[LUTE] Busking on the Lute.
Greetings one and all from Axel. In 2002 I attended the Grand Prix of Europe at the Nurburgring in Germany's Eiffel Mountains. Early in the morning on race day, I pulled out my lute and started practicing near the gift shop and cafe. Bring a really obnoxious tourist who spent his childhood in Germany, I wore my American Flag shirt (obtained from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway) and my dark brown cowboy hat. It was getting warm so I took my cowboy hat off and began playing my simple Newsidler pieces. To my surprise, people from around the world would listed for second and would drop money into the cowboy hat. Eventually, I had enough money to buy breakfast and get some trinkets on The Grand Prix of Europe from the gift shop, Some people stayed around for the duration of the music. To those people I explained that some lute music was written in a tablature known as German lute tablature. They seemed very pleased. My apologies to my fellow lutenists, I hope that the Formula One world community does not think that all lute players are Black Men who wear their nation's flag and traditional head gear while playing lute at the Grand Prix. Of course I am no Joshua Bell, but all was much fun and a good time was had by all. ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Perrine
Greetings one and all, from Axel Henri. Where could I obtain a copy of Perrine's "TABLE POUR APPRENDRE A' TOUCHER LE LUTH SUR LES NOTES CHIFFRE'ES DE BASSE CONTINUES" (Paris : Perrine, 1698) ? Another great idea from Bejamin Narvey. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
The Amherst Early Music Festival
The week long lute school sponsored by The Lute Society of America at The Amherst Early Music Festival was an absolutely delicious treat for all of the lute players in attendance. The school was located in the green mountains of Bennington, Vermont, USA, where the chipmunks, rabbits, deer, wild turkeys and even a fox or two (they are most certainly and totally beautiful) still command the roads. The student lute band performed Ben Jonson's Masque, "Oberon" (careful now, please do not call it an opera) . The sound heard when one puts so many different sizes of lutes and related instruments in one orchestra is very especially unique. The teachers and faculty performers were the Veneer Lute Quartet (Gail Gllispie, Christopher Morrongiello, Doug Freundlich and Phillip Rukavvina). Hopkinson Smith, on one of his rare visits to America from Basel, presented Master Classes - "say no more." -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
Heringman CD
Greetings All Again from Axel: I also forgot the name of Mr. Herringman's latest CD, but want a copy of it to work with the issue of the LSA Journal which has published the music from it. Let us all hope that Mr. Herringman brings many copies of this CD for sale to Cleveland. Best Wishes, Axel --
RE: French Lute Society
Greetings to all from Axel: For my birthday, I had to have the volume 12 of "Le Secret Des Muses" which was "Initiation 'a La Basse Continue au Luth" (Introduction to the Bass Continuo on the Lute) by Pascale Boquet from the Societe Francaise de Luth (written in French, of course). I worked closely with The Von Huene Workshop, Inc of Brookline, MA. After months of rather slow response from the French Lute Society (thank God the lute is still in the cottage industry stage, and not yet a super efficient corporate conglomerate), von Huene learned that to order something from the French Lute Society, one must be a member of the French Lute Society (because of France's nonprofit incorporation laws) So, the von Huene Workshop joined the French Lute Society and I received my book pronto. The von Huene Workshop, Inc. (The Early Music Shop of New England) is located at 59-65 Boylston Street; Brookline, MA 02445-7694. Telephone is: (617) 277-8690. E-mail is:[EMAIL PROTECTED] As soon as I can afford it, I will join the Societe Francaise de Luth and the Deutsche Lautengellschaft, because I speak a bit of both languages and grew up as a child over there. --
