[LUTE] Re: Ray Nurse's words of wisdom

2008-04-24 Thread Rob MacKillop
Monica's statement was originally on the Vihuela list... BTW, Ray is wrong - we (well, some of us, not me, and probably not you) do kill those whose beliefs we disagree with. I also doubt whether medieval man smelt worse than one of my students...and I haven't yet met a soprano who didn't think sh

[LUTE] Re: Kapsberger

2008-04-24 Thread Jim Abraham
>From the comments, by the man himself: "... it's an arciliuto in a with single strings, which was a pretty common practice in Italy in 17th century." On 4/24/08, Bruno Correia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anybody knows if Luciano's lute in this piece is a single strung > archlute? Maybe

[LUTE] Kapsberger

2008-04-24 Thread Bruno Correia
Does anybody knows if Luciano's lute in this piece is a single strung archlute? Maybe a liuto forte? He plays very well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3tGbTP13XA&feature=related -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: La Mantovana

2008-04-24 Thread Roman Turovsky
http://torban.org/sarmaticae as #46-47 RT Does anyone know where I might find the tablature (ren 7c) for La Mantovana (specifically the version used in the Italian song "Fugi fugi fugi amante dilleto")? Al -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wb

[LUTE] Ray Nurse's words of wisdom

2008-04-24 Thread Nancy Carlin
If anyone here who is not a LSA member would like a copy of the Quarterly with that interview in it, email me with a street address and I will mail it out to you. Nancy Carlin Monica says: I have just been reading Ed Durbrow's interview with Ray Nurse in LSA quarterly and I particularly liked

[LUTE] La Mantovana

2008-04-24 Thread A.J. Padilla, M.D.
Does anyone know where I might find the tablature (ren 7c) for La Mantovana (specifically the version used in the Italian song "Fugi fugi fugi amante dilleto")? Al -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Sanz and the High G

2008-04-24 Thread Stuart Walsh
Rob MacKillop wrote: Phew! I got off lightly there, Monica. ;-) I'd better back out now... Rob PS I still agree with you Well I disagree with Monica. As she says quite openly, she is philosophising, and so it's not a question of her knowledge of just about everything there is to know ab

[LUTE] Re: Sanz and the High G

2008-04-24 Thread Monica Hall
Well There is some doubt as to whether it would have been practical to put a high octave string on the 3rd course - tuned a minor 3rd above the 1st - with the kind of gut strings available in the 17th century. And without doing a detailed analysis - I guess you could make an equally stro

[LUTE] Re: new website

2008-04-24 Thread Rob MacKillop
Hi Alan, I can't get anyone to tell me what has happened to Graysteil. The company which bought Dorian are not responding to my emails, and there is no sign of the disc on their website. I have thought about uploading the entire disc to my website, but the other musicians on the disc are not keen

[LUTE] Re: new website

2008-04-24 Thread Alan Hoyle
Many thanks for this cornucopia, Rob. I'm sorry that you have given up the vihuela, but a chap's only got so many hands, so much time & so much space, I suppose - and these instruments aren't cheap! The stuff on Renaissance lute sounds lovely - any chance of the CD being re-issued (on Magnatune

[LUTE] new website

2008-04-24 Thread Rob MacKillop
I've decided to put all my mp3 sound files on a dedicated website called Song Of The Rose (www.songoftherose.co.uk). I have no interest anymore in making CDs, so all my future solo files will be placed here. It currently includes Renaissance lute pieces from my Graysteil CD, which is no longer avai

[LUTE] Re: ukr. lutes iconogr.

2008-04-24 Thread Roman Turovsky
South-Central Europe rather. Look at http://torban.org/tanagra1b.jpg, 200+ BC. RT Interesting, as always, Roman. We generally read that the lute came to Europe through Spain and Italy from North Africa, but you seem to be saying that northern Europe had its own tradition? Am I reading you corr