[LUTE] Re: Thumb In or Quill Pick

years ago, I could not do much with the thumb-inside technique due to several previous injuries to my right hand. However, the thumb-outside technique is very comfortable, and scale work is fluent and natural-feeling. Michael Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] To get on or off this list see list informa

[LUTE] Re: reply from SCHOTT MUSIC GmbH

At this point, I can't resist jumping in. I have researched and written a concert program note on Orff's "Carmina Burana." Here is my paragraph on the origin of Orff's music: Where did the title and text of Carmina Burana originate? The title means "songs of Buren," referring to the Monast

[LUTE] Re: Martin's piece of the month

concordances. In Appendix 1, I used the Adobe Reader's search tool, entered "spanish", and hit the mother lode. Michael Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ -Original Message- From: Nancy Carlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 4

[LUTE] Re: Fuenllana 5c vihuela

e than a cowbell, so easy to play, especially when strummed, that there is nary a stable boy who is not a guitar player.) Mike ________ =A0 Michael Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ -Original Message- From: Rob MacKillop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: F

[LUTE] Re: Wickhambrook Manuscript Facsimile

Let me second Alan's comments. This is a truly beautiful production, which I'm proud to add to my library. One really thoughtful feature is the inclusion of a loose sheet reproducing the two pages of lute duets - for the second lutenist to use! Great work! Michael

[LUTE] Re: Wendy Carlos -- Lute Innovation

I agree that Walter/Wendy Carlos's original SO-B record was epoch-making -- literally! It kicked off a whole slew of synthesized recordings of classical music, most notably Tomita's series and Carlos's own later recordings. I have just completed 5 years of the same sort of arranging resulting in 2

[LUTE] Re: Amazed stood Apollo there ......

(1911) occasionally. These, of course, came years before his Neo-Classicism. For the record, his contemporary, Bartok, gets many more performances (especially the "Concerto for Orchestra" and the violin concertos), and Strauss and Wagner have been fixtures in the repertoire for