On 5 Nov 2010, Gibbons, John wrote: >Crawhall's tags... are harmonically as well as melodically > different from Reavely,
Exactly - which is why I think there's two possible sets there. > the illegibilities in Crawhall seem > to be mostly his fault... Was he noting this down in haste, I wonder? There are similarities in parts of the Clough MSS, where the writing is obviously that of Tom (3), but not the considered and legible stuff of the "best" collection... > I will happily contribute to the medal fund for a sight of Reavely! Copy, I think, is what we need (OK, so it's a wish list). It's easy to look at an MS and make an index, but with an anxious owner hovering one cannot spend enough time to even abc much. > Matt's strains ... definitely don't require an open-ended chanter. OK, thanks for that. Thanks to a damaged right elbow, I'm not very fluent on anything at present. > some work before I get home.... Working out how to rake in all those tuition fees?? <grin> Julia To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html