Good morning: There is a wonderful post on the history of Éditions de L'Oiseau-Lyre and its founder Louise Dyer. Mrs. Dyer was responsible for comissioning musicologists to perpare performing editions of French baroque composers such as Rameau, Lully, etc). Particularly quaint was this story:
"Louise Dyer had immense flair and style, but she was also a hard task-master. The first ever record made by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields was recorded for L'Oiseau -Lyre in the Conway Hall in London in 1961. No royalties were paid, fees were low and session time was limited. For 'A Recital by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields' the players each received £5 ($9) from Mrs Dyer in used banknotes notes from her handbag. The 40 minute programme of rarely heard works by Corelli, Torelli, Locatelli, Albicastro and Handel was recorded in just two three hour sessions, and the performing editions of the Albicastro and Handel works were prepared by the session's producer, Jimmy Burnett." Full post can be read here: http://theovergrownpath.blogspot.com/2007/04/does-anyone-still-care-about-major.html Have a great weekend, Kim Patrick Clow _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
