Dear Monica, the web address you gave works, but I created for you an easier one to remember:
http://monicahall.co.uk Best wishes, Rob www.robmackillop.net > On 4 Jul 2015, at 11:27, Monica Hall <mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > > For those of you who are interested... > My web site - www.monicahall2.wordpress.com now has on it an extended study > of Corbetta - the "best of all" in the words of Sanz and in my estimation > too. > The highlights of this are > 1. An extended biography - I have collected together all the information > currently known about his life and added a few snippets which I myself > have discovered in the process and tried to set it out in coherant > chronological order. > > 2. A parellel translation of the Italian and French prefaces from "La > guitarre royale" (1671) with his tablature example set out in a way which > makes it possible to compare the two. > > It also includes translations of the instructions to the player from his > four other books with examples and commentary. > > You will find it by clicking on the heading Corbetta on the home page > preceding the edition of his manuscript pieces. > > It is all free! Not sure that Ron would approve of that after reading his > last post but not belonging to the musical establishment or being part of > anyone's business model this is the only way I can make my efforts > available - not to mention expose them to publis scrutiny. > > Feel free to comment - but I am not likely to update this monumental work > any time soon. > > But a monumental vote of Thanks to Rob who has made it all possible. > > Regards to all > Monica > > www.monicahall2.wordpress.com > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html