RE: Boerhaave
Thanks for that Matuka. Maybe the lute connection would be of interest to any future biographer of Boerhaave... Rob -Original Message- From: Henk-Jan de Jong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 02 July 2005 08:11 To: Rob MacKillop Cc: baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: Re: Boerhaave Hi, Boerhaave was a famous Dutch scientist (see http://herman-boerhaave.biography.ms/). As far as I know Boerhaave is not known as a composer. However he wrote the texts of some of Clerks cantates (http://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/quick/directory/r_50044/s_253/ss_/f_77.h tml) Some more stuff about the Clerks at (http://www.sonnetusa.com/bio/maxbio.pdf) Greetinx Matuka Rob MacKillop wrote: >I've been reading the travel diaries of John Clerk of Penicuick (near >Edinburgh). He studied with Corelli in Rome, but also spent some time >in Leyden, Holland. He befriended one Boerhaave, whom he decribes as >being 'a big and clumsy man, with fingers proportionable, yet from the >time I had left him in Holland he had acquired a dexterity in playing >on the French lute above all men I have ever heard'. > >Has anyone heard of Boerhaave? Any surviving music? > >Rob >PS I now have an 11c lute! > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > >
Re: Boerhaave
Hi, Boerhaave was a famous Dutch scientist (see http://herman-boerhaave.biography.ms/). As far as I know Boerhaave is not known as a composer. However he wrote the texts of some of Clerks cantates (http://www.scottishmusiccentre.com/quick/directory/r_50044/s_253/ss_/f_77.html) Some more stuff about the Clerks at (http://www.sonnetusa.com/bio/maxbio.pdf) Greetinx Matuka Rob MacKillop wrote: >I've been reading the travel diaries of John Clerk of Penicuick (near >Edinburgh). He studied with Corelli in Rome, but also spent some time in >Leyden, Holland. He befriended one Boerhaave, whom he decribes as being 'a >big and clumsy man, with fingers proportionable, yet from the time I had >left him in Holland he had acquired a dexterity in playing on the French >lute above all men I have ever heard'. > >Has anyone heard of Boerhaave? Any surviving music? > >Rob >PS I now have an 11c lute! > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > >
Re: Boerhaave
Dear Rob, congratulations to your new lute. the 11c is one of the greatest instruments ever invented! And the repertoire unbelievable. Best wishes Thomas Am Freitag, 1. Juli 2005 18:17 schrieben Sie: > I've been reading the travel diaries of John Clerk of Penicuick (near > Edinburgh). He studied with Corelli in Rome, but also spent some time in > Leyden, Holland. He befriended one Boerhaave, whom he decribes as being 'a > big and clumsy man, with fingers proportionable, yet from the time I had > left him in Holland he had acquired a dexterity in playing on the French > lute above all men I have ever heard'. > > Has anyone heard of Boerhaave? Any surviving music? > > Rob > PS I now have an 11c lute! > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- Thomas Schall Niederhofheimer Weg 3 D-65843 Sulzbach 06196/74519 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ab 15.7. neue Adresse: Wiesentalstrasse 41 CH-8355 Aadorf http://www.lautenist.de http://www.lautenist.de/bduo/ http://www.lautenist.de/gitarre/ http://www.tslaute.de/weiss/
Re: Boerhaave
>>> PS I now have an 11c lute! >> cordial congrats!!! That's the real thing. > Now he just needs two more ( courses) and he's in business! yore kiddin, aint ya? 11 is the thing. Or are the French still exiled from Bushland? best, Mathias -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
Re: Boerhaave
>>Rob MacKillop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: >> PS I now have an 11c lute! >cordial congrats!!! That's the real thing. >all the best, >Mathias Now he just needs two more ( courses) and he's in business! Michael Thames www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com - Original Message - From: "Mathias Rösel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 11:12 AM Subject: Re: Boerhaave > "Rob MacKillop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > PS I now have an 11c lute! > > cordial congrats!!! That's the real thing. > > all the best, > > Mathias > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
