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On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:05:06 GMT, (Don Pearce) wrote:

On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:02:57 GMT, (Don Pearce) wrote:


http://www.kolumbus.fi/iain.churches/Music/CofM.mp3



Ok got it - talking of Emma Kirkby, there she is.

d

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On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:54:23 +0200, "Iain Churches"
wrote:

Iain wrote:
But, nevertheless, don't the togs appeal to you?

I think I might pass on those...

You could be a sensation strolling across
Hampstead Heath rendering saucy Renaissance
ditties:-)

Go on Tuesday. Or Whipps Cross on Thursday. I think some of the
leather crowd would be interested.

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On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:41:04 +0000, Laurence Payne
wrote:

On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:54:23 +0200, "Iain Churches"
wrote:

Iain wrote:
But, nevertheless, don't the togs appeal to you?

I think I might pass on those...

You could be a sensation strolling across
Hampstead Heath rendering saucy Renaissance
ditties:-)

Go on Tuesday. Or Whipps Cross on Thursday. I think some of the
leather crowd would be interested.

I will keep the info in mind, but not in a positive way, thank you.

d

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"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:58:58 +0200, "Iain Churches"
wrote:

And here it is - just a few bars of something by John Dowland. I
haven't grown the finger nails needed to play this thing, so it is
done with the pads of the fingers, so no sparkle, I'm afraid.

Early players used a quill for single notes


I'll go and shoot a pigeon.

A mute swan quill might be more to your liking.


Do you know the maker of your instrument?


Yes, it's made by Paul Schniber, but I haven't been able to find out
anything about him yet.

There are some very knowledgeable people at the
V+A who may be able to shed a little light.




But the
depth of the instrument is there to hear.

www.soundthoughts.co.uk/listen/dowland.mp3

Dowland. Excellent.

I am sure you know of Anthony Rooley and the
Consort of Musicke. Here is a taster from a
John Dowland recording I made with them.

http://www.kolumbus.fi/iain.churches/Music/CofM.mp3

I've seen Anthony many times, usually accompanying Emma Kirkby. The
Wigmore Hall seems to be a favourite venue for them. There used to be
amazing Sunday morning concerts there.

Dame Emma now..
I cam across this pic of her with Jakob Lindberg
http://www.yale.edu/ism/events/MusicatTwilight.html

Iain

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"Don Pearce" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:54:23 +0200, "Iain Churches"
wrote:

But, nevertheless, don't the togs appeal to you?

I think I might pass on those...

You could be a sensation strolling across
Hampstead Heath rendering saucy Renaissance
ditties:-)


Hampstead Heath? Parts of it have a reputation that would make wearing
such things a very unattractive proposition indeed.


I pictured you, like a strolling minstrel of yore,
entertaining the gentlemen and damsels and the
picnic parties, with their wicker hampers, and
Triumph roadster pulled up on the grass nearby

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2429/...57fb8e31b0.jpg


...... not trolling in the car park of (what used to be)
Jack Straw's Castle.

:-)

Iain

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Dave said:

Isn't Lauten simply the German for lute?

If translation were simple, and if lutes were simple, this
might have been a simple rhetorical question. But what is
its intended meaning?

Ian

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Don Pearce wrote:

Isn't Lauten simply the German for lute?


Could well be - I haven't started researching it in detail
yet.

I can't find any evidence that "lauten" is an established
English word, whether loaned from the German or not.

The definition of a lute isn't clear. It could be that only
the body is the defining feature, in which case yours looks
like a lute to me.

It could also be that your instrument is of a particular
type originated in a German-speaking country, and because it
doesn't fall within the limits of what would be called a
lute in English, its German name was used, but never widely
enough to be considered an English word.

All in all, it seems it is either a lute, or you can call it
whatever you want. However, if you call it a Lauten, someone
will say "Isn't that simply the German word for a lute?".

Isn't "maisonette" simply the French word for a small house?

Ian

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Isn't Lauten simply the German for lute?

That's "laute"

But nouns have several forms in German:

http://www.canoo.net/services/Contro...es=%28Cat+N%29

Also the plural is Lauten, and maybe that would be the most
likely form to find on a label.

Ian