Dear Eugene, sorry - it seems I used the wrong words. Actually I was asked to play to them the original renaissance lute settings on my lute. I don't like those arrangements for mandolin orchestra - when I was a child they played things like "La Traviata". In my opinion it's foozleing the beautifull lute music .. Anyway thank you! Thomas "Eugene C. Braig IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> am 28.04.2005 16:06:26 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED], lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Kopie: Thema: Re: Gorzanis At 08:15 AM 4/28/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I was asked to play some Villanella by G.Gorzanis to our local mandolin >orchestra who want to play an arrangement of them (by D.Kreidler) - does >anyone know if there are online editions of these pieces are available? I don't know, but I doubt it. As far as I know, these were arranged for an odd pseudo-anachronistic recording by the German mandolin orchestra, a brainchild of Prof. Marga Wilden-Hüsgen, Fidium Concentus (2001. Concert music for guitar and mandolin orchestra/Konzertante Zupfmusik, Vol. 2. MDG Records, 6051044). The whole of the CD is performed on big-bodied, 4-course modern German mandolins in modern tuning (i.e., metal strings, all in fifths) except, if I recall correctly, the Villanellas which are played on big-bodied, 6-course mandolins, strung in gut, tuned mostly in fourths, and built to roughly ape an idealized baroque aesthetic, but not quite like any mandolins of the period. If you're really curious, I can check the liner notes of the CD when I return home from the office tonight. Best, Eugene CONFIDENTIALITY : This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not a named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
