[BAROQUE-LUTE] performing aspects
I am wandering about the use of vibrato - as well as (Segovian) pushing strings away - on baroque lute in e.g. the Weiss period. Sure Weiss indicated explicit at certain passages the use of vibrato, but how much more was it in use? When playing Weiss' music more often you get the 'inner feeling' to 'vibrate' at certain spots, etc. In Performance on Lute, Guitar and Vihuela (ISBN 0-521-45528-6) I can't find any directions/explanations on this matter. Impressions on this aspect are very welcome. Henk Pakker -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: reader
No I don't think so: Version: 1.01 for Windows 98/ME/2000/NT/XP/2003 and Vista Henk - Original Message - From: Anthony Hind [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Henk Pakker [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] reader Also, it doesn't appear to work for MAC, or am I wrong there? Anthony Le 10 oct. 07 à 12:50, Henk Pakker a écrit : Hello all, I have sent this earlier, but do not see it posted, so again: This reader could be of use for this and other forums? http://www.snapfiles.com/get/wfreaderlite.html Greetings, Henk Pakker -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.6/1060 - Release Date: 9-10-2007 16:43
[BAROQUE-LUTE] Pegs
Interesting..? There are some enclosed foto's, if someone wants to see them let me know. (Earlier I forewarded the mail with enclosures, but that doesn't seem to work - with an empty message as result). Henk Pakker - Original Message - From: John Charles Herin To: henk Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 5:10 PM Subject: Re: Lute Pegs Dear Henk: If you send my your pegs, of another set of your choice, I can fit your heads to my mechanism. I can match the color of the outer shank to ebony or rosewood heads. The portion of the shank within the peg box wall will be black in either case. I have sold quite a few sets for lute. On customer Derek Bowers of California, USA has over the years converted three instruments. Please let me know if I can help you. Sincerely Chuck Herin henk wrote: Hello, Is it possible to make them for (baroque) lutes as well...? (see photo). Best regards, Henk Pakker The Netherlands -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re:
- Original Message - From: henk To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 10:22 AM Does anyone know of a recording of the 30 preludes in all (24) keys for lute by John Wilson (ms Oxford, Bodleian Library Mus. B. 1)? Henk Pakker -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[BAROQUE-LUTE] magnesium
I want to approach you (baroque) lute players with the following: In 2000 or 2001 I went to a concert in Amsterdam given by Hopkinson Smith (Concertgebouw). Although I was sitting in the third row I could almost hear nothing of what he was playing and the only alternative was to buy a CD in the pause or afterwards, which I did not. During the concert Smith paused several times in between numbers to stick his right hand in the right pocket of his jacket and left it there for about 1 minute. After that he continued playing again. I still do not know what his hand was/is doing there? And I still do not know. Anyhow I started thinking of how and what and I came up with something. At that time I played the baroque lute without nails and I needed something to roughen my finger tops and came up with the following process: First I wash my hands with a detergent and then I use a block of magnesium to cover my finger tops including the thumb. I experienced and think (for myself) that playing then the lute is 'amazing'. Since I am a professional clas! sical guitarist as well I started again using nails. And using the nails playing the lute with the above mentioned 'magnesium' procedure is again amazing! (volume, accurate, stable, etc.) Has anyone experience with this procedure? And does anyone know what Smith was secretly doing in his pocket? And if someone tries this way of playing, I am curious for his or her findings. Greetings, Henk Pakker The Netherlands -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[BAROQUE-LUTE] Magnesium
I agree with Arto: lute playing could not have been so quiet in the 16th and 17th centuries...let alone in the baroque area. I like Sterling's humor very much, because he could be right..? But could anyone refer to my original question about the use of magnesium? Henk - Original Message - From: sterling price [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Arto Wikla [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 8:40 PM Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Quietness of playing (was: magnesium) Well first of all he plays over the rose. And he stops the basses so fast that one can't hear them. Sterling --- Arto Wikla [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 18 September 2007 15:21, henk wrote: .[..] I went to a concert [...] given by Hopkinson Smith [...]. Although I was sitting in the third row I could almost hear nothing of what he was playing [...] I have the same experience of nearly silence in Hopkinson Smith's concert. That time it was a renaissance lute. As beautiful as it may be, lute playing could not have been so quiet in the 16th and 17th centuries... Opinions of that? All the best, Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mailp=summer+activities+for+kidscs=bz -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.21/1012 - Release Date: 16-9-2007 18:32
[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Prelude source?
Hi Markus, Thanks for your reply. Do you think H. Smith is willing to publish/share this prelude? Otherwise I will have to 're-engineer' it from the recording. Greetings Henk - Original Message - From: Markus Lutz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Barocklautenliste [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 6:35 PM Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Prelude source? Hello Henk, in the recording catalogue of Peter van Dessel I find a note: performer's own prelude ? The sonata is Smith-Crawford (S-C) 43 - you can compare it on http://www.slweiss.com under recordings/Solo sonatas . Best regards Markus On Thu, 6 Sep 2007 17:34:12 , henk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --=_NextPart_001_001B_01C7F0AC.2382BC00 Hello, I am new in this mailing list. I am playing several suites of Weiss and one of them is Dresden # XVI in a minor. H. Smith has recorded this suite (see attachment) but he is playing a prelude I cannot find anywhere. Did he composed it himself or has anyone an idea where I can find it? Kind regards, Henk Pakker The Netherlands --_NextPart_001_001B_01C7F0AC.2382BC00 -- Markus Lutz Schulstr. 11 D-88422 Bad Buchau Tel: 0 75 82 / 92 62 89 Fax: 0 75 82 / 92 62 90 Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.6/991 - Release Date: 5-9-2007 14:55
[BAROQUE-LUTE] Visee: Les sourdines d 'Armide
Hello all, I'd like to play 'Les sourdines d 'Armide de Mr. Lully' by Robert de Visee for theorbe. Does anyone know the source of this piece? Henk-Jan 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
