Re: The 'perfect' instrument?

2005-03-01 Thread Ed Durbrow
As for being able to return to the original key, maybe we should conceptualize harmonic cycles as being spirals rather than circles. (spiral of fifths?) Ever flatter, eh? Many singers already do this. Movable frets is an interesting concept. Yes very interesting. I can't imagine cheap, though.

Re: Broken Consort

2005-03-01 Thread LGS-Europe
I'm looking for sources for broken consort music. Morley and the likes. Any Musica Brittanica has a volume with broken consort music. David To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

Re: Broken Consort

2005-03-01 Thread KennethBeLute
Thomas: This semester Case Western Reserve University here in Cleveland is performing all known music connected with Lord Hayes 1607 masque, directed by David Douglass. I'm playing cittern in the broken consort, although only two works exist originally as broken consort settings (Richard

Historical music theory.

2005-03-01 Thread Herbert Ward
Recently we had some discussion of what historical lutenists used for music theory. Unfortunately, I did not capture the basic idea. Perhaps if it were made more explicit by our constructing a few multiple choice questions, such as a historical lutenist might have drilled with. To get on or

Re: Sacred music for baroque lute

2005-03-01 Thread Gary Beckman
Greetings all, I can't but help to jump into this conversation since my dissertation topic addresses this exact issue. Though I'm still in the beginning stages of my research on the context of Protestant lute music performance, I can add that a small tidbit. Paul Nettle's book Luther and

new list for historical citterns

2005-03-01 Thread doc rossi
Dear Lute Net, I want to invite those of you who might be interested to join a new list for discussing historical citterns and their music. This will not be a forum for discussing Celtic music and the modern mando-family of instruments used to play it (commonly known as CBOMs), but rather a

Re: Off-center pegs

2005-03-01 Thread demery
timothy motz [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Hi Lutenetters, I am in the middle of turning pegs for a new lute and I've started having problems with them coming out of the shaver off-center I just finished making my first pegs on an engine lathe, so I can sympathise with you. I made two sets,

Re: Sacred music for baroque lute

2005-03-01 Thread Benjamin Narvey
Dear Gary, I'm afraid I can't help you with the Laelius, but I may be able to help you with that Luther story. Have you checked the following? G. Rietschel, Die Aufgabe der Orgel im Gottesdienste (Leipzig, 1893) Brenet quotes this as a source detailing the use of lutes in place of organs in