My question was and is: how does it come that Julian Bream sounds so good on the lute - though every body today is convinced to know better....
Dr. Franz Mechsner Zum Kirschberg 40 D-14806 Belzig OT Borne +49(0)33841 441362 franz.mechs...@gmx.de Gesendet: Mittwoch, 19. Juni 2019 um 02:08 Uhr Von: "spiffys84121" <spiffys84...@cs.dartmouth.edu> An: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Julian Bream on Lute I wouldn't say that Bream pioneered lute technique as he didn't really use lute technique. He played a lute shaped guitar like a classical guitar. He was very influential to future lute players though, but does --anyone-- today play a Bream type lute/object with guitar technique? Susan Bream is still alive btw Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message -------- From: Franz Mechsner <franz.mechs...@gmx.de> Date: 6/18/19 5:13 PM (GMT-07:00) To: Dan Winheld <dwinh...@lmi.net> Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: Julian Bream on Lute Dear Dan, Julian Bream actually pioneered lute playing very early. Watch this beautiful movie on him that makes me smile (lute things come somewhere in the middle): [1][1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUdunh_wMCI Warm regards and best Franz Dr. Franz Mechsner Zum Kirschberg 40 D-14806 Belzig OT Borne +49(0)33841 441362 franz.mechs...@gmx.de Gesendet: Mittwoch, 19. Juni 2019 um 01:07 Uhr Von: "Dan Winheld" <dwinh...@lmi.net> An: "Franz Mechsner" <franz.mechs...@gmx.de>, lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Betreff: Re: [LUTE] Julian Bream on Lute Nope. Never heard of him. On 6/18/2019 3:49 PM, Franz Mechsner wrote: > Dear collective wisdom, > > I just heard some pieces played by admired guitarist Julian Bram on the > lute. It seems to me he played kind of classical guitar style on the > lute. Strange, but It sounds wonderful to me, not only bold for the > time. Does anyone understand how he played the (maybe special) lute and > produced the wonderful sound on a lute admittedly built for him? > > Best and curious > Franz > > Dr. Franz Mechsner > Zum Kirschberg 40 > D-14806 Belzig OT Borne > +49(0)33841 441362 > franz.mechs...@gmx.de > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > [2][2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > References 1. [3]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUdunh_wMCI 2. [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html References 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUdunh_wMCI 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUdunh_wMCI 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
