> Regarding lost chances, I did manage to miss the production of the Mikado
> by Gilbert & Sullivan which I thought would have been most amusing in
> Italian. But you just can't do everything in a week.
Hahah, Craig was probably kidding, but I did see "The Mikado" in Venice last
year at the PalaFe
These pictures are very nice!
I have a baroque guitar which was made for me in Mexico. The stringing is in
the traditional folk-instrument style, i.e., from the inside! Which means
that having a rose which is permanently affixed is not possible -- one needs
to put a hand inside the instrument to r
Mr O'Dette saying so long ago about all the exercises he has invented brings
to mind that he and Pat O'Brien have been working on a book of technique and
exercises for lutenists. Please encourage them in their endeavor! When Mr
O'Brien gives workshops he generously passes out stacks of pages of
exe
s.walsh asked about the computer program called Tune!It (or any other, I
assume):
>
> How do you use the program to tune your Baroque guitar?
>
> Do you take one string - maybe the first or fifth? and go up fret by fret
with the program, shifting the frets around?
>
I tune each of the strings indi
Dear Luties,
I thought you might enjoy this article from today's New York Times. Shall we
start a contest of our own? And what, exactly, would a "Lute Face" look
like?
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He Can Play Guitar, but Can He Grimace?
July 22, 2004
By RANDY KENNEDY
A national contest is giving both men and wo
I have been using a very nifty computer program called Tune!It. Go to
http://www.zeta.org.au/~dvolkmer/tuneit.html to learn about the program. I
also keep it on my small laptop which I carry when travelling. Alas, it is
not really a stand-alone box but it has every imaginable tuning. I've tried
to
Herbert said:
> This question is particulary difficult for me, as I value heartfeltness
> and innate taste far above technique and formal training. But I guess
> everyone feels that way.
Then a good thing to tell the performers would be "I love how you put your
heart and soul into playing the mus
Singers (what I usually do) are notorious for demurring too much: "Oh, I
wish that top Bb had been better," or "I'm afraid I have a little bit of
allergies".
I try to remember what a horsemanship instructor told her star pupil, a shy
13-year-old. "Just smile, say 'Thank you', and take the blue rib
Dear Pluckies,
I would fain not die from singing with a good lutenist, but I would
certainly like to find someone who will be at the LSA meeting in Cleveland
this summer who would play with my singing. I'm on this list in my guise as
a baby Baroque guitarist but in my real life I am a professional
Dear Luties,
As a singer I can tell you that we almost never care if we have to
transpose. The voice is infinitely transposable -- well, not *infinitely*,
but until a transposition puts a song out of our singing range it is not
difficulty at all to sing in another key. Those singers who sight-read
I do not yet have much experience traveling with an instrument other than my
voice. This summer, however, I was first allowed to the gate with my baroque
guitar - not a really big case as it is flat-backed - but then it was taken
from me at the door to the plane and put with the baby strollers and
Though not technically 'lute songs' in the tradition of Dowland, Barbara
Strozzi wrote two songs specifically for bass voice and BC.
Opus 2, 1651:2.08 'La crudele, che non sente, non vede, non parla
Dagl' abissi del mio core' can be found in the Cornetto (
http://www.faksimiles.org/ ) facs
Dear colleagues,
This thread has been very interesting to me because of my own research. Mr
Thames brought up a logical question with legal, moral, and practical
questions. The replies to his query have been thought-provoking. I am
grateful to Mr Reyerman for sharing his expertise.
I like the bri
Wayne said: "A library can make you sign a contract that restricts
you from publishing the material or making the material available to others
when you request access to it. You would then be liable for breach of
contract if you violated the agreement that you signed."
Chris asked, :"can I create
For national anthems, nursery rhymes, Beatles tunes and loads of popular
songs this site has very funny instances of misheard lyrics
http://www.kissthisguy.com/ (from Jimi Hendrix's lines " 'scuse me while I
kiss the sky"
Anyway, good for a giggle on a snowy Thursday morning in NM.
Dr. Candace
Thanks, Bob! I bit, you said Barbara Strozzi so I bit. And now am in the
middle of reading, what, the entire mystery about a missing bassoon from the
Pietà and Vivaldi's music, and
I'm sure there are other ways to spend a cool Saturday afternoon but this is
kinda fun! Oh wait, I am supposed to
Sorry, friends, I misquoted myself in my hurry to get to dinner! The
"Veglie" is of the Unisoni - maybe written by Loredano, but it is not his
"Glorie de gli Incogniti". The "Veglie" is dedicated to Barbara.
Dr. Candace A. Magner
University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Dept of Fine Arts/Music
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Howard Posner said about the Fontei use of the word "virtuosissima" :
> I was just curious enough about what words were actually used in those
other
> writings to take a quick look around for them in Dr. Magner's interesting
> Strozzi website (http://www.la.unm.edu/%7Emagner/strozzi/default.htm).
Chris Schaub at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I guess I have a problem comparing our modern idea of virtuosic with what
we
> suppose it meant in the Renaissance -- did that word even exist.
and Howard Posner replied:
"You mean in English? Maybe. The OED records use of the word starting in
the mid
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