In einer eMail vom 28.04.2007 23:42:12 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> As it appears, Fodrid, Watcher of Roads, is playing the lute with
> gloves?
>
> Mathias
>
>From what I have heard from a promoter from the software company, it is
possible to play a number of in
In einer eMail vom 09.04.2007 01:18:15 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> mark ... what are you on about?
Hi,
I didn't write the article, just wanted to show that the world outside may
not see the "Sting" thing so positively as some here may view it.
That's alll fol
In einer eMail vom 09.04.2007 01:09:30 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> I looked in vain for Mark's "Citternists of Penzance" band nomination for
> their album "Arf, arf". Hopefully next time.
> Could't help it.
> RT
>
Hi Roman,
As you will probably noticed, I did
Dear Lutenetters
maybe of interest
Classical Brits Old Man Face-Off: Sting Vs Paul McCartney
http://www.hecklerspray.com/classical-brits-old-man-face-off-sting-vs-paul-mccartney-2/20067748.php/
All the best
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HI,
here is a video of "modern dance" and elizabethan music, Holborne and nor
Dowland.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4EuqQ3CI-H4
As often in these sort of things, I tend to find that the "modern" elements
seem quite dated and something more "HIP" would have a bit more "attitude". But
if you want
Steve Hacket's recordings are 6 years earlier than "It's Late", but I am sure
Mr Hacket was probably not the first to record this technique.
best wishes
Mark
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Eddie Van Halen is often thought of as the inventer of "tapping" on electric
guitar, but Steve Hacket had used it on the early Genesis albums which are
quite a few years before Van Halen.
best wishes
Mark
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In einer eMail vom 04.03.2007 17:04:00 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> Unless WE referred to her AND Mark Wheeler.
> RT
>
Dear Roman,
Well actually there are at least THREE of us.
Have a look at...
http://idolator.com/tunes/studio-60/the-demise-of-studio-60-p
In einer eMail vom 28.02.2007 02:31:24 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> Mark Wheeler's response is very much to the point. In the discussion at
> the table, they had Sting, Edin, Rooley, and one more bearded person, who
> appeared to be quite scholarly. Who is that
Hi,
I have just read my mail and realised that it didn't make much sense, what I
meant was
Mr. Rooley, says that he does not believe that Dowland was such a staunch
Catholic and was not "paranoid" as Sting tries to describe him. Also that
Dowland
may have been a spy,something that Sting a
In einer eMail vom 27.02.2007 13:55:37 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> What did he have to say on the subject?
>
> david
Mr Rooley, say that he does not believe that Dowland was not such a staunch
Catholic and was not "paranoid" as Sting tries to describe him. Also
Not the answer you were looking for, but surviving instruments with fitted
frets such as citterns use meantone fretting.
Someone on the list recommended R.W. Duffins book about the history of ET...
"How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony. And Why You Should Care "
A very interesting book that s
In einer eMail vom 20.02.2007 11:32:23 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> So I guess the problem must be somehow in the conversion programs
> YouTube uses?
Probably best to compress the videos somewhat before you send them to
YouTube. Maybe your files are just too big
In einer eMail vom 20.02.2007 10:35:05 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> The synchronisation on YouTube is improved if you let the video clip
> play a few seconds, then 'rewind' to the beginning and play again...
>
> Andrew
>
That doesn't seem to work here..
http://
In einer eMail vom 19.02.2007 14:48:57 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> Hi lute gang,
>
> I joined the YouTube senders... ;-)
>
> I put my Sarmaticae videos of 2005, the very big AVI files, to the
> YouTube, too. The quality and especially synchronization are not of
In einer eMail vom 04.02.2007 20:42:49 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >What do you think the string instrument is that the player on the
> >right is
> >playing with his back to us?
>
> Judging from the small number of pegs, it can only
What do you think the string instrument is that the player on the right is
playing with his back to us?
All the best
Mark
In einer eMail vom 04.02.2007 14:42:43 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> Dear Vance,
>
> The web address is
>
> http://www.musikhistorie.dk/side
In einer eMail vom 05.12.2006 00:19:10 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> controversial-video
I think that is a bit of an exageration.
I think calling it modern is also a bit forced.
It reminds me of one of those saturday night television variety shows I had
to suffer
Hi,
Jagshamesh,
Have a look at this wonderful video by the same "great Ukrainian R&R band".
It has a sort of The Darkness goes Bollywood Vibe.
(But be warned it is not for the faint hearted, one of the band members is
wearing black nail varnish!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhSnBn99NTE
In einer eMail vom 02.12.2006 14:23:50 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> Andreas and Mark,
>
>
> I was just thinking on this. Is there any music
> that is clearly written specifically for this type of
> 12 (not 11 or 13) course lute?
>
> Chris
Yes there is a lot o
In einer eMail vom 02.12.2006 03:26:38 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> But in an earler message you mentionned the following, "I find at
> least on the cittern
> that the damped string gives a nice percussive sound to the chord."
> You appeared to be talking of dampi
Hi,
To put it clear, I am not talking about sympathetic resonances.
That is a problem on electric guitars, at high volume.
But you also see acoustic guitarists dampening when using a plectrum.
I also do not have a 6course lute so I can't test any of this.
But what is MAYBE the case, is that plec
In einer eMail vom 01.12.2006 19:59:41 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> Mark
> I am just thinking that the idea of the thumb-damping could perhaps
> be more relevant to metal
> wound strings. I think many lute players, even today, damp their
> metal wound strings
In einer eMail vom 30.11.2006 18:49:00 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> I have put some more examples here, including two
> supposed Francesco portraits, and a musical example.
> And some other pictures.
>
> http://mysite.verizon.net/arthurjness/thumb.html
>
I am not
In einer eMail vom 27.11.2006 11:56:38 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> Dear Mark,
>
> Just to add to the list of music you already have from Richard Corran:
>
> There's lots of music for transitional tunings in Panmure 5, and I think
> Dick Hoban have done an editio
In einer eMail vom 28.11.2006 02:50:00 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> Then Dowland Songs by Stin er, I mean Lord Chamberlain's
> Consort.
Hi,
Thanks for the info...
The Lord Chamberlain's Consort have a homepage at
http://www.angelfire.com/music7/mylordcham
Dear Stefan,
congratulations, on what seems to be a thriving course.
All the best
Mark
In einer eMail vom 26.11.2006 18:42:56 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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>
> Dear Lutenists,
>
> the report in pictures from Alteglofsheim 2006 with Stewart McCoy and Miguel
> Serd
Hi,
I think this is maybe something that hasn't been spoken about so much here.
Last weekend I got a lovely new 10 course lute from Martin Shepherd.
It has a 67.5 string length and it tuned in F or G at 390, however you want
to see it (I prefer the later).
Last night I decieded to try some piec
Hi,
Roman has carved his latest piece of dogma onto the wikipedia site.
"The most important living archlute players are Edin Karamazov and Luca
Pianca (the founder of Il Giardino Armonico), who predominantly play archlutes,
and
Paolo Cherici, Massimo Lonardi, Luciano Contini, Paul O'Dette, Jak
In einer eMail vom 26.11.2006 00:06:37 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> An archlute doesn't suddenly become something else just
> because it has fourteen strings instead of nineteen, and it's just
> inconceivable that no 17th or 18th-century player ever tried it,
> w
In einer eMail vom 25.11.2006 22:44:36 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
Phalese:
> In einer eMail vom 25.11.2006 22:35:32 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>
> >> There is aplenty
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelique_%28Lute%29
>
Dear Roman
According to this on 13:19, 22 February 2006 I made a comment on Elizabeth
Taylors Marriage!
On another I seem to have made a contribution about Railway electrification
system!
I have wide interests but I know nothing of both of these.
Also why do I have 4 IP addresses?
Roman this
In einer eMail vom 25.11.2006 22:00:28 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luca_Pianca&diff=89839118&;
> oldid=82287924
>
Hi,
not sure who wrote this, but Luca does play a single strung archlute, or not.
There is also no evidenc
Dear Roman,
Before you make unfounded accusations, I would check if they are not just your
paranoia.
Maybe their are more people with simular opinions out there.
I didn't realise you were the guardian of the wikepedia site.
How do you find the time when you are so prolific?
I read about you
In einer eMail vom 23.11.2006 15:55:49 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> I have no idea what you've been listening to. My copy has BRIGHT LILY,
> rather than WHITE.
> RT
>
That was my mistake, I meant bright.
But the THE THE is clearly an editing mistake.
Didn't you
In einer eMail vom 23.11.2006 14:18:25 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> An excellent suggestion, Eugene.
> Perchance Mark would post an example of his own singing, or even his take on
>
> some serious lute music, rather than the vaudeville that he offered
> previousl
In einer eMail vom 23.11.2006 11:59:35 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> I just received this, and it seems to work:
>
> http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID"928060&;
> blogID=196138740&MyToken=031a1ab8-093b-46a0-9f22-61b9d9ef4505
Hi,
sorry
HI,
I have just seen that you need to ba a myspace member to read the blog, so
here is the article for those interested
Pantagruel - Gothic Renaissance
Zillo December 2006/January 2007
Gothic and Renaissance do not seem to have much in common; in fact the 16th ce
ntury saw the medieval peri
In einer eMail vom 23.11.2006 01:38:23 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> If he ever
> comes to Montreal to perform this stuff, I really hope the lutenists
> around me are going to tell him what we think.
>
I wouldn't get so worked up about it. Everything of course you
In einer eMail vom 23.11.2006 00:43:50 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> This is getting more and more ridiculoushe should be ashamed of
> presenting this to the world
>
> regards
>
> Bruno
>
Dear Bruno.
Don't get frustrated, try starting your day with a wor
In einer eMail vom 29.10.2006 17:31:41 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> And so does Karamazov. And I prefer EK's brynza to ALK's wensleydale.
> RT
Someone told me once that Paul O'Dette original name was Paul Audet.
Not sure or very interested if this is true, but if h
In einer eMail vom 29.10.2006 09:13:54 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> Many post Bachists regard an interest in lute music and early music in
> general, this way, i.e. asserting the superiority of what is inferior.
>
What does a post Bachist believe and what does a
However it would be a mistake to confuse or conflate these two notions. The
second is not only infinitely worse than the first, but often acts in
reverse fashion, alleging the inferiority of the superior (cf. Mark
Wheeler).
RT
I don't quite understand that if I believe one music style is not s
> As we have no recorded performances of renaissance music and the romantic
> tradition is also not
> representative of renaissance performance, rock music performance that
> places more emphasis on > the "beat" is maybe closer to the way a
> renaissance musician may have played. But in the end
>
> The interesting thing about ALK performance was that he was playing to >
> accompany dancers and > the sort of performances that can be found on the >
> Sting CD with it's romantic rubato would be
> impossible for a dancer to use.
Are you suggesting that IN DARKNESS is a dance tune???
I think we need to make a distinction between music styles, it is quite
pointless comparing Bach and Led Zeppelin.
I personally like both and don't know with which method I should make a
judgement. In the end any judgements about music are always coloured by the
listeners social background and
In einer eMail vom 26.10.2006 19:20:52 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> Great! Then I'm just as good a player as Paul
> O'Dette! Who cares if he plays cleaner, has a finer
> touch, etc? I'm after different goals (largely I am)
> so we can't possibly say that either o
Hi,
I found this whole sting thing interesting, I found the "Flow my tears" folk
version worth sharing with the lute net. even the Blackmore's Night thing (as
it seems they are not so well known in America).
But then our friend Roman got all personal again and I have just tried to
have a look
In einer eMail vom 26.10.2006 18:14:46 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> Not all musics were created equal.
Sorry, way of judging music by it's ethnic background and complexity is
absurd. If we follow your reasoning, then why do we play Dowland at all, he
didn't
come
In einer eMail vom 26.10.2006 17:43:40 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> I am finding increasing difficulty detecting the relevancy of this
> discussion to this list. I like some recent music that doesn't involve
> lutes, and
> some of it is not the same as what othe
In einer eMail vom 26.10.2006 17:20:18 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> I never knew Rockettes also played instruments.
> RT
>
It seems you are in a sort of 19th century "reality tunnel".
Mark
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In einer eMail vom 26.10.2006 16:31:41 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> =CD am certainly not familiar with musical meaning of menacing nail laquer
> and
> "Cleopatra" style eye liner.
> Keep guessing.
> RT
>
Are you talking about the "look" from Siouxie and Banshee'
In einer eMail vom 26.10.2006 15:57:50 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> I have. Might have even heard something, but after hearing Siegfried's
> Funeral. Which makes former a bit ludicrous, doesn't it?
> RT
>
I am not sure how one piece of music makes another ludicro
In einer eMail vom 26.10.2006 13:40:18 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> Neither have I, until last Monday.
> RT
I find that very hard to believe.
Never heard of Deep Purple?
Then you have been missing out on a lot of great music.
No wonder you find Edin's playing so i
In einer eMail vom 25.10.2006 16:59:39 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> The lute Police would be turning Deep Purple with rage!!!
>
> DR
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> www.rastallmusic.com
I think it could improve the whole sting Dowland thing quite a lot.
Blackmore never play
In einer eMail vom 25.10.2006 01:57:32 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> A colleague on a this week's film job, a propmaster, who formerly was the
> leadguitarist with a VERY IMPORTANT R&R band (unnamed for now), told me
> today that RBlackmore plays nothing but lutes
In einer eMail vom 24.10.2006 19:36:05 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> Absolutely true, but I doubt that Sting even knew that there were
> early-music singers who fall into yet another category other than operatic.
I think somebody like Sting who had classical trai
In einer eMail vom 24.10.2006 18:18:26 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> think Sting simply meant to say that his voice is not classically-trained.
> I don't think he was being insincere; I think he was simply assuming that
> people who sing Dowland have classically-
In einer eMail vom 24.10.2006 17:20:02 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> I agree with you that those "extraordinary vocalizations" don't just
> spring forth without some kind of tradition behind them. I think
> that for the most part people who sing folk music, rock
In einer eMail vom 24.10.2006 15:51:41 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> According to Ray Nurse, at the Baroque Vocal Workshop I attended,
> there were two kinds of singing in the Renaissance: church and
> chamber, often done by the same person.
>
Which one sounded
In einer eMail vom 24.10.2006 15:25:30 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> "operatic tenors" to me sounds like he's making a
> distinction between those who are trained to project
> their voices with the aid of their diaphragm - a
> brisk, penetrating, back-of-the-hall-rea
In einer eMail vom 24.10.2006 14:05:31 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> Mark
> I would personally doubt whether some Irish folk singers are
> completely untrained. Perhaps it is not a scholarly training, but
> some (not of course the present singer) that I have he
In einer eMail vom 24.10.2006 09:19:27 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> Got it. Interesting. I like English folk. I would have changed the
> accompaniment with that style of singing to something more "folky".
> The interesting thing would be to see how people who do
Hi,
the URL was wrong it should have been
http://www.myspace.com/suzannesear
best wishes
Mark
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Hi,
without opening all that Sting thing again, I found something that may be of
interest in the what is a normal voice discussion.
Today Pantagruel got an add request on myspace from a folk singer who is
recording a CD of John Dowland songs.
Have a listen to her flow my tears at...
http://w
Hi,
try abebooks.com I got a copy there for about 50 euros.
They have some very cool books, one of the best finds I made there (it wasn't
cheap, but worth it) was a copy of William dauney's "Ancient Scotish
melodies" from 1901 with an inscription to the author's niece.
best wishes
Mark
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In einer eMail vom 18.10.2006 22:21:28 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> What troubles me, is the view that there is only one way to perform
> Dowland. Singers are individuals, and will inject a little of
> themselves into their performance. I have listened to Mark Wheel
In einer eMail vom 18.10.2006 17:55:03 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> professional of Robert Hales'
> stature
What do we know about a singer such as Robert Hales, who would probably have
been the sort of singer that Dowland's songs were designed for. I remember
Hi,
not complaining, my last mail was very positive, great to see that people
outside our "ghetto" (how one big English newspaper called the early music
scene) see the huge problems with Stings CD, even the single strung archlute.
Bravo.
Mark
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Dear lutenetters,
there is a lot of talk about the "normal public" not be able to discern a
realistic lute sound from the synthetic sound on SFTL and nobody being
interested in the single strung archlute. Here are a few quotes from the BBC
messageboard, which is generally quite damning of the
In einer eMail vom 18.10.2006 00:19:21 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> That they aren't is just a failure of execution.
>
I think that is probably the best way to describe this CD in general from
both musicians as "a failure of execution".
Mark
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In einer eMail vom 17.10.2006 22:50:57 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> There must be something wrong with the sample. I can't understand a
> word :-)
I have just listened to the CD and it is very difficult to understand the
words on that song at all.
Just had a li
In einer eMail vom 17.10.2006 22:51:35 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> We tend to accept on an academically that Dowland and company wrote
> popular music.
Not true at all, the broadside ballad repertoire was the pop music of the
day. But that would not have interes
In einer eMail vom 15.10.2006 01:47:12 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> I don't expect you to like it, but don't push your cheesy wares as the
> alternative.
> RT
Hi Roman,
funny that you find my wares are so cheesy compared with Stings with it's
electronic lute sou
Hi Roman,
I understand you are frustrated.
But listen playing with amplification is just a way to hide the weakness of
Stings voice. Admit it.
It was amusing seeing you get so worked up.
I think you are even going to get more worked up in the near future.
I'd would watch your blood pressure...
In einer eMail vom 15.10.2006 01:18:20 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> A comedy troupe in drag won't need amplification, to be sure.
> RT
>
Not sure what that has to do with us, maybe something to with your last
brothel visit.
best wishes
Mark
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In einer eMail vom 15.10.2006 01:05:26 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> They perform in LARGE SPACES, for A LOT OF PEOPLE, 600+ here in NYC. I
> guess
> you nefver had such experience.
> I am sure they wouldn't amplify for a wood paneled room, and an audience of
> 20
In einer eMail vom 15.10.2006 00:56:02 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> Were they published posthumously???
> RT
>
Do you think Dowland composed them originally to be published.
He sat down and wrote the whole book and then published it.
You can't be serious.
In einer eMail vom 15.10.2006 00:44:54 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> WHY WOULD THEY SING AND PLAY IN A GLASS-AND-CONCRETE SPACE WITHOUT
> AMPLIFICATION?
> That would be rather stupid, wouldn't it?
>
The point is they only perform with amplification, which means al
In einer eMail vom 15.10.2006 00:47:40 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> So people sat around books, didn't they?
> RT
>
never ever doubted it.
You should get some new glasses, because I was talking abou how these songs
were performed before they were published
Ma
In einer eMail vom 15.10.2006 00:34:59 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> Why?
> RT
>
Ok, now we have reached the showdown point.
Sorry but everytime it come to a point that is uncomfortable for you, you
backdown.
You know they use amplification, you just don't want
In einer eMail vom 15.10.2006 00:25:35 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> So all the publishers formatted these books against people's
> will???
> RT
I don't know what your problem is and I can understand you are eager to
discredit everything I say to prote
In einer eMail vom 15.10.2006 00:29:12 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> I've heard the duo in a huge space that was all glass and concrete.
> RT
Without amplification ?
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In einer eMail vom 14.10.2006 23:55:58 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> Did other composers have a similar strategy, having published books
> similarly?
> RT
I know Edin doesn't like reading books about the lute, but I have picked up
that bad habit of reading the
In einer eMail vom 14.10.2006 23:43:05 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> And also totally lacking any character.
> RT
Character is a matter most likely a matter of opinion and I would doubt if
any performance by anyone is "totally lacking any character", but the use of
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> I don't doubt that you are right about professionals singing Dowland's
> songs and amateurs having some training. Concerning the matter of
> singing at the table, surely you must have forgotten the
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> So is this why the gittern is also tuned re-entrantly? For the campanile
> effects? Given that it's so much smaller than a theorbo, and has wire strings
> as well, the issue of breakage and tensio
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> That's okay, I guess, but I think that it's our sacred duty not to
> encourage them!
Sacred Duty! Don't get saying that about sting or even anything less extreme
(as I did) as people seem to star
Hi,
you may have wondered about my lack of sting comments, well I have been
having tremendous fun lurking around various forums. It is so amusing reading
sting
fans who see him as the saviour of renaissance singing. The observer
published an article about the BBC message forum where the genera
In einer eMail vom 12.10.2006 21:40:00 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> Somehow the modern "hip" - in my opinion - has accepted
> too soft playing.
Could not agree more
Mark
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In einer eMail vom 12.10.2006 21:13:13 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> unfrettable
> diatonically tuned strings (as many lute types had) just couldn't cope
> across their full range in modulation.
That is the reason that the mandora became popular and why it is pr
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> And, sure, technique will be different, too
I think someone earlier spoke about playing closer to the bridge, I think
this important, 99% of the time none of my fingers are near the rose at all,
In einer eMail vom 12.10.2006 16:53:31 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> Because of something Linda Sayce said about the mandora
Without saying anything too definite about what Lynda said, it may be that
the lute never died out in the way that we think. Maybe the mando
In einer eMail vom 11.10.2006 22:18:38 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> What's your theory?
I don't know enough to have my own theory, but I think that this period
probably holds some surprises. Maybe the mandora was more widely played that we
think and it seems that
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> I for one never made that assumption. In my view the guitar
> prevailed, whereas the lute died. The guitar may have gone through
> some hard times in the 19thC, but it has successfully evolved
In einer eMail vom 11.10.2006 16:58:20 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> Apparently as early as 2001 Sting has collaborated with Luca Pianca, (of
> the
> Il Giardino Armonico (and the "S") fame).
> RT
In one of his interviews sting said his secret was always to work
Hi,
forget about the A, B and other lists we now have the official view from the
DG magazine KlassikAkzente
"Edin Karamasow, 41, spielt Laute. Besser als jeder andere und vornehmlich
mit Andreas Scholl. "
http://www.klassikakzente.de/edin_karamazov_die_laute_aus_dem_labyrinth_114921.jsp
Transla
In einer eMail vom 11.10.2006 04:48:49 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> Andrew Lawrence-King has been sticking his double-harp everywhere he could,
>
> including Biber.
> Go bark up that tree.
> RT
>
I am not an expert on historical harps and maybe a double-harp is
In einer eMail vom 10.10.2006 13:40:02 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> Actually I already suggested to my Duo-Partner to start an action "A
> tribute to Sting" for lutenists and to perform hits by Police and Sting on
> Lute(s).
>
> I would offer to collect all cont
In einer eMail vom 10.10.2006 11:25:27 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> No hip-police out there with a comment on this?
>
I hope I don't get thrown out of the force :)
Sounds good, pity Sting didn't give either of you a ring.
Sorry to dissapoint, but what my ears fi
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