[LUTE] Looking for a theorbo in New York

2015-09-16 Thread tiorba
Dear friends, next October I'll spend a few days in New York. I'm looking for a theorbo or an archlute to ren,t from 2nd to 11th. Can be at 415 or 440. Can someone help me? thanks, Diego Inviato da iPad To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: RV93 - which instrument?

2011-01-05 Thread tiorba
- Original Message - From: Eugene C. Braig IV brai...@osu.edu To: 'Lute Dmth' lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 5:10 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: RV93 - which instrument? Instrumentation follows the recently popular status quo: RV 82, 85, and 93 on archlute by Diego

[LUTE] Capirola bis

2010-11-18 Thread tiorba
I'm happy to announce that during the next year the City of Leno (where Capirola was born) will produce a cd with some music (recorded by me) and the full pdf Capirola book, like in my Kapsberger cd. I'll send you more news when the cd will be ready. Diego Cantalupi To get on or off this

[LUTE] Montezuma and the lute

2010-03-30 Thread tiorba
: The tiorba was used in Vienna, Prague and Berlin during the 18th century: J.J. Fux, Orfeo ed Euridice (Vienna, 1715), Costanza (Prague, 1723); C. H. Graun. Montezuma (Berlin, 1755). Also, it's possible to hear an aria with obbligato lute in an old LP by Decca (1967), with Joan Sutherland singing

[LUTE] Re: another day at the office

2009-12-19 Thread tiorba
- Original Message - From: tio...@gmail.com What you think about the Cantabo Domino by Paolo Quagliati, (printed in Fabio Costantini, Scelta di mottetti [...] libro secondo, Roma, Robletti 1618) where we have 2 pentagrams for the chitarra? I made a mistake: there's just a continuo

[LUTE] Re: another day at the office

2009-12-19 Thread tiorba
From: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk That is interesting becuase if it just says chitarra it may not refer to the 5-course guitar but rather to the 4-course mandora or possibly even the chitarrone. Never find any reference about the use of the 4 course mandora in Roma. Also I think it's

[LUTE] Re: another day at the office

2009-12-18 Thread tiorba
From: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk I can't believe this - it is all nonsense. There is a difference between sacred songs which may be dance like and intended to be performed in a domestic setting and music to be performed in a liturgical context. The problem with so many performers

[LUTE] Re: New recording by Lislevand

2009-12-15 Thread tiorba
IMO he's trying to do something interesting, IMO he's trying to do something easy to sell. In his own words: This recording is all about the Italian renaissance, That's ok, at least for the composers. how it understood itself, Sciencefiction ... how we understand it today May be

[LUTE] Re: [Lute] Lute and Harp duets

2009-10-16 Thread tiorba
From: Charles Browne char...@brownecowie.fsnet.co.uk Greetings! does anyone on the list have any experience of playing duets with a harp (either renaissance or baroque lute)? I would be grateful for some help in terns of possible repertoire! Thanks Charles I think you can arrange some of

[LUTE] Re: Looking for an article form Lute Society of America Quarterly

2009-01-22 Thread tiorba
- Original Message - From: Spring, aus dem, Rainer rspringaus...@tee.toshiba.de To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 2:30 PM Subject: [LUTE] Looking for an article form Lute Society of America Quarterly Dear lute netters, I am looking for Title: [Re:

[LUTE] Merula Ciaccona

2008-11-09 Thread tiorba
I'm watching outside my window. It's the sunset of a sunny day of November: it begins to be a bit cold, and, as usual, fog is going to hide the top of the city tower (hope not the whole cathedral). I'm sure Merula could see exactly the same panorama, and perhaps smell the same

[LUTE] banchieri and the Theorbo in G

2008-01-16 Thread tiorba
I'm wondering how many of the early publications for a 'theorbo' (various spellings) or chitarrone were actually for large 10c bass lutes with re-entrant tunings? I wonder about this too! As far as I know, Kapsberger's Libro primo for chitarrone is for a 10-course instrument. You can find

[LUTE] banchieri and the Theorbo in G

2008-01-15 Thread tiorba
Banchieri in his Conclusioni nel suono dell'organo (Bologna 1609), p. 59, gives a G tuning for the chitarrone, with the reentrant tuning for the first string only. From my homepage (under 'docs tab') you can download a pdf copy of my dissertation about the chitarrone and the continuo in

[LUTE] The mystery of theorbo: some physics

2007-06-19 Thread tiorba
Martyn Hodgson wrote: [...] if we use a proper size instrument (ie not an implausible 'toy' theorbo), against the laws of physics. Let's assume a string lenght of 80 cm. It's not a toy, but a theorbo usable for solo music (i.e. the Mantuan 18 courses instrument). The 'breaking index' for gut

[LUTE] The mystery of the unhistorical theorbo

2007-06-19 Thread tiorba
My theorbo (copy of an original by Matteo Sellas) is 80/161. The size is quite usual in historical instruments. I can't imagine playing Castaldi or Kapsberger on a 95 cm instrument... Also I can't imagine to have an instrument for any single pitch ! My instrument is stringed with plain gut. With