750 (and if I
> misread
> the citation, I apologise), and is alive and well in Fairfax. What the
> hell,
> the music is the music.
>
> Best, Jon
>
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>> > Hi folks -
>> >
>> > I got a phone call today from a woman who is trying to
>> > help out a priest in Kansas... Seems like when this
>> > priest went into the monastary he gave away all his records,
>> > and now he wants to listen to "Fantasies and dances for the lute"
>> > Joseph Bacon, lute, 1750 Arch Records S 1764. Problem is,
>> > the person he gave the records to trashed them and they
>> > are painful to listen to.
>> >
>> > So if you have a copy of this record that you could put
>> > on a CD, or sell, or you know where to get a replacement,
>> > please let me know.
>> >
>> > Wayne
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>> >
>> >
>> > To get on or off this list see list information at
>> > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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