Hi Stuart, I enjoyed this (what I could; my internet's a little slow tonight); thanks for posting.
Grove online has Rush as a "guitarist" and listed in the works section are several works for "gui" which I take to mean as an abbreviation for guitar. Also "Elegant Extracts for Guitar." Ronald R. Kidd wrote the article. Did they mistake the guittar for the guitar? (Pretty understandable, I would say). Perhaps Rush himself spelled it as "guitar"? I hadn't known of Rush before this. And thanks also for acquainting me with this meaning of "folly." : ) It's a beautiful scene. Best, Jocelyn -- Jocelyn Nelson, DMA Teaching Assistant Professor Early Guitar, Music History 336 Fletcher Music Center School of Music East Carolina University 252.328.1255 office 252.328.6258 fax nels...@ecu.edu On 3/6/2011 2:25 PM, "Stuart Walsh" <s.wa...@ntlworld.com> wrote: >The cittern list seems to have withered... Here's a little sonata for >the wire-strung guitar/guittar from c.1765. It's for the guittar but >to be accompanied by another guittar or violin. Guittars and violins >don't have a lot in common but guittar pieces (usually sonatas) with an >accompaniment for either guittar or violin were quite common in Britain >(and France). > >George Rush wrote some operas and other music as well as music for the >guittar. His Three Sonatas is c.1765. This is the second: > > >Largo >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVUrD8ojxf4 >Allegro >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENss39j-TW8 >Presto >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL19jxZCE0g > > >The building is known as Cowper's Alcove, an 18th century folly where >the poet William Cowper and his wife would visit. A wind farm was >probably not part of the scenic view in those days. > > > >Stuart > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
