[LUTE] Re: Gesualdo

2009-06-08 Thread Sean Smith
But I would much rather find the lost Joanna Maria Allemani lute print of Petrucci to either of our two modern lost lute manuscripts, given the choice. Dan Hear hear. If anyone finds this lost item could they please turn it in to the lost-and-found desk? Many thanks in advance, s

[LUTE] Re: Gesualdo

2009-06-08 Thread Daniel Winheld
>I recall arranging a couple of Gesualdo's madrigals for two lutes, but >my fellow lute player thought they were full of mistakes and refused to >play them. They had no mistakes, of course, but anyone who has heard >Gesualdo's music will know what he meant. Wish I still had the >

[LUTE] Re: Gesualdo

2009-06-08 Thread Rob MacKillop
I recall arranging a couple of Gesualdo's madrigals for two lutes, but my fellow lute player thought they were full of mistakes and refused to play them. They had no mistakes, of course, but anyone who has heard Gesualdo's music will know what he meant. Wish I still had the arrangeme

[LUTE] Re: Gesualdo

2009-06-08 Thread David van Ooijen
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 4:23 PM, wrote: >   You would think that Anthony Rooley's recording of the the 5th book of >   madrigals with the Consort of Musicke would have some plucking on it, >   but alas, its all instrument-free. My Gesualdo experiences are that it is so chromatic that continuo play

[LUTE] Re: Gesualdo

2009-06-08 Thread chriswilke
There is a recording with theorbo out there somewhere. I remember that years and years ago, the very first encounter I ever had with the instrument was on a recording of Gesualdo madrigals that listed someone as playing an instrument called a "theorbo" of which I had no idea what t

[LUTE] Re: Gesualdo

2009-06-07 Thread G. Crona
So, what did I learn from my little enquiry on this list about Gesualdo and the lute in these warmongering, complacent times, almost 400 years after that tortured composer's death? Quite a lot actually, thanks to listmembers Eric Crouch, Ed Durbow and Ron Andrico, (and a little searching of my o

[LUTE] Re: Gesualdo

2009-06-06 Thread G. Crona
Thanks a lot Ron, that's a first I believe (with a few hard stretches I can see)... There are some nice instrumental ricercars on a few recordings. Harp seems to be the instrument of choice, with a theorbo here and there sparesomely filling in. G. - Original Message -

[LUTE] Re: Gesualdo

2009-06-05 Thread Ron Andrico
Dear Goran: According to the New Grove article on Gesualdo, there are five surviving instrumental works that can be attributed to the composer. Some years ago, I intabulated a galliard by Gesualdo; the source is a manuscript in the Naples Conservatory. Donna posted a pdf on our w

[LUTE] Re: Gesualdo

2009-06-05 Thread Ed Durbrow
I don't remember that. I do remember Paul O'Dette saying that some lutenist had tried to put some of the madrigals (back) onto the lute. On Jun 5, 2009, at 8:06 PM, G. Crona wrote: > Dear lute-netters, > > After recently seeing the documentary that filmmaker W. Herzog made > about Gesualdo, I've