Suzanne must have been a fascinating character. Two of her etudes are among my daily practice pieces.
Ned On Mar 28, 2012, at 12:53 PM, Nancy Carlin wrote: > I was at the lute seminar (produced by Donna Curry) that Susanne and Diana > attended. They played a lovely duet concert. I remember seeing them having > a good time talking with each other, but Susanne was a great talker. I also > remember that listening to her required you to re-adjust your head because > the ideas went by a bit faster than what you heard from other people. > Nancy > > > >> It looks like quite an independent strand of development of lute >> technique was developed by Iadone, likely starting with the same >> sources as Poulton used. I think Diana Poulton and Susanne Bloch >> became great friends in the '60s, but I could have my date wrong >> there. Diana did attend at least one LSA get-together. >> I would guess Iadone's influence on this side of the Pond mostly came >> via his student, the great Jim Tyler, who lived in London for many >> years. >> I wondered if Paul O'Dette had studied lute with him, but as far as I >> can see the only lutenist teacher mentioned in his resume is Eugen >> Dombois - yet another strand! >> Best regards, >> Bill >> From: Edward Mast <nedma...@aol.com> >> To: William Samson <willsam...@yahoo.co.uk> >> Cc: Lute List <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> >> Sent: Tuesday, 27 March 2012, 21:36 >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Right hand plucking position - was Re: Quality vs >> Quantity >> Fortunately, I think, Iadone had no teacher (of lute) . He was from >> quite a different musical and lute 'family' than Dolmetsch and >> Poulton; no relation to Dolmetsch, I would say, and only a very >> distant relation to Poulton. >> Best, >> Ned >> On Mar 27, 2012, at 3:02 PM, William Samson wrote: >> > I couldn't agree more, Ned. But Schaeffer was the one who >> successfully proselytised and tipped the balance. >> > >> > Even before Iadone there was Arnold Dolmetsch - a >> flesh-plucking-pinky-on-bridger, uncontaminated because he learned >> straight from the sources and didn't play classical guitar first. >> Here's an image of him around 100 years ago: >> > [1] http://tinyurl.com/ccmoxu6 >> > >> > He went on to teach Diana Poulton, who went on to teach . . . almost >> everybody! >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Bill >> > >> > >> -- >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> -- >> >> References >> >> 1. http://tinyurl.com/ccmoxu6 >> 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > Nancy Carlin Associates > P.O. Box 6499 > Concord, CA 94524 USA > phone 925/686-5800 fax 925/680-2582 > web sites - www.nancycarlinassociates.com > www.groundsanddivisions.info > > Representing: > FROM WALES - Crasdant & Carreg Lafar, FROM ENGLAND - Jez Lowe & Jez Lowe & > The Bad Pennies, and now representing EARLY MUSIC - The Venere Lute Quartet, > The Good Pennyworths & Morrongiello & Young > > Administrator THE LUTE SOCIETY OF AMERICA > web site - http://LuteSocietyofAmerica.org > --
