Still, I'm guessing the "lutenist" was seated right at the horn with
the other performers arrayed behind. The pluck that sounds to be
fretted usually dominates, leaving the voice that seems to be harp
comfortably in the background. The harp often seems to serve only as
ambient sustain.
Eugene
----- Original Message -----
From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Date: Sunday, December 4, 2011 8:22 am
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Century-old lute recordings
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
> Ed:
>
> It is highly likely that there was no microphone. This was
> still the era of acoustic recording. Electronic technology
> did not come into common use for making records until the mid-1920s.
>
> Daniel
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Ed Durbrow <[email protected]>
> To: Daniel F Heiman
> <[email protected]>, LuteNet list <[email protected]>
> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Century-old lute recordings
> Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 18:38:06 +0900
>
> How very interesting! It sounds like the singer is
> singing full voice.
> They must have put the lutenist right in front of
> the microphone to
> achieve that balance.
>
> On Nov 21, 2011, at 7:50 AM,
> [1][email protected] wrote:
>
> at the Library of Congress:
> [2]http://1.usa.gov/tdD129
> It must be a lutar, but it is nevertheless
> interesting that anyone even
> thought of doing these at that time.
> Daniel
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> Ed Durbrow
> Saitama, Japan
> [3]http://www.musicianspage.com/musicians/9688/
> [4]http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
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> 1. mailto:[email protected]
> 2. http://1.usa.gov/tdD129
> 3. http://www.musicianspage.com/musicians/9688/
> 4. http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
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