I bought my family's first TV in 1949, an aunt had given me some money. It
was a 14" Emerson and cost $200. I can now get a 19" color TV for less than
that. But a medium range automobile cost about $1200 then, and now costs
about $20,000. Three hundred years ago, in New England, lobster were thrown
Michael Stitt at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Of interest to me is what a lute worth $1,512, or 21 rtl in 18th century
> German currency is relative todays prices for a lute.
It's nonsense to say that 21 reichsthaler was equivalent to $1,512 in modern
(U.S., I presume) currency. I'm not saying tha
Of interest to me is what a lute worth $1,512, or 21 rtl in 18th century German
currency is relative todays prices for a lute. This sum appears at the end of
Christoph Wolffs monumental biography on Bach that was published in 2000, and refers
to the reference to the price given to Bach's `lut
My quoted source was not quite right, it is Mattheson who asserted:
"In addition, there is trouble with bad or spliced strings, especially the
charantarelle, and trouble with frets and tuning pegs, so that I have had it heard
that it costs as much in Paris to keep a lute as a horse."
Baron re
My quoted source was not quite right, it is Mattheson who asserted:
"In addition, there is trouble with bad or spliced strings, especially the
charantarelle, and trouble with frets and tuning pegs, so that I have had it heard
that it costs as much in Paris to keep a lute as a horse."
Baron re
Dear friends,
Indeed, the best Dalza collection in "staff notation" (printed), as far
I know, they are the volumes of "Die Tabulatur" - Hofmeister Edition.
The price in 2003 web Catalog is 9,50 Euro, each volume.
http://www.hofmeister-musikverlag.com/
"Die Tabulatur" have a format of three sim
Folks,
My friend with the mandola has decided to sell it and put the money towards
a lute. He's asked me to ask you what you think this instrument might be
worth. The pictures can be seen at;
http://medievalist.org/lute/mandola/mandol.html
No need to clutter the bandwidth on the list, please s
On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Jerzy ZAK wrote:
> .. and a country, Herbert !!! In some European countries it runs from 4
> months ('student lute') to 2 years' salary, ...but it's getting better.
Yes, there is a difference of scale. A beginning policeman in America
could buy a concert quality lute for 4
>I looked at where it broke (and used the remaining string to retune - which
>broke again in a short time). I thought I had clean string (it had broken at
>the bridge tie), but I assume that the new section, being already stretched
>and stressed, wasn't able to support a new bridge knot (as it brok
Dear All,
You may be interested to know that Matthew Spring's book, _The Lute
In Britain _ (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001) has won the
Nicolas Bessaraboff Prize awarded by AMIS, the American Musical
Instrument Society. The award is for 2003, and is for the best book
on musical instruments
I would second Arto's theory. I have never broken a chanterelle. Now, my guitar's e
string...that is another matter. I break them all the time.
Arto Wikla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear Jon
> I have joined the club, my flat back may or not be considered a lute, but
> it shares one chara
> I studied the classical guitar at the Guildhall School of Music in London
> with Hector Quine. As a student I showed an interest in playing the lute,
> but my teacher claimed that playing the lute was a failure to accept the
> challenges of the guitar. Here ended any possible lute career! in fact
Dear Marcus and Michael,
In fact Mace says exactly the opposite. He refutes the claim that
keeping a lute is as expensive as keeping a horse:
Thomas Mace, _Musick's Monument_ (London, 1676), page 46:
"That one had as good keep a Horse (for Cost) as a Lute, is the
Fourth Objection.
This likewise
Dear Jon
> I have joined the club, my flat back may or not be considered a lute, but
> it shares one characteristic. The chanterelle broke after five days of
> stringing.
Welcome to the club!
But I think there is an error in your "shares a characteristic" statement!
I have played lutes since t
Thank you Ron,
I have recently returned to the list after a three-year gap, although I have
never written to the list before. The reason for this is that I am first and
foremost a guitarist. I do however have a strong interest in the lute and
find the readings very interesting and often inspiring.
Dear Friends,
[DEL: > How much did a lute cost 1500-1650, in t= erms of months of
salary? :DEL]
The Polish royal court paid Bakfark August 1551 12 Polish= florins
for a lute, which he bought in Cracow. At that time Bakfark earned
yearly about 9= 2 Polish Florins. T
> In some European countries it runs from 4 months ('student lute') to 2
> years' salary, ...but it's getting better.
> Jerzy
And you wonder why my first lute is that flat back kit. Not all musicians
trying to expand their horizons can afford to spend a significant sum to
start an instrument. Wer
I have joined the club, my flat back may or not be considered a lute, but it
shares one characteristic. The chanterelle broke after five days of
stringing.
I looked at where it broke (and used the remaining string to retune - which
broke again in a short time). I thought I had clean string (it had
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