Re: Bakfark

2004-09-24 Thread Mathias Rösel
Tadeusz Czechak [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: 1.It is still a proverb in Poland , but not commonly used , as now only a few poeple know who was Bakfark . You may hear it rather from the poeple involved with literature , poetry, culture etc. Yes, indeed. I asked a Polish friend of mine. She is a

Re: fluted ribs

2004-09-24 Thread Alexander Batov
Dear Vance, At present three instruments are considered officially as authentic vihuelas but in my opinion the Belchior Dias 1581 instrument (Royal College of Music, London) deserves to be added to this list. The main body of music for the vihuela is in the seven books which were published

Re: fluted ribs

2004-09-24 Thread martyn . hodgson
Dear Alexander,

Re: fluted ribs

2004-09-24 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 09:03 AM 9/24/2004, you wrote: Only one (in Jacquemart-Andre) has gained universal acceptance; there are still unresolved issues around the others... ..and, as is often mentioned in this discussion, the Jacquemart-Andre piece doesn't appear to have been built with the intent for it to serve

Re: fluted ribs

2004-09-24 Thread ariel abramovich
Hi there, I'm afraid that Chambure's vihuela has gained as well universal acceptance, at least within vihuela experts' circle. On the other hand Jacquemart-Andre's vihuela was, as Eugene suggests, built for different purposes than playing music on it(probably a sort of an exam for someone willing

Re: fluted ribs

2004-09-24 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 09:40 AM 9/24/2004, ariel abramovich wrote: Hi there, I'm afraid that Chambure's vihuela has gained as well universal acceptance, at least within vihuela experts' circle. On the other hand Jacquemart-Andre's vihuela was, as Eugene suggests, built for different purposes than playing music on

Re: fluted ribs

2004-09-24 Thread Howard Posner
for all i know, informed discussion of this type occurs all the time in any discipline. but (roll over e.b. white) i honestly don't see how anyone - expert or otherwise - can exclude the possibility, the probability even, that at one time in history many different instruments carried the

Re: fluted ribs

2004-09-24 Thread Roman Turovsky
Just about everyone here other than you would be trying to define the instrument that was considered an alternative for the lute in Spain and Italy, for which Milan, Mudarra, Fuenllana and Narvaez wrote books of music; the instrument pictured on the front of Milan's El Maestro (which, I have

Re: ARCHLUTE CONTEST

2004-09-24 Thread Alain Veylit
Yeah, but what's the prize?? Of course if lutenists were a truly enterprizing bunch, they could all put 10 dollars in the pot and truly get something going. Or the contestants could make sure their piece can be transcribed for guitar to enter one of the many competitions for that instrument.

Re: ARCHLUTE CONTEST

2004-09-24 Thread Roman Turovsky
Yeah, but what's the prize?? OK: the winning SET will get an original Turovsky oil. What will it take for lutenists to take contemporary music for their instrument seriously, I wonder: Should it come from the top - our virtuoso artists, like Ron McFarlane, or from the base? Should it come at

Re: Killer harmony

2004-09-24 Thread Alain Veylit
Hi all, Perhaps of interest to some: The (epic) duel of a lutenist and a nightingale, from: A collection of ballads, and some other occasional poems. By William Tunstall, ... 1727. 1. http://cbsr26.ucr.edu/wlkfiles/Publications/LuteNightingale_1.png 2.

Fluted ribs

2004-09-24 Thread Stewart McCoy
Dear Bill, Most of us who write to this list are interested in the lute. We want to learn more about it, and about similar instruments played long ago. Our knowledge is sometimes patchy, but by sharing ideas and discussing things together, we can help each other find out more. That's the whole

Early Music CD review

2004-09-24 Thread adS
Dear lute netters, has anybody out there read the CD review in Early Music, may 2004, page 339-341 by a certain Tess Knighton? She writes The results can be innovative and exciting, rewarding and attractive, all of which is fine as long as the listener is informed about what is going on...

vihuela

2004-09-24 Thread bill kilpatrick
i'm off to play up north this weekend with a busload of soggy pranksters - absolutly pelting down at the moment. in the meantime, please have a look at this fascinating little piece of documentation: http://www.iruya.com/ent/claves/charango.htm i came across it quite soon after i bought my

Early Music CD review

2004-09-24 Thread Stewart McCoy
Dear Rainer, I hadn't read Tess Knighton's review, but I have now. There's something about this sort of pompous and wordy musicological writing, which I find intensely irritating. I've found the repeated use of Vallon for Vallet, but I can't find Nocolas for Nicolas. I suppose it is possible