Thank you for this - but in fact I do say when I'm indulging in
speculation - as in this case; perhaps you've not read all the
mailings. The issue here is that mere speculation by Vendrix
metamorphised into certain fact. My position is to leave the matter
open until we can be
Good question - I don't know of any.
Certainly, if we had examples of the 1616 born S Luc's work from
mid-century and it exhibited a quite different style to contemporaries
but similar to that in the later Prague and Vienne MSs, then this might
be good evidence for considering
Dear lute netters,
According to
Sally Harper, An Elizabethan Tune List from Lleweni Hall, North Wales, Royal
Musical Association Research Chronicle, No. 38 (2005), pp. 45-98
'A pleasant ballad of the mery miller's wooing of the Baker's daughter of
Manchester' in the Shirburn
I meant to provide a link to an interesting recent article about Prince
Lobkowicz. His family library now has 13 lute manuscripts from the 17th and
18th century, perhaps the largest private collection of such books. They
were formerly in the University Library in Prague. And the gallery has
