[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: modern lute(?) music, anecdotal
Are you in touch with Susan King [1]susanjanetk...@gmail.com and Lynda Sayce [2]lyndasa...@gmail.com about their database of contemporary lute music? - CG In a message dated 29/05/2011 20:13:27 GMT Standard Time, davidvanooi...@gmail.com writes: Modern music for lute revisited. As you know by now I find a lot of modern music on my music stand these days. This weekend's experience exemplifies some of my feelings quite nicely. My first rehearsal was on Friday. The first version of the first movement arrived on Tuesday. It was replaced by a new version on Thursday. During Friday's rehearsal some sections of the first movement were cut, as they didn't work on our instruments (surprise: Baroque ensemble!). We also received the third movement (somehow there was no second movement) on Friday, but didn't start rehearsing it seriously until Saturday. My part (for theorbo) had tapping (left and right hand on the fingerboard), use of a slide, extensive use of harmonics and de-tuning of my instrument by someone else while I was playing and a resulting breaking string all written in. I should add that, not for the first time, however uncomfortable my part felt on a theorbo, it would have fitted a guitar surprisingly well. Anyway, I was happy to jump through all the hoops prescribed in my part, but refused the de-tuning cum broken string (the next item on the programme was a Bach cantata in 1/6 comma meantone and keeping my 14 gut strings more or less in tune is a major concern in a one hour concert). My, polite but definitive, refusal resulted in some awkward moments during rehearsal. Which were magically solved today in the run-through before the concert, when I was given a beaten-up (1933!) guitar, with an action that was sure to avoid buzzing even if I wanted to (was it 2 or 3cm from string to fret at the 12th position?), fitted with strings from last century and, needless to say, strung for a right-handed player while I am, for those that are unaware of it, most definitively a lefty. Suddenly my part was easy! Suddenly the composer was happy! So much for writing modern music for early instruments. David - back to good old Renaissance and Baroque music on his music stand this week (and some Tommy Emmanuel ...) -- *** David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com www.davidvanooijen.nl *** To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:susanjanetk...@gmail.com 2. mailto:lyndasa...@gmail.com
[LUTE] Re: modern lute(?) music, anecdotal
On 30 May 2011 04:16, Christopher Wilke chriswi...@yahoo.com wrote: however uncomfortable my part felt on a theorbo, it would have fitted a guitar surprisingly well. Wow, a modern composer who actually wrote an idiomatic guitar part. That's a first in itself! (The composer is a guitarist, I suppose?) Haha, that is a positive twist indeed! The composer was able to show me what he wanted on a guitar, whether he is a guitarist, I don't know. David -- *** David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com www.davidvanooijen.nl *** To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: modern lute(?) music, anecdotal
On 30 May 2011 08:49, lute...@aol.com wrote: Are you in touch with Susan King susanjanetk...@gmail.com and Lynda Sayce lyndasa...@gmail.com about their database of contemporary lute music? - CG And inflict all these impossible pieces on my colleagues? David -- *** David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com www.davidvanooijen.nl *** To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Falckenhagen
Dear Peter, probably you have already an answer of Jochen Domning, who has collected Falckenhagen's works. I have talked to him and can shortly write, what he told me. Opus IV is the one, that is complete in Weimar - a little bit confusing are the numbers on the part books (1. Liuto, 2. Traverso, Oboe ò Violino.) that is in fact the edition number of Haffner: N° III.. This work is called Opera nueva on the title. Opus III of Falckenhagen bears according to Jochen Domnings foreward N° I. This earlier concert (Opus III) is unfortunately incomplete. The other parts are missing, only the lute survived! Best regards Markus Am 29.05.2011 19:20, schrieb Peter Danner: A question for the Collected Wisdom. There appears to be some confusion over the way Falckenhagen's concerti have come to be identified. I see Haffner published three sets of these concerti, all with very similar titles: Opera terza, Opera quarta, and Opera nuova. Only the lute part of Opera terza seems to have survived. Opera nuova, on the other hand, fortunately survives intact. However, these six concerti have often been referred to as if they were actually Opus 4 and have even been recorded this way. Adding to the confusion, Grove continues to identify Opera nuova as Opus 3. This cannot be correct. Is it possible that Opera nuova is simply a later edition of Opera quarta? Does a copy of Falckenhagen's Opera quarta even exist? I would appreciate it if someone could clear up this mystery for me. I scheduled to write the note for a new recording of Opera nuova for John Schneiderman and would like to know exactly what music I'm dealing with. Peter Danner To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Mateus Renaissance Lutes
Dear Lute Listers: I am interested in the work of luthier Cezar Mateus, specifically for an 8-course Renaissance lute. If any of you have had direct experience with that maker and his Renaissance lutes (6-8 courses), please reply to me off list at the address below. My thanks in advance, Eric [1]librarylutepla...@gmail.com -- Eric Hansen Librarian lutenist -- References 1. mailto:librarylutepla...@gmail.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] More on teaching
To All: We have a new post this evening, more about teaching music. [1]http://mignarda.wordpress.com/ Ron Donna -- References Visible links 1. http://mignarda.wordpress.com/ Hidden links: 2. javascript:; To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
