On Friday, Oct 6, 2006, at 05:27 America/Los_Angeles, Rob Dorsey wrote:
> Actually there is apparently, reading Narvey, considerable evidence
> that
> English theorbists adopted the Dm tuning despite it being a French
> initiative. Go figger' huh?
Mace, writing in 1676, said the theorbo was tun
Hi all,
I wrote:
> This could be a good idea to me: I have now my smaller theorbo (Barber's
> French theorbo, 76cm:8x1/140cm:6x1) stringed and tuned to high
> d-theorbo, but that instrument could be easily set also to d-minor
> tuning. But what would our collective "hip police" say about pl
--- Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Swan-necks on angeliques predate the
> purported/alleged "invention" by some
> 50 years.
> RT
The angelique is essentially a converted _theorbo_,
not a lute. In this case, the theorboed extension was
already there and the "swan-necking" was merely
> Lucas,
>
>What about the dm lute in ensemble music, period?
> We know that there is actually a significant amount of
> music for baroque lute with other instruments.
> Supposedly, Weiss worked to invent the swan neck lute
> especially so that it could be heard in instrumental
> groups.
Swan-
erience with this or has
> thought about it.
>
> - Lucas Harris
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Rob Dorsey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 8:54 PM
> To: 'Nancy Carlin'; 'David Rastall';
> lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
> Subj
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 1:26 AM
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Another Theorbo Question
On Thursday, Oct 5, 2006, at 22:21 America/Los_Angeles, LGS-Europe
wrote:
>> After 1680 the tuning nuveau in Dm spread with the "Enlightenment"
>> movement to includ
In einer eMail vom 06.10.2006 09:26:20 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit schreibt
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> But what would our collective "hip police" say about playing
> Gaultier, Weiss, Falkenhagen, Losy, etc. by a single strung
> instrument... ;-))
>
> Arto
>
Nothing new about that have a look
Hi all
> Yet another theorbo question. It seems to me that a moderately-sized
> solo theorbo in D minor tuning would be a good all-purpose Baroque
> lute upon which one could play the "modern" late 17th/early 18th-
> century continuo, as well as all the German (and maybe even some of
> the Frenc
On Thursday, Oct 5, 2006, at 22:21 America/Los_Angeles, LGS-Europe
wrote:
>> After 1680 the tuning nuveau in Dm spread
>> with
>> the "Enlightenment" movement to include lutes and theorbos played in
>> northern Europe.
>
> Don't forget the mandora, very nortern Europe, too, that stayed in old
>
> and not opinion, definitive. After 1680 the tuning nuveau in Dm spread
> with
> the "Enlightenment" movement to include lutes and theorbos played in
> northern Europe.
Don't forget the mandora, very nortern Europe, too, that stayed in old
tuning.
David
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To: 'Nancy Carlin'; 'David Rastall'; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Another Theorbo Question
David and All,
The article by Narvey is excellent, scholarly and, given that it is factual
and not opinion, definitive. After 1680 the tuning nuveau in Dm spread w
orders, like F,C & G, are easier in
the Dm tuned lute. All this is my opinion, I could be wrong.
Best,
Rob Dorsey
http://RobDorsey.com
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From: Nancy Carlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 6:46 PM
To: David Rastall; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
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The Lute Society of America just published a nice article on this subject
written by Benjamin Narvey. Some of you who are not members might not have
seen it. Anyone who thinks they might want to join the LSA can email me off
the list and will send them a copy of this issue.
Nancy Carlin
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