Hi Mark,
Hi Tom,
Thanks for the interesting information about Raleigh!
The article mentioned by Mark seems to be in:
EMM Jan 1983 # 11.1: New light on John Dowland's songs of darkness
I should be able to get it from a local library.
Thanks for your help,
Benjamin
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does anyone play jazz lute?
Google up Fred Hand. I wouldn't vouch quality though
RT
Fred plays lute now?
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To paraphrase William Count Basie, 'I do what I like to do. If I'm
competent, that's great. If not, I'm doing what I like to do.
Gary
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Sent: Thursday,
Marion wrote:
I don't believe it is necessary to have a lot of theoretical knowledge
though. If you can explain it to your self you are analyzing. A teacher
once told me, 'analysis is making the best case for the piece.' It
may be as simple
as describing it in mundane terms: it goes up the
You wouldn't sell 7 CDs at $15-$20 per CD. So a significant number of
people now enjoying Weiss and Barto would not be.
Gary
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Dear Michael;
I hope you don't mind me addressing you as Michael. Why do you think
jazz and lute are mutually exclusive? Improvisation was a very significant
aspect of renaissance and early baroque musical life, according to my
understanding. The jazz interpretation of eighth notes is
i proposed this last year but perhaps it may be of
interest to propose it again.
every summer we have a small jazz festival in our
town, sarteano (pop.: 4000-something) in tuscany in
the prov. of siena. i talked to sergio bologni, the
local chemist who organizes the festival, about having
a
Dear All:
Just for the record, Ronn McFarlane has performed entire concerts from
memory. This has sometimes included some of his own compositions -- which
of course is an entirely different thing regarding memorization -- but also
many 16th century classics and his Scottish repertoire.
you are mixing up apfel and pomeranz. No orchestra ever plays
from memory.
But every orchestra is concerned about the professional stage presence of
its musicians (or, as seems to be the fashion around here, musician's);
which was the immediate subject at hand. Orchestras (or orchestra's)
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 21:48:29 -0500 Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
I wonder if lute concerts will ever be on the level
of guitar concerts where lutenist's have the proper
professional stage presence to not
be staring at their music all the time. This might
give them more
It sounds more and more like you want a lute-Soloette. Jon's getting you
real close to it.
If you'll willing to all the trouble of using wrest pins and fixing a
nut/saddle of some type, why not just build a mock-up lute? Fix the
strings at one end, get a couple sets of cheap guitar tuners
Thomas,
By the term sign off I simply meant Did Bach give his approval. From
what you say then, Bach wrote out the Tablature, or signed his name. Does
that include the rest of the pieces that Schouster published as well or just
the G minor suite?
Michael Thames
www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com
Gary,
BTW, do you know Bruce Dunlap?
Michael Thames
www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com
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Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 3:00 AM
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Dear Michael;
I hope you don't mind me
what did Pontius Pilatus say about that topic? Doesn't he simply question
What's truth? ?
Siding with PP is not the best strategic choice.
If someone makes statements about good or bad (music) I think it's
necessary to give reasons for this opinion.
There are many affiniciados of
Thomas,
I think that most of the expense in putting out a CD comes from
marketing the CD, not in physically producing it. Judging from his
website, Ed Durbrow does professional level recording in his home. I
once had a neighbor who did the same thing (with rock music,
unfortunately). I've tried
You wouldn't sell 7 CDs at $15-$20 per CD. So a significant number of
people now enjoying Weiss and Barto would not be.
Gary
I don't know, but I really think this is the future of recordings. I
have friends in the guitar world that are making a small fortune. And will
play anywhere for
Timothy wrote,
Record companies decide which bands will
have a market and those are the ones they push. The same thing
happens in book publishing.
This also why Paul Odette's latest CD has three Bach suites, and one
Weiss. They know where their bread is buttered.
Michael Thames
Dear Michael;
I hope you don't mind me addressing you as Michael. Why do you think
jazz and lute are mutually exclusive? Improvisation was a very significant
aspect of renaissance and early baroque musical life, according to my
understanding. The jazz interpretation of eighth notes is very
Juerg and I are playing several jazz pieces and are toying with the idea
to
make a complete program out of it (Juerg was a professional jazz guitarist
before raising to the lute).
Thomas
Instead of that why not a nice arrangement of a good old English lute and
recorder piece Stair Way To
I do not know if my judgment is heretic, but between a Bach's or Weiss' CD
I have no doubts...
Weiss is really interesting, but Bach is a genius
Paolo
Yes, I wonder who the next genius to make an all Bach lute recording is
going to be.
I respectfully disagree, on the lute Weiss wins,
I do not know if my judgment is heretic, but between a Bach's or Weiss' CD
I have no doubts...
Weiss is really interesting, but Bach is a genius
Paolo
Yes, I wonder who the next genius to make an all Bach lute recording is
going to be.
Karamazov or Mascardi.
RT
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I would like some definite information on the true extent of the lute
rep. I hear, for instance about the English Golden Age. How many printed
sources? 4? 5? How many manuscripts, and in those ms. How many pieces that
are repeated.
D. A. Smith in _A History of the Lute_ says in the Epilog
I agree with Michael that Weiss wins on lute, but as so many
things are, this is a matter of personal preference. If I had
to select a composer who is most responsible for the renewed
interest in baroque lute today, it would be Weiss. Bach's music
is very beautiful and fun to play but it is not
I agree with Michael that Weiss wins on lute, but as so many
things are, this is a matter of personal preference. If I had
to select a composer who is most responsible for the renewed
interest in baroque lute today, it would be Weiss. Bach's music
is very beautiful and fun to play but it is not
Michael Thames wrote:
try repeating the words, solo solo,,, solo,,, this
may help.
It doesn't, though the absence of plurals with apostrophes is heartening.
Is a violinist playing a Beethoven sonata playing solo? If he is, does he
lack professional stage presence if he has the music in
Could it then be there are actually 5000 lutenist in the world?
If you count everyone who owns a lute, probably a lot more. We had
this discussion a year or more ago on the LuteNet.
cheers,
--
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Saitama, Japan
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Give it up Howard! I've lost interests in you trying to interject the
philharmonic, into historical lute performance.
Maybe try another angle.
Michael Thames
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Thank you, Michael for your kind words. I believe that many people
agree with us that not only does Weiss music sound good but
feels good to play under the fingers. You can tell that it was written
for baroque lute.
Best regards,
Marion
Absolutely, My lute has a scale of 73cm very
Am Freitag, 1. April 2005 17:26 schrieb Roman Turovsky:
what did Pontius Pilatus say about that topic? Doesn't he simply question
What's truth? ?
Siding with PP is not the best strategic choice.
;-)
Even liner notes of HK cd's mention him as a substandard composer (no less
than
actually I think the effort to study Bach's work isn't justified by the
result. I just played a bit of it for two reason's:
It was unwritten rule at the conservatory to play a piece by Bach in the exams
and I wanted to prove to myself that I would be able to pass them
and second I wondered why
You can't tell whether muscicians are playing from memory just
because they have music in front of them. Before specializing in
strings, I played the clarinet in various bands. I always memorized
all of the music and put the sheet notation in front of me just because
everyone else did it and also
Actually we thought - apart of such standards - mainly on using some of
Kapsbergers themes (Canario, Kapsberger, CHiaconna) and make some nice music
out of it.
And I already am playing For Nenette by Evans, some ragtimes (although not
really jazz) and other jazz standards.
You know I've
Joseph Mayes wrote:
some duplication? I would say much duplication.
Julia Craig McFeely addresses this issue. I forgot the number, but it
may be less duplication than you think. Anybody?
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Evangelina Mascardi already did a record of Bach
Thomas
Am Freitag, 1. April 2005 18:27 schrieb Roman Turovsky:
I do not know if my judgment is heretic, but between a Bach's or Weiss'
CD
I have no doubts...
Weiss is really interesting, but Bach is a genius
Paolo
Yes, I wonder
Evangelina Mascardi already did a record of Bach
Thomas
But it includes some SLW as well.
RT
Am Freitag, 1. April 2005 18:27 schrieb Roman Turovsky:
I do not know if my judgment is heretic, but between a Bach's or Weiss'
CD
I have no doubts...
Weiss is really interesting, but Bach is
Even liner notes of HK cd's mention him as a substandard composer (no less
than Lislevand's).
I know but to quote again someone whom I perhaps better should not quote.
Nitsche said if everyone is holding the same opinion they still are not
necessary right.
To quote from the booklet of
Dear All:
Just for the record, Ronn McFarlane has performed entire concerts from
memory. This has sometimes included some of his own compositions -- which
of course is an entirely different thing regarding memorization
How so?
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Saitama, Japan
http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
Dear Michael, Gary and All:
I saw the Who in 1971 _ at the peak of their powers _ and they played all
that Live at Leeds stuff, plus material from the as-yet-unreleased Who's
Next. A transcendental experience for a 14-year-old! Best live album ever!
So who needs jazz?
Cheers,
Jim
Thomas,
I'm really serious, Stair Way to heaven would be a hit. For lute and a
melody instrument. I'm sure allot of us on this list have kids whom we have
guided in the direction of lute or guitar, this would help.
My son, 14 years old, plays cello with the youth orchestra here in Taos,
and
Dear Michael, Gary and All:
I saw the Who in 1971 _ at the peak of their powers _ and they played all
that Live at Leeds stuff, plus material from the as-yet-unreleased Who's
Next. A transcendental experience for a 14-year-old! Best live album
ever!
So who needs jazz?
Cheers,
Jim
Jim you lucky
Actually, it's pretty difficult to fly to Europe with a 10c lute. The size
restrictions can be very tough. I just heard a horror story about a lute having
to be checked in a US trans-continental flight! The horrors. The venues in the
US are generally terrible for lutes anyway so maybe an amplified
I think that most of the expense in putting out a CD comes from
marketing the CD, not in physically producing it. Judging from his
website, Ed Durbrow does professional level recording in his home.
Thank you.
I've tried voice (spoken word) recording using a
laptop and a TASCAM interface and was
Now I really feel young! in 71 I was 6 years old and enjoyed Deep Purple,
Genesis and Tull (all of them still among my favorites - very OT: If someone
wants to watch a Genesis show: there is a canadian cover band The Musical
Box touring with the original shows of Foxtrott, The Lamp lies down on
BTW, Roman, the Who are a rock band consisting of four guys, one playing
guitar, one on Bass, a funny drummer , and a Messo soprano, at times.
They wrote probably the best most popular opera of the century. At least
according to record sales.
However, they've been known to play variations
Dear Michael,
BTW, Roman, the Who are
were - two of them are dead
a rock band consisting of four guys, one playing
guitar, one on Bass, a funny drummer , and a Messo soprano, at times.
and the two left are a trout farmer (I think you are hearing falsetto rather
than mezzosoprano) and a
If you go to the links section of the Lute Society of America web site
www.LuteSocietyofAmerica.org
there are links to several big research projects that will give you a bit
of information on how much is out there. The Craig-Feeley dissertation on
Elizabethan manuscripts is there as well as some
Only Townsend wrote 'Tommy', and popularity doesn't make it good - people
like bandwagons. There's some pretty duff stuff in there if you listen.
I actually worked on scenery for Broadway production of it. And that's
enough WHO for me.
Don't confuse nostalgia with early music.
Tony
Amen.
Dear Michael,
would you like it for the baroque- or the renaissance lute? With or without a
Cello part? (although I feel this versions will lack as a main feature the
voice of Robert Plant).
I won't get it ready thi evening but during the weakend I should find time to
copy a version into
In fact Beethoven called his pieces sonatas for piano and violin and they are
considered to be solo vehicles for both instruments. So according to the logic
of some people, both the pianist and violinist should play from memory if they
wish to achieve artistic credibility.
A program by Kronos
Thomas,
I can confirm that Andre Rieux is well-known in the US - he is currently
advertising for public television, which is a nice thing to do. I try to
avoid hearing him play to keep my good impression...
Alain
Thomas Schall wrote:
I'm not sure this guy (who obviously believes his Strat -
Dear lutenists,
during the, let us say, couple of years we have had amongst us an
actor, a writer, who knows everything, who is able to tell who
is good or bad player, who is good or bad composer, which music is
good, which is bad, how to play the baroque lute, why not to play
Kapsperger, why
As I said before, no jar of honey is complete without its blob of tar.
Love to all,
Marion
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Dear lutenists,
during the, let us say, couple of
I had dinner this evening with a couple of guitarist's from Houston. They
recently saw a concert in Houston of the Brazilian guitar quartet. I asked
them how it was.
They were quite pived that they showed up on stage with music.
She said it was really no fun sitting there all night watching
And how was the music?
David Cameron
I had dinner this evening with a couple of guitarist's from Houston. They
recently saw a concert in Houston of the Brazilian guitar quartet. I asked
them how it was.
They were quite pived that they showed up on stage with music.
She said it was really
Tony,
After re-reading your message I though it might be necessary to clear up a
few of your misconceptions about early music nostalgia.
a rock band consisting of four guys, one playing
guitar, one on Bass, a funny drummer , and a Messo soprano, at times.
and the two left are a trout
And how was the music?
David Cameron
Unpolished!
Michael Thames
www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com
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And how was the music?
David Cameron
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