[LUTE] Henry VIII Manuscript - The base of Spayne

2010-11-10 Thread Anton Höger
Hi I have uploaded a new fine Lute Duet for 2 lutes ad Quartam. score, parts and mp3 file Henry VIII Manuscript - The base of Spayne --- It is an unusual piece, a setting of one of those fifteenth century basse-dance melodies. Enjoy it. Anton To get on or off this list see

[LUTE] Cambridge University Library Ms. Dd.2.11

2010-11-10 Thread Denys Stephens
Dear All, I am grateful to Nancy for her post concerning the publication of Dd.2.11. It's very much a landmark publication for the Lute Society and is the fruition of years of concerted effort, particularly from the main contributors of the additional material Ian Harwood, Stewart McCoy and John H

[LUTE] new lute stamp

2010-11-10 Thread Nancy Carlin
The US post office has a new lute stamp! Here's a link to some info about it that explains that it's not exactly a Christmas stamp. [1]http://www.stampnewsnow.com/generateditems/2010USPSarticles/10_Angel WithLute.pdf Nancy Nancy Carlin Associates P.O. Box 6499 Concord, CA

[LUTE] More digital facsimiles from the (public) libraries?

2010-11-10 Thread Matteo Turri
Still something that I don't get: why are some public (public) libraries slowly making all their MS available as a digital download - and I'm thinking about the the Bayerisch Staatsbibliothek here in Munich, between others -, while there are other PUBLIC libraries (hello, British

[LUTE] Re: More digital facsimiles from the (public) libraries?

2010-11-10 Thread David Tayler
Although I understand all of the issues, including compensating ppl for their time, charging money for facsimiles is basically evil, and in the long run everyone will be better served by having more music available--more concerts, more audience, more work. What all libraries should do is just

[LUTE] Re: More digital facsimiles from the (public) libraries?

2010-11-10 Thread Ron Andrico
Hello David All: While I agree in concept that the facsimiles should be available, and that providing access to the source material is a good thing, I don't necessarily believe charging for facsimiles is evil. Perhaps you meant 'a necessary evil'? The work that goes into

[LUTE] Re: More digital facsimiles from the (public) libraries?

2010-11-10 Thread David Tayler
For everyone who buys one, there are a hundred who will not. It will all be online eventually, so why not do it now? So everyone can be wiser and more musical. I think if someone is faced with a decision, hey, I can charge for this, or give it freely to the world, well, there is a choice that

[LUTE] Re: More digital facsimiles from the (public) libraries?

2010-11-10 Thread demery
why are some public (public) libraries slowly making all their MS available as a digital download - and I'm thinking about the the Bayerisch Staatsbibliothek here in Munich, between others -, while there are other PUBLIC libraries (hello, British Library ...) - that still do

[LUTE] Re: Pisador online facsimile

2010-11-10 Thread demery
My music is (mostly) packed up and in storage, I find my memory faulty for one particular piece, and am having trouble finding the tab for it online, I hope someone can either send me ascii tab or a link to tab online. Original was italian tab,I can work from either french or italian. The

[LUTE] lutes for sale RSS feed

2010-11-10 Thread wayne cripps
Due to an overwhelming demand - two requests - I have implemented a lutes for sale RSS feed that shows the most recent ten lutes for sale on my web page http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/forsale.html You can access it at feed://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/lfs.xml It is pretty new, so let

[LUTE] Re: More digital facsimiles from the (public) libraries?

2010-11-10 Thread wolfgang wiehe
hi david, digitalizing costs a lot - for equipment and personal. the munich BSB is doing a great job in preparing such a lot of digitals for us, but first for preserving their treasures, too. if we are looking to cologne, we know, what it means, if such a large archive is destroyed.