[LUTE] Kapsberger Libro Terzo

2020-03-14 Thread gary
I thought this might be of interest to some on the list: [1]https://www.academia.edu/8387346/The_Memory_of_Paper._An_Incomplete_ History_of_the_Libro_Terzo_dIntavolatura_di_Chitarone_by_Gio._Girolamo_ Kapsperger?auto=download Gary -- References 1. https://www.academia.edu

[LUTE] Re: Julian Bream on Lute

2019-06-19 Thread Gary Boye
e him play lute), and quite a character off stage. In addition to "lute," he also played "vihuela" and "Baroque guitar" (quotes used intentionally!) . . . Can't say I'd recommend his early music recordings to students today though.. Gary On Wed, Jun 1

[LUTE] Re: Adriaensen 1600

2019-05-04 Thread Gary Boye
Sean, I'm not sure if it will help or not, but I see 5 surviving exemplars at RISM locations: B-Br [the mf copy], DK-Kk, F-Pm, GB-Lbl, and NL-At. Gary On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 5:24 PM Sean Smith <[1]lutesm...@gmail.com> wrote: I found in the recent digitization of t

[LUTE] Re: Question on strumming madrigals.

2019-04-25 Thread Gary Boye
th the 2nd string dampened, you're back to Cm and don't really notice that it is only 4 notes. . . Using the fretting fingers to dampen strings in this way might be more common than we think; and perhaps sometimes they are actually notated into the tablature. Gary On Thu, Apr 25, 20

[LUTE] Re: Lute in university programs

2017-11-30 Thread Gary Boye
a particular area in mind I can check . . . This venerable directory will soon be available online (for subscription) from the College Music Society, but it is still in paper at this point. Gary On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 1:06 PM, jeff <[1]jjnoo...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

[LUTE] Re: German lute tablature

2017-11-13 Thread Gary Boye
the time at present. Gary On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 11:16 AM, Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche <[1]mperu...@aquilacorde.com> wrote: Hello guys, I have found by chances this one: [2]https://archive.org/details/urn-nbn-se-kb-digark-5441771 Is it already knows?

[LUTE] Re: Interesting perspective on Spinacino & Petrucci

2017-10-07 Thread Gary Boye
l the more discouraging that the Giovan Maria Alemanni is gone; that was the one professional lutenist that Petrucci published and the most "instrumental" of the tabs! Why couldn't we have lost Pisador instead? ;-) Best, Gary Virus-free. [1]www.avast.com On Sat, Oct

[LUTE] Re: Interesting perspective on Spinacino & Petrucci

2017-10-05 Thread Gary Boye
rpretation of the tablature and with a lack of knowledge of the lute. I don't find them "obviously corrupt" or "disastrous"--at least not to a level I would call "often"--in any case. Just my 2c, Gary On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Arthur Ne

[LUTE] Re: Unknown lutebook in german tablature

2017-09-29 Thread Gary Boye
At first glance, it looks like a ms. copy of a printed book . . . Gary On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 8:33 AM, G. C. <[1]kalei...@gmail.com> wrote: There is a Susanna version on 3r-3v which has been crossed out in the typewritten index. The tablature looks professional

[LUTE] Re: Unknown lutebook in german tablature

2017-09-29 Thread Gary Boye
ot in RISM It's the next to last source on the page . . . Nice to see a copy of it. Gary On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 8:09 AM, G. C. <[2]kalei...@gmail.com> wrote: I found the following book of german tablature online in Sweden (50 Mb): [1][3]http://carkiv.

[LUTE] lute and flute ideas

2017-08-28 Thread Gary Boye
or melodies for non-specific instruments. She is a professional--but on the modern flute; a bit new to early music. What really works? Thank you in advance; I know this is the quickest way to get an answer to a question like this! Gary -- Dr. Gary R. Boye Erneston Music

[LUTE] Re: A440?

2017-08-08 Thread Gary Boye
to match the pieces well anyway. Gary On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 8:04 AM, Ron Andrico <[1]praelu...@hotmail.com> wrote: It's interesting how lutenists can get tangled up in the web of complexities concerning string materials and tensions and the most historically appro

[LUTE] A440?

2017-08-07 Thread Gary Boye
) Tune high and risk it (!) 5) Try to convince them to play at A430 (seems doubtful) It's frustrating, but again, I'd like the experience of doing something to encourage some early music performance here . . . Any thoughts appreciated. Gary -- Dr. Gary R. Boye Erneston Music

[LUTE] Re: Vivaldi lute concerto

2016-10-12 Thread gary
Doesn't it seem a little ironic that those who champion a technique that's 400 years old are calling Segovia's technique "old fashioned". Gary On 2016-10-11 05:04, Ron Andrico wrote: > As a musician who did NOT come to the lute via classical guitar, I am > alternately amused

[LUTE] Re: Protocol was Re: Privacy

2016-08-06 Thread gary
'Twas ever thus. Gary On 2016-08-05 10:25, John Mardinly wrote: > To me, the real tragedy of YouTube is that they pander to some of the > lowest forms of entertainment imaginable. I have, unfortunately learned > about some of them from my 14 year old daughter. Top of the t

[LUTE] Re: Wetting Fingers

2015-12-24 Thread gary
If you're playing on gut strings, be advised that gut shrinks when wet. This is one of the techniques used to set gut frets , i.e. wetting them before attaching them. Gary On 2015-12-23 18:47, LSA Lute Rental Program wrote: Every month I try to send all the renters of Lute Society

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - continuum

2015-10-10 Thread Gary Boye
for the lute by then. Gary On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 1:59 PM, stephen arndt <[2]stephenwar...@verizon.net> wrote: Ron writes: ". . . the bulk of published lute music was vocal polyphony reworked and arranged for the instrument." I have recently been wonderi

[LUTE] Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] Re: Pegheads on new lute

2015-05-27 Thread Gary Boye
. They wind the string on the peg towards the thicker end, forcing the string to pop out when tightened--this is a loose peg. Learn to string your instrument properly and alot of these peg problems disappear . . . just my 2 cents. Gary Dr. Gary R. Boye Professor and Music Librarian Appalachian State

[LUTE] Re: Spain vs. Italy

2015-05-05 Thread gary
The late Robin Williams was asked on German TV, Why are there so few German comedians? He replied, Because you killed all the funny people. Gary On 2015-05-04 09:37, Dan Winheld wrote: In other words, because the only two ethnic/cultural groups that had any rhythm were invited to leave

[LUTE] Re: Spain vs. Italy

2015-05-04 Thread Gary Boye
a later period. Who knows what was happening on the streets, but the Inquisition wouldn't have had much to do if everyone in Spain was a straight-laced as the vihuela tablatures make it seem . . . Gary Dr. Gary R. Boye Professor and Music Librarian Appalachian State University On 5/4/2015 12

[LUTE] Re: Falckenhagen Op. 3

2015-05-02 Thread Gary R. Boye
Dear Chris, The only surviving exemplar in my list is in Warsaw (PL-Wu, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka, Oddział Zbiorów Muzycznych); it is incomplete, missing the oboe/violin and cello parts. If you can't find it elsewhere, perhaps you could contact the library directly . . . Gary On 5/2/2015

[LUTE] Re: Falckenhagen Op. 3

2015-05-02 Thread Gary R. Boye
Dear Chris, The only surviving exemplar in my list is in Warsaw (PL-Wu, Biblioteka Uniwersytecka, Oddział Zbiorów Muzycznych); it is incomplete, missing the oboe/violin and cello parts. If you can't find it elsewhere, perhaps you could contact the library directly . . . Gary On 5/2/2015

[LUTE] Re: To Chris Goodwin

2015-04-12 Thread gary
Some servers block emails from servers they (the servers) judge have too many pop ups and spam without the clients knowledge. The client needs to access their settings to allow blocked emails. Gary On 2015-04-12 07:43, Rainer wrote: I have tried with a different account (mine, not his

[LUTE] Re: Latin translation

2015-04-08 Thread Gary Boye
Could it mean, in effect, that they played even better than the muses? A bit of classical hyperbole typical of the times . . . Gary Dr. Gary R. Boye Professor and Music Librarian Appalachian State University On 4/8/2015 12:51 PM, stephen arndt wrote: If vicere is a noun in the ablative case

[LUTE] Re: Saturday morning quotes - Fantasia

2015-03-30 Thread gary
, passed the garbage cans, through the kitchen, and don't touch the Hors D'ouvres (sic) on the way in.' Gary On 2015-03-29 22:15, Ed Durbrow wrote: On Mar 30, 2015, at 1:59 AM, David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com wrote: David - musician = not smart with money by definition Reminds

[LUTE] Re: Two alfabeto prints (Pesaro Abbatessa) New UR Research Publications for dates: 01/21/2015 - 01/22/2015

2015-03-04 Thread Gary Boye
Scrigno when I go to Berkeley, California on 16 March. Perhaps I can post a message about what I'm finding there to the list. There are about two dozen other sources of interest . . . Gary Dr. Gary R. Boye Professor and Music Librarian Appalachian State University On 3/4/2015 10:29 AM, WALSH

[LUTE] Re: Two alfabeto prints (Pesaro Abbatessa) New UR Research Publications for dates: 01/21/2015 - 01/22/2015

2015-03-04 Thread Gary R. Boye
- From: Martyn Hodgson [1]hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk To: Monica Hall [2]mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk; Gary R. Boye [3]boy...@appstate.edu Cc: Lutelist [4]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; Early Guitar Dmth [5]early-gui...@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wednesday, 4 March 2015, 10:00 Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re

[LUTE] Re: Derosier

2015-02-24 Thread Gary R. Boye
it. From the sources (RISM and Tyler), it might turn out to be something entirely different, in my experience . . . Gary On 2/24/2015 9:02 AM, Monica Hall wrote: Does anyone know where there is a copy of the second edition of Nicolas Derosiers' little book i.e. Nouveaux principes de la

[LUTE] Re: Neusidler

2015-02-18 Thread Gary R. Boye
I'd take German tab over alot of transcribing. The hardest part is getting the particular letters of the alphabet deciphered for a particular source; after that, it's not so bad, but M. Neusidler is challenging enough in French TAB . . . Gary -- Dr. Gary R. Boye Professor and Music Librarian

[LUTE] Re: band-aid texture question

2015-01-30 Thread gary
One of the best moisturizers in the world is uric acid. Egyptian women used to wrap their faces in towels soaked in cow's urine. They where renowned in the ancient world for their beautiful complexions. There are skin creams available that contain uric acid in crystalline form which is derived

[LUTE] Authorial Control (was: 16th century tuning and stringing)

2015-01-18 Thread Gary R. Boye
may have been little more than a convention supplied by the printer to make the book more marketable. Gary -- Gary R. Boye, Ph.D. Professor and Music Librarian Appalachian State University To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Matthew Locke

2014-12-21 Thread Gary R. Boye
alone or with theorbo's and harpsecord. (London: William Godbid, 1656). Copies are at: GB-DRc, GB-Lbl, GB-Lcm (inc.), GB-Ob, GB-Och (inc.) This (aside from the RISM locations) is from my continuo list: http://applications.library.appstate.edu/music/lute/continuo.html Gary -- Gary R. Boye, Ph.D

[LUTE] Re: Polish Tablature was Re: Neapolitan tablature?

2014-10-16 Thread Gary R. Boye
. It appears to be related to organ tablature. You know it wasn't long ago that we would teach that there was no actual music for the 5-course lute . . . Gary On 10/15/2014 9:17 PM, Dan Winheld wrote: I have always cringed every time Luis Milan's tab was called Spanish

[LUTE] Re: Polish Tablature was Re: Neapolitan tablature?

2014-10-15 Thread Gary Boye
much for bringing this up! Gary Dr. Gary R. Boye Professor and Music Librarian Appalachian State University On 10/15/2014 4:18 AM, AJN wrote: Good morning, Gary! The Polish music scholar Alexander Polinski owned at leasttwo manuscripts of lute music. One foundits way to the library

[LUTE] Neapolitan tablature?

2014-10-14 Thread Gary Boye
, but I'm still not sure when the term itself was coined (I assume in the 20th century?). Gary -- Dr. Gary R. Boye Professor and Music Librarian Appalachian State University -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Neapolitan tablature?

2014-10-14 Thread Gary R. Boye
introduction into tablature. This certainly makes Neapolitan tablature seem more archaic than the Italian tablature with the zero . . . the surviving sources don't really reflect that, however. Thanks so much, Gary On 10/14/2014 6:44 PM, AJN wrote: Hello, Gary! Certainly by now

[LUTE] Re: Neapolitan tablature?

2014-10-14 Thread Gary R. Boye
I'll bite: IS there such a thing? Silesian lute tablature perhaps from the 18th century??? Gary On 10/14/2014 6:52 PM, AJN wrote: Now, what about Polish lute tablature? On 10/14/14, AJN[1]arthurjn...@verizon.net wrote: Hello, Gary! Certainly by now Neapolitan Tablature

[LUTE] Re: those Pignoses! - especially the Hog 30!

2014-08-08 Thread gary
Or you can get a power inverter ($60 -$80) and a motorcycle battery ($12)and use any amp you want. A power inverter converts 12 volts DC to 110 volts AC' Gary On 2014-08-07 13:47, Tobiah wrote: I have this guy: http://www.crateamps.com/products/pindex.php?prodID=25 It has one of those

[LUTE] Re: Ornamental Lutes

2014-03-17 Thread gary
As Peter Schickle (PDQ Bach) says in the introduction to his duet for lute and bagpipe, When the bagpipe plays, you won't be able to hear the lute. But the lute is pleasant to look at. So, when the bagpipe plays, enjoy the lute. Gary On 2014-03-16 04:51, Edward Chrysogonus Yong wrote: dear

[LUTE] Re: De Visee

2014-03-03 Thread gary
that car accident that took her life. Gary On 2014-03-02 13:22, Monica Hall wrote: Many many thanks for all this fascinating information. Jourdan must have been quite an important person in Louis' household. I have only one comment - Corbetta died in 1681 so he can't have succeeded Jourdon

[LUTE] Re: Manuscript ID confusion

2014-01-27 Thread Gary R. Boye
, Gary -- Dr. Gary R. Boye Professor and Music Librarian Appalachian State University I am not a musicologist, so please forgive my ignorance. But I am confused, sometimes manuscripts are identified by notations such as, e.g. RM 4137 olim Mf 2004 and sometimes as, e.g. A-Wn MusHS 17706 - which

[LUTE] Re: Say love and Queen Elizabeth

2014-01-26 Thread gary
out the beginning of Tobias Hume's ironically titled A Humorous Pavan from his First Book of Ayres. Gary To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] archlute/theorbo in Corelli's Op. 1

2014-01-24 Thread Gary R. Boye
, just the continuo sources. For a list of the solo music for archlute, see: http://applications.library.appstate.edu/music/lute/C17/archlute.html So I have some trouble limiting the archlute to Rome, but perhaps it starts there . . . Gary On 1/24/2014 2:51 AM, jean-michel Catherinot wrote

[LUTE] Re: Corelli sonata for violin and lute

2014-01-23 Thread Gary R. Boye
Corellis: catalogue raisonné. (Köln: Arno Volk Verlag, 1980). I assume he transcribed the title pages correctly. Gary On 1/23/2014 4:36 AM, jean-michel Catherinot wrote: not theorbo, but arcileuto as in many publication at the time (including for instance Mascitti, Haym...). Arcileuto is namely

[LUTE] Re: Corelli sonata for violin and lute

2014-01-22 Thread Gary R. Boye
corelli [I hope to have a better search function for this page eventually.] There are over 30 examples (with many reprints) where plucked strings are specifically mentioned as a possibility in Corelli's works . . . Gary On 1/22/2014 12:53 AM, Ed Durbrow wrote: I noticed this note in the Wikipedia

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

2013-12-19 Thread gary
Since this thread seems to be winding down, I just wanted to thank everyone who has contributed to it for a stimulating, spirited and thought provoking conversation. Thank you. Gary To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

2013-12-19 Thread gary
I'm not qualified to decide what's right and what's not in any art. I said, ...from Segovia's point of view... I'm going to try to refrain from responding any further so as not to raise the ire of the content police. Back to the lute when the numbness in my left hand subsides. Gary

[LUTE] Re: Segovia education...

2013-12-17 Thread gary
who would stop a performance to single out a particular student and yell out, You suck! My advice to my students was to reply, Of course I suck. That's why I'm studying with you. Teach me not to suck. Gary On 2013-12-16 10:41, Alain Veylit wrote: Granted: Segovia was a grumpy old teacher who

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

2013-12-17 Thread gary
Segovia for accepting his popularity and using it to further his own taste. I'm sure from Segovia's point of view in promoting his own tastes he was protecting the integrity of the guitar and the music. Gary On 2013-12-17 13:13, Braig, Eugene wrote: . . . Not to mention a huge body

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

2013-12-17 Thread gary
The irony is that Michael's turn to steel string guitar and pop/folk music would only have confirmed Segovia in his disdain. Gary On 2013-12-17 13:26, Braig, Eugene wrote: Chapdelain was the first-ever winner of the Guitar Foundation of America competition, but now specializes in fingerstyle

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

2013-12-16 Thread gary
sell more books. Gary On 2013-12-15 09:23, Christopher Wilke wrote: It was shown some time ago that Segovia did not use Sor's original versions in making his edition of the 20 studies. Instead, he knew them through versions edited by Sor's student Napoleon Coste. I don't know whether Coste

[LUTE] Re: Segovia whatever

2013-12-16 Thread gary
How did such an incompetent slouch ever manage to have the likes of Julian Bream and John Williams singing his praises and traveling half way around the world to sit at his arrogant feet? Gary On 2013-12-15 10:31, howard posner wrote: On Dec 15, 2013, at 9:26 AM, Tobiah t...@tobiah.org

[LUTE] Re: Segovia and Pujol (was Bream Collection…)

2013-12-16 Thread gary
For me it was Barney Kessell, Jim Hall, Charlie Byrd, Segovia and Julian Bream. Gary On 2013-12-16 07:51, William Samson wrote: A recent programme blurb for a Nigel North concert says that he was first inspired by Hank B. Marvin of The Shadows (Cliff Richard's backing group). Being

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

2013-12-15 Thread gary
performance. Gary This is referred to often: [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiAbqfaYGwk David *** David van Ooijen [2]davidvanooi...@gmail.com [3]www.davidvanooijen.nl ***

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

2013-12-15 Thread gary
album in homage to Segovia. I saw Segovia in concert five times and each performance was magnificent. It was his recordings that drew me to the guitar. It was Bream who introduced me to the lute. On Dec 14, 2013, at 3:44 AM, gary magg...@sonic.net wrote: Recently, a message was posted referring

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

2013-12-14 Thread gary
views and his admirers, of which there were many, gleefully adopted them as guitar gospel, bedazzled by his mastery of the guitar. I have never heard of any actual bullying on Segovia's part. Rather, the onus for any intimidation would be on the shear number and ardor of his admirers. Gary

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

2013-12-14 Thread Gary R. Boye
, but when they come into a masterclass just wanting to play for someone and not expecting to actually learn anything, maybe that's just what happens . . . sort of what Michael says afterwards. Gary -- Dr. Gary R. Boye Professor and Music Librarian Appalachian State University On 12/14/2013 6:53 AM

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

2013-12-14 Thread Gary R. Boye
, ventilation, computers, cell phones, lights, music from tiny speakers and little earbuds, etc. Things are humming all around us constantly; true silence is a rarity. Then we just listen to the ringing in our ears from all of the noise we've been exposed to. Gary -- Dr. Gary R. Boye Professor and Music

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

2013-12-11 Thread gary
Ah, the just leave your dogma on the porch dogma. Gary On 2013-12-10 18:20, Mayes, Joseph wrote: Well, I was sort of fearing some push-back from the tap-dancing barefoot crowd. I don't know how you can speak for most of the lutenists out there. I certainly only meant to speak for me. Sweetness

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

2013-12-11 Thread gary
I feel more like I do now than I ever did before. The past is the future of the present. Gary On 2013-12-10 18:17, Sean Smith wrote: If things weren't like they were, they'd be different! s On Dec 10, 2013, at 5:58 PM, Tom Draughon wrote: With Viagra he may have had more! Tom Draughon

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

2013-12-10 Thread Gary Boye
the adjustment. Occasionally, I let my nails grow a little bit for a different sound, especially on theorbo, but I keep them short 90% of the time. One thing you can't argue with: short nails make yardwork or household chores alot easier! Gary Dr. Gary R. Boye Professor and Music Librarian

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

2013-12-08 Thread gary
with piccolo obligato), Jimmy Wyble (The Art of Two Line Improvisation) etc., etc. Gary On 2013-12-07 12:17, David van Ooijen wrote: Joe Pass, one of my all-time heroes and sources of inspiration. He apparently spend some time in rehab and came out with a 'new' idea: melody, harmony

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

2013-12-08 Thread gary
Are you referring to his Harmonic Mechanisms For Guitar? It's available online? It's in three huge volumes. I've been working on the first ten pages of the first volume for 20 years, although I do follow his advice to sweet tooth it by skipping through other parts of the book. Gary On 2013

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

2013-12-07 Thread gary
or his lute sound like an orchestra. He is an amazing artist. Gary On 2013-12-06 11:35, erne...@aquila.mus.br wrote: This is a lute-talk, correct? I did not know Britten and Villa-Lobos composed for the lute, they are certainly not known for it. I know Bream played the lute, but his complete

[LUTE] Re: Guitar and Lute MS from Sibley Digital

2013-11-23 Thread Gary R. Boye
. . . Gary On 11/22/2013 5:45 AM, Markus Lutz wrote: This scordatura seems to be quite interesting. Probably it might be - I tried it out, (and now found it also mentioned in the Database of the Accords Noveaux site): hfhf In french notation (course-fret): 1a = 2h 2a = 3f 3a = 4h 4a = 5f http

[LUTE] Re: Guitar and Lute MS from Sibley Digital

2013-11-23 Thread Gary R. Boye
notes from the source itself that I hope to put online and, as I've told Arthur, more US-R sources should be available digitally soon--I've rushed some things to the top of the list since my visit. Of course, that's rush in library time! Maybe early next year . . . Best, -- Dr. Gary R. Boye

[LUTE] Re: Capo use on early instruments

2013-09-25 Thread Gary R. Boye
Monica: Interesting; but wouldn't that throw off the fretting (i.e., the frets would be placed for the wrong overall length of the string)? It would sound awful up the neck, unless you began moving all of the frets around . . . Gary Dr. Gary R. Boye Professor and Music Librarian

[LUTE] Re: All this talk of other instruments

2013-08-29 Thread gary
You probably are familiar with this, but Bob Thornburg at gourdbanjo.com is building early gourd banjos that use gut strings. Gary On 2013-08-28 04:22, Rob MacKillop wrote: Thanks, Chris. Only the first string is nylon, The other three are like classical guitar basses - a nylon silk core

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-11 Thread gary
, sadly, it still applies today. I asked him, How many times a year do you work? He said, I don't know, six or seven. Gary 6. http://starrynightskyevents.blogspot.com/ 7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Tom Draughon Heartistry Music http

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-09 Thread gary
Kind of a World Wrestling Federation view of the renaissance. Gary On 8/8/2013 6:12 PM, Braig, Eugene wrote: . . . Many (certainly not all) somehow believing that assuming a bad cockney accent; whacking each other with wooden weapons while feigning the inability to use struck limbs

[LUTE] Re: colonel public Lute awareness

2013-08-09 Thread gary
I'm actually abetter musician than I sound. Gary On 2013-08-08 11:16, Tobiah wrote: I believe the criterion for judging good music from bad lies in the quote (also Ellington??): If it sounds good, it is good. This is either tautology or useful advice for anyone in the habit of judging

[LUTE] Re: colonel public Lute awareness

2013-08-06 Thread gary
, if not it's bad. Still, I believe Ellington is correct in his opinion of the term jazz which because it's used to mean everything, essentially means nothing. Gary On 2013-08-06 16:20, howard posner wrote: On Aug 5, 2013, at 5:51 PM, Edward Mast nedma...@aol.com wrote: Disdain for either

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-04 Thread gary
was that the pendulum had swung too far in that direction. Gary On 2013-08-03 07:12, Christopher Wilke wrote: In America, I haven't found any lack of interest in lute or early music from the broader public. Many people who are intimidated by perceived ritual and stuffy atmosphere of standard classical

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness

2013-08-03 Thread gary
music, is a niche market. Upon being asked how one can make money in music, Henry Mancini said, If you want to make money in music, go into band uniforms. Gary On 2013-08-02 05:17, erne...@aquila.mus.br wrote: I have done the same for a small baroque orchestra at the University of Sao Paulo

[LUTE] Meucci article

2013-02-04 Thread Gary R. Boye
exemplars of the 1631 book in I-Rv and US-Wc, as well as the 1636 edition in F-Pn. There is no exemplar in I-Bc as Tyler states in 1980. Gary Dr. Gary R. Boye Professor and Music Librarian Appalachian State University To get on or off this list see list information at http

[LUTE] Re: The English Guitar

2013-01-31 Thread Gary R. Boye
and French. Gary On 1/31/2013 5:00 AM, William Samson wrote: (Semi) serious question. What music was composed for this instrument outside Scotland? - Is it any good? (- the music from outside Scotland, that is). Second question - What did they call this instrument back in the day

[LUTE] Re: 4 course guitar in Italy - was Calata de StrAmbotto

2013-01-21 Thread Gary R. Boye
the others are not the real 4c guitar? Gary On 1/21/2013 8:54 AM, Monica Hall wrote: Well - obviously the 4-course guitar was played in Spain although the extent to which it was played in the contrapuntal manner suggested by the few surviving pieces in Mudarra and Fuenllana is unknown. The point

[LUTE] Re: Calata de StrAmbotto

2013-01-21 Thread Gary R. Boye
Monica et al., Note also that--very unusually--the Barberiis pieces are in inverted Italian tablature . . . with the upper line being the highest pitched string. Another indication that they are somehow unique? Gary On 1/21/2013 5:38 AM, Monica Hall wrote: I am afraid the pieces

[LUTE] Re: 4 course guitar in Italy - was Calata de StrAmbotto

2013-01-21 Thread Gary R. Boye
to the chitarrino at some point, I believe). So an alfabeto source might be for either? Finally, I don't believe I have come across anti-semiticism in Boetticher's work for RISM, but I have certainly encountered incompetence. Again, it's a starting point . . . Gary On 1/21/2013 1:01 PM, Monica

[LUTE] Re: Calata de StrAmbotto

2013-01-21 Thread Gary R. Boye
tablature and inverted Italian tablatures Gary On 1/21/2013 1:14 PM, Lex van Sante wrote: Milan also notated the top string as the upper line didn't he? Op 21 jan 2013, om 19:01 heeft Monica Hall het volgende geschreven: Yes - that is certainly so - I had forgotten that. It suggest Neapolitan

[LUTE] Re: Latin and lute.

2012-12-11 Thread Gary R. Boye
. . . Interesting that it does begin to die out after 1700, but it is still encountered in manuscripts and treatises. Gary On 12/11/2012 6:29 AM, Herbert Ward wrote: According to Wikipedia, Latin was the language of scholarship, science, and internation communication until around 1725. However, I've

[LUTE] Re: Rolled chords

2012-11-16 Thread Gary R. Boye
Chris, Interesting that you should bring up rolled chords; there was much discussion on another list several months ago about this YouTube video: Louis Podesta's Your Piano Teacher Taught You Wrong http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VPgg3armCI Gary Dr. Gary R. Boye Professor and Music

[LUTE] Re: The Oxford G.617 (Gb-Ob617) manuscript

2012-09-02 Thread Gary R. Boye
it . . . Gary On 9/2/2012 12:55 PM, Luca wrote: Peter Steur -- Dr. Gary R. Boye Professor and Music Librarian Appalachian State University To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: String wear/ technique

2012-09-01 Thread Gary R. Boye
file it down a bit and make things work--it's that or lose the fret entirely (which costs $$). And sometimes the opposite occurs: the fret gets sort of mashed and stretched out at the bent point. Then you could have a low point and buzzing when fretting . . . Gary -- Dr. Gary R. Boye Professor

[LUTE] URL changes

2012-08-16 Thread Gary R. Boye
added citations for over 5,000 sources of plucked string music, both prints and manuscripts, and am slowly adding more detailed information for the sources I have looked at first hand. As always, if you spot any errors/omissions, feel free to e-mail me at: boy...@appstate.edu Gary -- Dr. Gary R

[LUTE] Re: Lutes and social classes historically.

2012-07-24 Thread Gary Digman
originally considered folk instruments. Gary - Original Message - From: Bruno Correia bruno.l...@gmail.com To: List LUTELIST lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 4:35 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lutes and social classes historically. Dear Herbert, 2012/7/23 Herbert

[LUTE] Re: Tuning

2012-07-02 Thread Gary Digman
Isn't happy existentialist an oxymoron? Gary - Original Message - From: Ron Andrico praelu...@hotmail.com To: wi...@cs.helsinki.fi Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 1:25 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Tuning Thanks, Arto. I'm glad to know there are other happy

[LUTE] Re: USA Aquila

2012-05-08 Thread Gary Digman
I bought strings from them three weeks ago. Mailed my check to the Portland address and had my strings within the week: new Nylgut for the first four courses of my ten course. Played one concert with them on. So far I'm liking them. Gary - Original Message - From: Alain al

[LUTE] Fw: Bach’s Lute Suites: This Moth is Blessed

2012-05-02 Thread Gary Digman
Hi Roman, I'm confused. Are you saying that the gamba parts are subordinate to the organ, that the gamba is accompanying the organ and not the other way around. Gary - Original Message - From: Roman Turovsky r.turov...@gmail.com To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; Gary Digman magg

[LUTE] Bach’s Lute Suites: This Moth is Blessed

2012-05-01 Thread Gary Digman
So were JSB's three gamba sonatas originally intended for trumpet? Gary - Original Message - From: Roman Turovsky r.turov...@verizon.net To: howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com; lute net lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 11:34 AM Subject: Bach’s Lute Suites

[LUTE] Re: Paul O'Dette interview

2012-04-11 Thread Gary Digman
Irony is a difficult effect to pull off on a computer. Gary - Original Message - From: Sauvage Valéry sauvag...@orange.fr To: 'Lute List' lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 12:32 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Paul O'Dette interview -Message d'origine- De la part

[LUTE] Re: Nazi rules correction!

2012-03-17 Thread Gary Digman
was also an altar boy. No one was interested in me. I've been in therapy ever since. Gary - Original Message - From: Christopher Wilke chriswi...@yahoo.com To: Ron Andrico praelu...@hotmail.com; Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk Cc: Lutelist lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, March 16

[LUTE] Re: Nazi rules for jazz performers

2012-03-15 Thread Gary Digman
Obviously you were not the demographic they were looking for, Ed. I think what happened was a move away from a contemplative approach to religiousity to a social/interactive approach. Maybe we could trace the origins of Facebook to the abandoning of the Latin Mass. Gary - Original

[LUTE] Re: Nazi rules for jazz performers

2012-03-14 Thread Gary Digman
interviewed. As he placed the microphone in my face, I announced to the congregation, Because we're featuring jazz this evening, there will be a two prayer minimum. Gary - Original Message - From: Tony ascbrigh...@yahoo.co.uk To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 4

[LUTE] Re: Saturday quotes

2012-03-13 Thread Gary Digman
It was a joke! I intended no disrespect to Mr. Jackson (or Quincy Jones), although his music is not my bag. Gary - Original Message - From: David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com To: lutelist Net Lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 1:14 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re

[LUTE] Re: Nazi rules for jazz performers

2012-03-13 Thread Gary Digman
and dance bands are advised to restrict the use of saxophones of all keys and to substitute for them the violin-cello, the viola or possibly a suitable folk instrument. I wonder how the nazis felt about notes inegale. Gary -- To get on or off this list see list information at http

[LUTE] Re: Saturday quotes

2012-03-12 Thread Gary Digman
The Michael Jackson approach? Hanging the lute over the balcony railing? Playing with one hand in a glove? Gary - Original Message - From: Roman Turovsky r.turov...@verizon.net To: Mark Wheeler l...@pantagruel.de; Ron Andrico praelu...@hotmail.com Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent

[LUTE] Re: Transposing lute tablature on sight

2011-12-08 Thread Gary Digman
If the map is all we've got, then the map is the territory. And maybe the huckle buck (sic) is what it's all about. This dew drop world, it may be a dew drop...and yet. Gary From: Daniel Winheld dwinh...@comcast.net To: lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 6:00

[LUTE] Re: SAD TRIP----Michael Thames

2011-11-30 Thread Gary Digman
Scam! Gary - Original Message - From: Mathias Rösel mathias.roe...@t-online.de To: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 2:28 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: SAD TRIPMichael Thames I cannot believe this. Does someone know if that mess-age is reliable

[LUTE] Re: Renaissance lute string length

2011-08-20 Thread Gary Digman
I believe they're North Korean. Gary - Original Message - From: Edward Mast nedma...@aol.com To: Martin Shepherd mar...@luteshop.co.uk Cc: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 3:01 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Renaissance lute string length A friend just sent me

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