Alan sent this in reply to me only, but I'm certain it was intended for the list and t'other Eugene:
________________________________________ From: Alan Hoyle [mailto:adr...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 11:00 AM To: Eugene C. Braig IV Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: A question about Bakfark's lute music I think he gets so little play by professionals because he is so difficult! Jacob Heringman's CD is, indeed, excellent - even more impressive were the recitals I heard him give featuring some of the pieces... He is a very helpful man, generous with advice - you might try emailing him (details on his website), but I don't think there'll be an easy answer! Good luck! Alan (who's only dared to tackle 'Si grand e la pieta' - I can send you the tab I used in a lesson with JH, complete with his fingerings & sustains) > On 1 July 2011 15:41, Eugene C. Braig IV <brai...@osu.edu> wrote: > > > I love Bakfark's music, but it gets way too little play by professionals, > and I can't really make any of it sound convincing myself. While I can't > provide technical advice here, I may be able to point you to some > inspiration. Heringman did an excellent CD entitled The Black Cow, half > of which was given to Bakfark intabulations, fantasias, and the like, the > other half to Polish dances by Waissel. > http://www.amazon.com/Black-Cow-Valentin-Matthaus-Heringman/dp/B0000258EM > > Luck! > Eugene > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > > Behalf Of Eugene Kurenko > > Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 10:14 AM > > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > > Subject: [LUTE] A question about Bakfark's lute music > > > > Hello to everybody! > > > > This day I had some interest in difficult music for renaissance lute > > and had dicovered some intabulations by Bakfark. > > > > And almost went crazy. Most of them seems for me as "bloody hell" and > > almost impossible to play in tempo. > > > > I mean this for example: > > > > [1]http://www.lute.ru/gerbode/ft2/composers/Bakfark/pdf/douce_memoire.p > > df > > > > [2]http://www.lute.ru/gerbode/ft2/composers/Bakfark/pdf/czarna_krowa.pd > > f > > > > Some chord progressions has very awkward fingerings, wide transitions > > for left hand. And in addition to this - very complex rhythm, polyphony > > up to 4 and sometimes 5 voices. > > > > Do you have any suggestions how one can play this on one lute? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Eugene. > > > > -- > > > > References > > > > 1. > > http://www.lute.ru/gerbode/ft2/composers/Bakfark/pdf/douce_memoire.pdf > > 2. > > http://www.lute.ru/gerbode/ft2/composers/Bakfark/pdf/czarna_krowa.pdf > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
