From: Charles Browne char...@brownecowie.fsnet.co.uk
Greetings!
does anyone on the list have any experience of playing duets with a harp
(either renaissance or baroque lute)? I would be grateful for some help
in terns of possible repertoire!
Thanks
Charles
I think you can arrange some of
Not directly myself. However, about two decades ago, there was a lute-harp
duo that used to perform at The Ohio State University's renaissance festival
(I really don't know who either performer was, but the lutenist was male and
the harpist female). It seems to me they played half-transcriptions
Hello Charles,
Consider posting your request to the Yahoo Harplist and the Yahoo
HistoricalHarplist.
Craig
Craig R. Pierpont
Another Era Lutherie
www.anotherera.com
--- On Fri, 10/16/09, Charles Browne char...@brownecowie.fsnet.co.uk
wrote:
From: Charles Browne
Greetings!
does anyone on the list have any experience of playing duets with a harp
(either renaissance or baroque lute)? I would be grateful for some help
in terns of possible repertoire!
Thanks
Charles
As any harpist will confirm, much depends on the harp. Historical harps
were mostly
Hello Charles:
I have played quite a few duets with harps, or I should say with
harpists. What a harpist can easily play depends upon whether the harp
has chromatic notes available. If you're playing with a modern concert
harp, anything goes and it only becomes a question of
I've also seen Ren harpists fret the occasional accidental. It's a bit
awkward and slow, though, so it only works in some circumstance (and
intonation tend to be a bit iffy).
Guy
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From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf
Of Ron
I always have a couple of frets on my harp. I use fretgut
Here's two pieces that are very nice
Stella Splendens
My Lady Carey
There are lots of treble and ground pieces that work.
It does depend on your harpist :)
NB I use harp technique (historical harp technique) blended in with
my lute
Years ago I made Dowland's Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home (or something
like that?) duetto with a baroque harpist. She was playing from a modern
staff notation, and I played from tabulature. Poulton's edition. Worked
very well. No problems with the balance. I guess there is quite a lot of
lute
Dear Charles,
There are many pictures of lute and harp duets from the 15th century.
You may find suitable music from that period. It is possible that the
lute noodled around with high, fast notes, while the harp played slower
notes. I would look for pieces with a fancy upper part for the lute.
Dear lute folks,
does any of you happen to have any knowledge, where I could find the lute
book by Ballard printed in 1631? That book should be one of the very first
in introducing the new tunings of the lute, the accords nouveaux..
I already have the pages of his 1638 book. And one, even
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