Tobias Hume was not a member of the aristocracy. He was a mercenary soldier
and died penniless in a home for the destitute. At one point he petitioned
parliament for a pension complaining that he had been reduced to eating
weeds to stay alive.
I believe the ancestors of the violin family were
I think class structure was different during the 16th and 17th centuries and
indeed changed a lot during this period.
There was the nobility, and a small class of artisans - i.e. people with a
skill of some sort. The mass of the population were peasants with varying
degrees of literacy tied
On 07/23/2012 05:04 PM, Anton Höger wrote:
Ok,
I wrote that IMSLP always check the uploads and need at least one day. Because
I often make a transcription for guitar too, it seems that IMSLP cannot handle
with the same file name.
But sorry if you feel that my more hundreds of Intavolations
Hi Anton, Taco, and all,
RSS feeds have been an elegant and non-intrusive way for consumers to
keep abreast of newly published documents for some time now. Here is an
example: http://musickshandmade.com/lute/collections/feed.rss.
If you follow that link you will see a link to a transcription of
Anton,
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I think the work you do is marvelous and a great teaching tool.A Too
much music in this world and not enough time to assimilate it all.A
With your intabulations it allows players of different levels to play
together.
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BTW, have you ever thought of doing
I am also very appreciative of Anton's efforts and generosity! (Thank
you, Anton!)
I like that Anton notifies this list of recent uploads and changes.
It helps to keep me up-to-date with Anton's postings (no small
task!). This list doesn't seem, to me, overburdened by this sort of