There is another lady guitarist in the collection ("Musical scene: La Guitare" 2003.2487) in which the engraver "got it right". Or is the second one in fact a lefty??
Leonard On 2/6/10 6:43 AM, "Monica Hall" <mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > The lady playing the guitar is printed from an engraving and the engraver > may have got her the wrong way round! > > Monica > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stuart Walsh" <s.wa...@ntlworld.com> > To: "Monica Hall" <mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> > Cc: "Lutelist" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 9:32 PM > Subject: Re: [LUTE] Robert Spencer Collection > > >> Monica Hall wrote: >>> At least some of Bob Spencer's collection is now in the library of the >>> Royal Academy of Music in London. You can access their catalogue on >>> line from the RAM site. >>> >>> MOnica >>> >> Really interesting. Had a quick look. Some pics of some of his >> instruments. Lots of fascinating engravings: like this good-looking lute >> player: >> >> http://www.ram.ac.uk/emuweb/objects/common/webmedia.php?irn=1603&reftable=eca >> talogue&refirn=2099 >> >> or this woman playing a guitar: >> >> http://www.ram.ac.uk/emuweb/objects/common/webmedia.php?irn=1023&reftable=eca >> talogue&refirn=2009 >> >> >> and more. >> >> >> Stuart >> >> >> >> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David van Ooijen" >>> <davidvanooi...@gmail.com> >>> To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> >>> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 7:52 PM >>> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Bohush manuscript? >>> >>> >>> Dear Luca >>> >>> RISM lists this, which might be what you mean: >>> >>> Woodfor Green, privatbibliothek Robert Spencer Ms. ohne Signature (I) >>> >>> It's a MS that used to be in the private library of Robert Spencer >>> (where did Bob's books go, Royal College?), before that in the private >>> libary of A. Cortot. >>> >>> French tab, 6 lines, for lute, and 5 lines for Mandora. Ca 1720. >>> It has a stamp on folio 1r: Bohush >>> >>> Sorry, no help, really. >>> >>> David >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 8:21 PM, Luca Manassero <l...@manassero.net> >>> wrote: >>>> Dear collective wisdom, >>>> >>>> I am looking for more information about the Bohush manuscript. >>>> >>>> In the "32 Easy Pieces for Baroque Lute", edited by Anthony Bailes for >>>> Tree Edition a number of pieces have been included from a "Bohush" >>>> manuscript, without any further detail. The Chaconne is beautiful. >>>> >>>> Any body out there knowing more about this manuscript? >>>> >>>> Thank you in advance to you all, >>>> >>>> Luca >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.435 / Virus Database: >>> 271.1.1/2669 - Release Date: 02/05/10 07:35:00 >>> >>> >> > >