sarmatica
Dear e-friends, et e-amis, I just added 2 more Renaissance Lute intabulations of Ukrainian folk-songs at http://polyhymnion.org/torban Enjoy, Amities, RT
Re: willow song
Dear Dick, The song appears with four verses and lute accompaniment in tablature in London, British Library, Add. MS 15117, fol. 18r. There is a facsimile edition of this manuscript: Elise Bickford Jorgens (ed.), _English Song 1600-1675_, 12 vols (New York: Garland Publishing, 1986), vol. 1: British Library Manuscripts, Part 1. This facsimile is probably out of print now, but you may be able to order a copy through your library. There will almost certainly be a modern edition, and with luck someone on this list will be able to tell you. Best wishes, Stewart McCoy. - Original Message - From: richard BROOK [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 11:10 AM Subject: willow song I am interested in locating a version of the 'Willow Song' from (I believe) Othello, that has the verses and lute tablature. Any help would be appreciated. Dick Brook[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: willow song
I believe you can find a facsimile at http://www.silvius.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/willow.jpg David I am interested in locating a version of the 'Willow Song' from (I believe) Othello, that has the verses and lute tablature. Any help would be appreciated. Dick Brook[EMAIL PROTECTED]
String cycles ...
Does anyone know what phases or cycles a string goes through after being pluck? I notice when I use a tuner that the pitch changes over the life of the note and my ear suggests the the tone does also. The obvious question is where does the ear gravitate to in the note's life cycle? Tim Mills Denver
willow song
I may be mistaken but I believe F. W., Sternfeld, _Music in Shakespearean Tragedy_ (London/New York, 1963)_ remains the best place to begin looking for songs used in Shakespeare. The Willow Song occupies pages 24-52 in the book, with 5 or 6 versions including several with tabkature in facsimile. The Sternfeld book is alos a vaulable reference tool because he has tracked down original music for not only the tragedies, but the comedies and histories as well (see Index I). Another volume which I have never seen was assembled y the late Andrew Charlton for Garland Press then in NYC It is said to be a practivcal edition of the Sakespearean music. I tried to get it reprinted, but the Garland editor thought there would not be enough sales. But it can be found in libraries. The Sternfeld is also probably OOP, but it will be in many libraries. This should get you started. Perhaps Arnold Gessel will have something to add. ajn.
Re: willow song
LGS-Europe [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: I believe you can find a facsimile at http://www.silvius.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/willow.jpg that link is not found there. What a pity. -- Cheers, Mathias Mathias Roesel, Grosze Annenstrasze 5, 28199 Bremen, Deutschland/ Germany, Tel +49 - 421 - 165 49 97, Fax +49 1805 060 334 480 67, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: String cycles ...
Does anyone know what phases or cycles a string goes through after being pluck? I notice when I use a tuner that the pitch changes over the life of the note and my ear suggests the the tone does also. The obvious question is where does the ear gravitate to in the note's life cycle? What excellent questions! It starts sharp and comes down. It depends how hard you hit it. To my ear, where the pitch is just after the initial attack is where it's tonal center is. Also, if you pluck softly it is a bit more stable. I don't know about you, but when I try to tune my lute, it isn't a question of getting it perfect with regards to the tuner. With my tuner and pegs, if I can get within 5 cents, I feel it's as good as I can get it. I often just use an audible pitch and try to 'match' it but on either the sharp or flat side as need be (2nd 3rd course flat, 4th 5th sharp for meantone). In fact I often wonder how in tune the old masters played. With their admonitions about false strings in the treatises and importing from far away countries, I really wonder what the state of the average lute's intonation was. I think string technology is absolutely the biggest question mark in lute revival: size of holes in bridges, colored strings, no extant string samples (there must be some somewhere!!!???). By the way, I just got a 23 year old John Rollins A lute. The pegs are wonderfully smooth. I'm very happy with the instrument. Does anyone have contact info for John? I'd like to get his recommendations about total kg tension. Any recommendations for stringing this baby? It's 51 cm. I'm thinking all gut or all Nylgut. But what to do about the basses? cheers, -- Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
