Dear Arthur & All, Further to Chris Goodwin's comments reported below I am glad to be able to add that preparatory work on the Lord Herbert Of Cherbury facsimile is at an advanced stage and is going well. I would hesitate to predict a completion date - as with all Lute Society publications the preparation is carried out by dedicated individuals giving their time to the work involved, and sometimes there are unexpected interruptions. But it is definitely the next planned Lute Society facsimile, and a publication date within the next year seems entirely possible at the moment. When to publish it after the preparation is complete will be a committee decision, and as has already been said, the Lute Society's ability to produce new facsimilies does depend on support for the existing publications.
It's good to see Robert Spencer's name mentioned in the context of the Cherbury manuscript. His vision of making lute manuscripts available in facsimile is still a major inspiration for the Lute Society's work in that field. We don't have specific plans beyond Cherbury, but I very much hope that the series will be able to continue, ideally until every English lute manuscript is in print. That will take some time, but it's good to hold onto the vision..... Best wishes, Denys Denys Stephens General Editor of Music Editions The Lute Society -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of A. J. Ness Sent: 01 February 2011 15:08 To: simon.lamb...@stfc.ac.uk; Lute List Subject: [LUTE] Re: Future facsimiles from the Lute Society Here's a link to the Society's list of facsimiles, etc., in case there are other things that interest you. Dd 2.11 isn't listed yet: http://www.lutesoc.co.uk/pages/catalogue Some of us have had to wait for 30 years for the Lord Herbert facsimile. Bob Spencer had it at the top of his list, but was unsuccessful in getting the library to release it for a facsimile. It would be at the top of my list, too. It was quite a frustrating experience for him. He would mutter, "We'll just have to wait until he [the librarian] retires." Dd 2.11 is listed "in the pipeline": http://www.lutesoc.co.uk/pages/pipeline ----- Original Message ----- From: <simon.lamb...@stfc.ac.uk> To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 7:39 AM Subject: [LUTE] Future facsimiles from the Lute Society > There have been some queries about the Lute Society's future plans for > publishing facsimiles, following the launch of Cambridge Dd.2.11. Chris > Goodwin, the Secretary of the Society, tells me that the next on the list > is Herbert of Cherbury, though Dd.2.11 will have to pay for itself first - > which sounds like a good reason to go and buy a copy if you haven't yet > done so! > > Simon Lambert > Oxford, England > > -- > Scanned by iCritical. > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
