Bill wants us to play 40 year old pop music on our 400 year old instruments.
It's a matter of perspective. For me, 400 year old pop music is fine. The
occasional blues riffs to shake up a rehearsal excepted.
Keep the messages coming, Bill, I appreciate them. Just the lack of capitals
is a
Dear all,
On 6/21/2007, Peter Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
See Narvaez's Los seys libros del Delphin, 1538 (or is it Narbaez?). It
has a picture of a large dolphin cresting the waves with a vihuelist on its
back (Arion, I believe), so not royalty in this case.
In renaissance world
my dear friend - please excuse me. you have expressed
yourself so well and so clearly in the past - i never
suspected that anyone's use of english here would
present problems.
simply put, i think the early music we enjoy today had
a more varied audience centuries ago. i think part of
that
dear Bill, dear listfriends,
thank you very much for your abstract!
Please don't doubt that my good humour is there, as always, and is also
present in this case: if I were angry I would try my best to express it!
mmhh, reading Henry James: in spanish yes, I did it many years ago. What
(short)
manolo - far-far from music but interesting from the
point of view of an american living in europe, is the
europeans. it's a short novel, less dense than some
of his monster novels - the best of which (imho) is
the portrait of a lady.
david - i've read most of his novels but the
ambassadors
Thanks to everyone who replied to my initial query. As usual, your
advice was useful, and greatly appreciated.
I noticed, however, that my question was actually about Dowland's
`Tarleton's Riserrectione', not `Mrs. Vaux Galliard', which was open on
the music stand right next to it. My
On 6/21/07 8:47 AM, Stewart McCoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Spelling was not standardised in the 16th century as much as it is today. If
there was more than one spelling then, we tend to standardise it now. For
example, William Byrd's name was spelt Bird as well as Byrd, but we always
stick to
For some historical perspective from a 19th century mathematician:-)
'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,' it
means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.'
'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many
different things.'
The Lute and The Fury
Everyone should watch this. It is something to think about...
Britain's disenfranchised youth is finding solace in renaissance music, and
solidarity in the uniform of tights and tunics. But is this growing trend
simply a harmless fad, or a grave social nuisance? The
