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Rob Dorsey
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-Original Message-
From: gary digman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 4:40 AM
To: lutelist
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Too soft to live, was The last word goes to Sting
Dear Caroline;
I've attended concerts sponsored by the San Francisco
At 07:22 AM 10/12/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>--- gary digman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I resolved
> > never to attend another
> > lute concert sponsored by Sfems because the lute
> > simply could not be heard
> > from more the 6 or 7 rows back where all the lute
> > players (who cannot af
--- gary digman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I resolved
> never to attend another
> lute concert sponsored by Sfems because the lute
> simply could not be heard
> from more the 6 or 7 rows back where all the lute
> players (who cannot afford
> season tickets) were forced to sit. I refuse to pay
> $
Dear Caroline;
I've attended concerts sponsored by the San Francisco Early Music Society
which has a large number of season ticket holders who get preferred seating
at their concerts and fill their concerts with audiences of 2-300 people.
After attending two lute concerts, one featuring David Tayl
The guitar of the 19th century was not the same instrument as the guitar of
the 17th: increased tension, larger body, single strings, sturdier
construction. All of which contributed to its survival by increasing its
volume. Also the lute was not the only small voice extinguished at this
time. How t
Caroline,
Also consider the "NASCAR" effect. Once various music and musicians, and
therefore instruments, were no longer arterially propped up by the support
of wealthy and royal patronage, they depended on the popularity of the
masses. It is as hard for us to imagine a world without electronics a
Whoops. Forgot to press Reply-All. Now I remember why I never post to this
list.
Original Message
Subject: Re: [LUTE] Too soft to live, was The last word goes to Sting
From:"Doctor Oakroot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date:Tue, October 10,
At 11:19 AM 10/10/2006, Caroline Usher wrote:
>At 06:24 AM 10/10/2006, gary digman wrote:
> >I think the lute died for the same reason all the soft voiced insturments
> >died, i.e. the plucked keyboards (spinets, clavichords, harpsichords, etc),
> >the violas da gamba, and at the same time. When th
