Practising is my way of returning the inner self and body functions like muscle tonus, blood circulation and breath into order. Lute-do, as David van Ooijen once poetically put it. Another thing is that some people in my environment just love the sound of the lute. No need to play virtuoso pieces. That's why I do little recitals every three months or so (which I would not do if there were prof lute players in my town). Some listeners expressed their lack of information about the music which I took as an invitation to write little programmes about our lute heroes and some particulars of the music and of the instruments. Just do the good thing and share it. Thank you, Ron, for pointing at that!
Mathias > -----Original Message----- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of > Dan Winheld > Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 3:23 AM > To: r.turov...@gmail.com; Ron Andrico; mathias.roe...@t-online.de; > lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; christophertstet...@gmail.com > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quote - Sage advice > > William Hogarth might have seen a need for even more police.... > > http://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/londons-street-noises-the- > enraged-musician-by-william-hogarth/ > > On 8/31/2014 5:35 PM, r.turov...@gmail.com wrote: > > Just remember the famous Friedrich der Grosse aphorism: > > "If all my subjects played musical instruments: I wouldn't have needed > > police!" > > RT > > > > > > On 8/31/2014 8:30 PM, Dan Winheld wrote: > >> I don't know about that... in my case, I often hide behind practicing > >> to avoid household repairs, chores, and some of the other onerous > >> duties of being a grown-up. The music is quite edifying, of course, > >> but it doesn't seem to have improved my behavior. Just my character. > >> > >> Dan > >> > >> > >> On 8/31/2014 12:42 PM, Ron Andrico wrote: > >>> Thanks, Mathias and Christopher. All readers of this forum seem to > >>> recognize that music in general and playing the lute in > >>> particular is > >>> the best form of self-improvement - we just have to let the rest > >>> of the > >>> world know. > >>> RA > >>> > Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 09:30:20 +0200 > >>> > To: "lute, " lute@cs.dartmouth.edu " <Lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>" > >>> > From: mathias.roe...@t-online.de > >>> > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quote - Sage advice > >>> > > >>> > >> "...music that's good for you." > >>> > > I love it.A Thanks, Ron. > >>> > > Best to all, > >>> > > Chris. > >>> > > >>> > wholeheartedly seconded! > >>> > > >>> > Mathias > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Ron Andrico > >>> > > <[1]praelu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >>> > > > >>> > > A A We have posted our Saturday morning quote, Sage advice. > >>> > > A A [1][2]http://wp.me/p15OyV-13k > >>> > > A A Ron & Donna > >>> > > A A -- > >>> > > References > >>> > > A A 1. [3]http://wp.me/p15OyV-13k > >>> > > To get on or off this list see list information at > >>> > > [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >>> > > > >>> > > -- > >>> > > > >>> > > References > >>> > > > >>> > > 1. mailto:praelu...@hotmail.com > >>> > > 2. http://wp.me/p15OyV-13k > >>> > > 3. http://wp.me/p15OyV-13k > >>> > > 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > >