For those interested-
I have adapted Arvo Pärt's FÜR ALINA for baroque lute. Write me off list for
the file (the piece is under copyright).
For those unfamiliar;
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=c08i_9gumJs Pärt discusses and plays it.
RT
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For those interested-
I have adapted Arvo Pärt's FÜR ALINA for baroque lute. Write me off list for
the file (the piece is under copyright).
For those unfamiliar;
http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=c08i_9gumJs Pärt discusses and plays it.
RT
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Thanks to many, on- and off-list, I was able to trace all my arias.
The 'Speranza un di consola mi sana' aria turned out to be in
Legrenzi's Totila as well.
Thanks to all.
David - very grateful
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David van Ooijen
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The most popular instrument in colonial Boston was the cittern. More
popular than the flute or harpsichord. These figures are derived from
tax reports. Household possessions were inventoried and taxed.
In any event, these reports often state that the cittern was stored
with the linens! Now I
And in Russian figa is an obcene gesture of a masculine nature, consisting
of the thumb protruding between index and middle fingers in a fist. It is
famously depicted in a Dürer sketch.
It actually can be used for heavy strumming.
RT
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From: ml [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Nov 3, 2008, at 5:11 PM, Roman Turovsky wrote:
And in Russian figa is an obcene gesture of a masculine nature,
consisting of the thumb protruding between index and middle fingers
in a fist.
The fig in English is the same gesture. It comes up a few times in
Shakespeare.
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I forgot to explain that 'figa' is also a contemporary catalan word,
meaning the same as in spanish, italian, lunfardo, etc.
That 'fig' has many meanings has a visual base, of course.
And when we play the lute using 'figueta', our right hand approaches
the 'figa' gesture.
Manolo
El
So does Dante. See Inferno, XXV:2.
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From: howard posner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: [LUTE] Re: origin of the word figueta
On Nov 3, 2008, at 5:11 PM, Roman Turovsky wrote:
And in Russian
Oops. I meant that Dante uses the expression, too, not that Dante comes up a
few times in Shakespeare.
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Subject: [LUTE] Re: origin of the word figueta
