The Lutezine
The Lutezine 103, October 2012
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The Lutezine 103, October 2012
In this Lutezine, part 1
Pictures of artists playing at the next meeting
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Notices
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Reports from recent events:
Flow my beers; lute music in London pubs, 3rd August and 28th September
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A musical pilgrimage, by Eric Franklin, 16th August
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Meeting of the Sociedad de Vihuela, Aracena, 27-30 August, by Isabelle Villey
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Playing day, 10th October, at the house of Anne Cromwell, 10th October
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Collage of photos and concert programme from recent meetings
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Members holiday photographs: Lutes in frescoes and stove tiles at the Palazzo Vertemate
Franchi
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Cortinaccio
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Other
societies
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periodicals
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Lutes
on
the
web 22
Picture
gallery
of
covers
of
CDs
reviewed
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List
of
summer
schools
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Registers: of teachers, makers, lutes for hire and useful addresses
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Additional tablature:
Additional versions of Gagliarde by the Knight of the Lute; Gagliarde by Giovanni Maria Radino; settings of
La Tambarino and the ballads The Blacksmith, When Daphne did from Phoebus fly, All you that love good
fellows, Can you not hit it my good man, and the popular tune En me revenant/More Palatino & Albert de
Rippe Part 7: Fantasies No 13-15, edited by John H Robinson
Bergamasca by Gianoncelli, in Italian and French tablature, ed. Wilfred Foxe
Spring and Summer, by Dieter Weber
NOTE:
The report on Samuel Danyel and John Danyel Conference at the RCM, 10-11 September, though listed in the
contents list of Lute News , is carried over to the next issue of The Lutezine.
Some of the artists playing at the next meeting
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The Lutezine 103, October 2012
Notices
Benefits of Lute Society membership
Besides receiving the new member’s pack (on joining), quarterly issues of Lute News, The Lutezine, and The Lute, Annual Journal of
the Lute Society (traditionally a couple of years behind cover date schedule) members receive the following
benefits:-• on request, a copy of the members’ list, (over 1000 members in 40 countries),
• discounts on our ever-growing list of music publications, booklets and plans,
• the right to purchase our unbound tablature sheets for the cost of copying and postage only,
• free small ads in the for sale / wanted sections of our website and Lute News,
• free publicity for your concerts (or any other relevant announcements) via our regular members-to-members emaill bulletins
(which occasionally include offers of playing work); these are sent out, generally every Monday, to UK members, but on request
can be sent to all the members in any country;
• the opportunity to hire lutes and other instruments for our hire fleet (UK / Europe only, as instruments must not be taken by air),
We currently have more than 60 lute-family instruments, mostly kept at the premises of Bridgewood and Neitzert, of Stoke Newington,
London; instrument availability is indicated at www.lutesociety.org. The fleet includes renaissance lutes in every key from bass C to
treble C, cittern, renaissance guitar, vihuela, mediaeval lute and gittern, theorbo, 11- and 13-course baroque lutes, liuto attiorbato, 10
and 12-course lutes which can be restrung in transitional tunings, 18th century mandora, bandora, and renaissance wooden flutes for
consort playing. Music can be supplied for the mandora; and for mixed consorts; we can offer discount rates for students, children,
and multiple hirings (e.g. flute, cittern, bandora and lute, for Elizabethan mixed consort), and we have several sturdy lutes for
theatri-cal hire, hireable at reduced rates.
• borrowing rights from our modest library, microfilm and vinyl record collections;
• a free enquiry service (we can often supply copies of sought-after pieces from our library, especially renaissance tablatures),
• and details of our meetings, concerts, and playing days and weekends in Britain and elswhere;
• teachers and makers may ask to appear in our listings in Lute News and on our website
• a link on the links to members’ websites page on our website.
• We have a picture library which can be viewed by prior request with the librarian, at the Guildhall College of Music of Drama, The
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London; there are plans to digitise the archive on CD ROMs which will then be available to borrow.
Children’s lute classes, groups and playing days
We are here to help and encourage people to play! If you want to set up a children’s group (such as those which flourish in France, and
which have been organised recently in Norfolk and in London) we may be able to supply sheet music, some small hire lutes, colour
pictures for children’s bedroom wall posters, support in finding teachers, contacts with other experienced teachers etc.
Replacement copies of Lute News
Overseas readers sometimes complain that copies of this magazine have been so roughly treated in transit that the envelope has been
torn open and the magazine damaged. If your copy has been badly mangled in this way, contact the Secretary for a replacement copy.
Flow my beers: lute music in London pubs, 3rd August and 28th September
Enterprising as ever, Lady Lovelylute, alias Stephanie Feeney, DJ of the early music and erudite chat
show Renaissance FM, on the station Resonance FM (104 FM, or online) has started a series of
early music pub evenings in London, under the amusing title of ‘Flow my Beers’. The first evening
was held in The Sutton Arms, near Barbican tube station on 3rd August, and the next in the Lord
Raglan, St Martin’s le Grand, on 28th September. Artists to perform so far have included Rick Jones
(and his charming daughter), Wezi Elliot, Richard MacKenzie, Will Summers and Andy Freeland,
and of course the inimitable Lady Lovelylute herself. The former venue, with a snug upstairs private
room was deemed rather better than the latter, which seemed afflicted with a lot of noisy bankers,
so for the next one Stephanie will perhaps return to the Sutton Arms. The date of the next meeting
will be advertised in the Secretary’s round robin, and on the Lute Society Facebook group page, and
in these pages if possible. Don’t be shy, come along and play your party piece, and if you are shy,
just buy a pint at the bar, and come and enjoy the talents of others.
‘A Musical Pilgrimage’ reported by Erik Franklin
This was a concert given on Sunday 16th August 2015 at St Hilary, Cornwall, in aid of the church. The
per-formers were Miranda Bird, Lucile Clitherow, Helen Maguire; voices and Ben Salfield and Denys Stephens,
lutes.
This gem of a concert in a quiet church not far from the busy August holiday spots of Penzance, St Ives and
Marazion was a locally organised event with a wide ranging programme, put together very much as a favour
to the church by the performers themselves . Pieces ranged from mediaeval through to Jacobean with a
pro-gramme of song, lute solo and duets lasting, including an interval, about two hours.
The three ladies were well practiced, local amateurs who carried off their performances with accuracy and
aplomb and who balanced well with the dynamics of both lutes. Solo songs were delivered by Lucile Clitherow,
who rehearses regularly with Ben, and included Dowland favourites as well as lesser known pieces by Claudin
de Sermisy and ‘anon’. Ben, on lutar, and Denys on ‘g’ and ‘a’ lutes punctuated the songs with familiar duets
and solos of which Ben’s performance of a Rosseter galliard took the accolade of my wife and her sister.
The event was advertised by handbill throughout West Penwith but keep your eyes well open for any return
concerts in future years.
Meeting of the Sociedad de la vihuela, el laud y la guitarra, Aracena (Andalucia),
August 2015, reported by Isabelle Villey
This year’s annual meeting of the Sociedad de la Vihuela took place in Aracena, 50 miles from
Seville), from the 27th of August till the 30th. The events of these days were organised in
collabo-ration with the Festival of Early Music of Aracena, already with a long tradition in this charming
Andalusian village.
The opening of the meeting took place on Thursday 27th of August in presence of Anibal Soriano,
president of the SV, of Jose Luis Pastor, artistic director of the Aracena Festival, and of the mayor of
Aracena. The council actually collaborates actively in the organisation of these days, in the loaning
of conference and concert rooms, the publicity for the events, which enables the Andalucian public
to attend them. The same day the lute maker Carlos Gonzalez presented the first talk, about
draw-ings and plans for construction of guitars, a few fragments of instruments, and 5 guitars, all by the
great master Antonio Stradivarius, and still well-preserved today.
On Friday 28th, three presentations were given, mainly concerning recent publications of the
So-ciedad de Vihuela. In the first one, David Hernandez presented his book La Dédicasse, a collection
of pieces written for a baroque lute and transcribed for an 8-course renaissance lute. The main
ob-jective of these transcriptions is to allow renaissance ‘vieil ton’ lute players to widen their repertory
with baroque pieces. Then, Antonio Corona-Alcalde in his talk paid tribute to the first researchers
and musicologists who contributed to the knowledge of the presence of the lute in the Hispanic
world, alongside to the vihuela. The last lecture of that day was offered by Francisco A. Valdivia
presenting his research about the different rasgueados and their notation system for baroque guitar
in Spain. La guitarra rasgueada en Espana durante el s. XVII deals not only with music in court but
also with popular culture and the well preserved sources of guitar music, and he completes his study
with numerous informations about concordances in sources of the pieces and a reconstruction of
popular songs with their guitar accompaniment.
On Saturday 29th, Jose Luis Pastor gave a lecture about string instruments in the Middle Ages.
Then he presented his new CD El arte medieval de la penola, and the audience could listen to a few
pieces played with a mediaeval lute. Finally, the General Assembly of the SV was held.
On Sunday 30th, the Catalan lute maker Joan Pellisa had the responsibility of the last talk of the
weekend. His research concerns Catalan guitars and guitar makers from the 18th to the 19th
cen-turies, and can be found in his book Guitarres i guitarrers d’escola catalana.
Interspersed with these talks, every day there were concerts in the chapel of the castle of Aracena,
situated on the top of the hill adjacent to the village, organised by the Early Music Festival of
Arace-na. In total there were three concerts, one of baroque music for viola da gamba and harpsichord, the
second one, of renaissance music, depicting a musical promenade during the religious processions
of Corpus Christi in Seville and the last one of mediaeval music. Another concert of the Sociedad
took place in the ‘cave of marvels’ of Aracena, situated under the castle, therefore an ‘original’
‘con-cert hall, and the audience was delighted with songs by the Spanish composer Sebastian Duron. A
the same time, an exhibition of instruments of various Spanish lute makers, as well as classes given
by Juan M. Nieto to young lutenists and theorbists, completed the activities of these days.
Meeting musicians and friends, listening to lectures and concerts, discovering this village of
Andalousie, its castle, its cave, tasting its gazpacho and its Iberian ham, all these activities gave a
particular charm to these days. ‘In an instrumental concert, you do not hear the sound of a lute,
a spinet and a flute, you hear a harmony, an assemblage, a result of all this cluster’, Montaigne
writes, and similarly, it is for the harmony of these various and delightful moments shared with
the participants that we must thank all the organisers in the Sociedad de Vihuela, and particularly
its president Anibal Soriano, whose efforts permitted their realisation and success.—Isabelle Villey,
September 26, 2015
Playing day, 10th October, at the house of Anne Cromwell,
photos (mostly) by Graham Hope
Very many thanks to Sue Davies who hosted a Lute Society playing day at her 17th century house in
Cambridgeshire, the ‘big house’ of the picturesque village of Upwood, opposite the parish church,
which is the house where Anne Cromwell’s virginal book was written and used. Stewart McCoy had
spent days in preparation arranging music from that source for the 14-odd attendees to play, in two
lute ensembles comprising theorbo and lutes in D, G and C.
As a special treat, Francis Knights brought a set of virginals and played pieces from Anne
Crom-well’s book—for all we know in the very room where the same music was played nearly 400 years
ago. He explained the context of the book, as emblematic of the cultural attainments of a young
lady player, from the upper gentry or lower aristocracy (she was first cousin to the famous Oliver
Cromwell) under the tuition of the composer Simon Ives. We have about 10 or a dozen similar
amateur keyboard manuscripts which give a fascinating glimpse of music as it was actually played
away from courts and palaces. (Most have been edited, but the modern editions have mostly gone
out of print again now!) Where did such players get their music from, given that hardly any
key-board music was printed, in England at least? Providing music for the student was part of the role of
the teacher, who would have copied a piece out during the lesson (cf. Dowland’s pieces written into
the ‘Folger Dowland’ and ‘Margaret Board’ lute books) or left his own master copy for the student
to transcribe between lessons. If Ives provided tune and bass for Anne Cromwell’s collection, he
must surely have blushed to see how she filled in the harmonies—see for instance the shocking
suc-cession of consecutive fifths in the psalm setting below, in the left hand (tenor and bass voices). The
music is a mixture of popular songs, court masque music, dances and psalms, with some charming
homespun touches, such as a home-made song marking the departure of a family member to
uni-versity. Larger houses with a fair number of servants held their own Sunday prayers for the family
and servants, and the psalm settings may have been used in these humble religious gatherings. We
re-enacted the life of the old house by all singing the psalm together to the accompaniment of the
keyboard.
Virginals are attractive instruments which were very widely used up to the middle of the 17th
century, and are under-represented on the concert platform today, as players wish to own larger,
louder harpsichords. The wire strings, of brass and iron, run parallel to the keyboard, rather than
away from it, as in a long-case harpsichord; the case is rectangular with the keyboard on the ‘long’
side. On some models the point where the string is plucked actually varies across the instrument,
though on this model the bridge and jack rail are both diagonal, so all the strings are plucked at
the same distance from the bridge. Francis commented that changes in taste concerning furniture
design may have been partly responsible for the decline of the virginals.
The catering was magnificently generous—our hosts must still be eating the nice sandwiches now
. . . All in all, a very special day; we hope for a repeat event at some point.
THE LUTE SOCIETY RECITAL
The Dutch Church, London, 4.45 pm, Saturday 12
thSeptember 2015
Mésangeau’s Experiments
Alex McCartney
10-course lute by Pierre Abondance (1977) restored by Richard Earle
Suite in Bb major René Mésangeau :
Prélude, Prélude, Allemande, Allemande, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande
-- 10 minute interval –
Suite in F minor René Mésangeau:
Prélude, Allemande, Allemande, Courante, Courante, Courante, Sarabande, Sarabande
-- 10 minute interval –
Suite in C major Anon, Francois Dufaux(^) and René Mésangeau (*):
Prélude, Allemande, Courante, Courante*, Courante^, Courante^, Sarabande, Sarabande^, Sarabande*
A deserving recipient of European fame and success, René Mésangeau (fl. 1575-1638) was popular amongst
contemporaries, receiving recognition by both Pierre Ballard in 1631 and 1638 and Marin Mersenne in 1636
(Harmonie Universelle). Robert Ballard also regarded Mésangeau very highly, placing him in the ‘First Rank’
of lute composers. Mésangeau and his contemporaries’ innovative experimentation with lute tuning systems
eventually led to the development of the ‘standard Baroque lute tuning’, centered around a D-minor chord.
Mésangeau was born in Paris in the last quarter of the sixteenth century. During his time in Germany
(presumably pre-1617) it is likely he met Besard, who included a courante by Mésangeau in his Novus Partus
published in 1617. Returning to Paris he gained a position in the service of Louis XIII with the title écuyer sui
ordinarement la cour. His deliberately new style must have made a striking impression. By 1621 he had been
elevated to the position of musicien ordinaire du Roi. At some point during this period of success Mésangeau
married Marguerite Jacquet, the daughter of the famous spinet maker Jean Jacquet.
Mésangeau’s popularity was summarised at his death by his pupil Ennemond Gaultier who composed the
first known tombeau in his honour (Le tombeau de Mézangeau, 1638).
Alex McCartney
Recently described as ‘a very good lutenist which one has a desire to hear more from’ [SFL], Alex McCartney has a busy
performing schedule which allows him to see much of the world (although mostly Europe and North America).
In 2015 Alex released his debut solo album Mésangeau’s Experiments to merry critical acclaim, in which his playing was
described as, ‘sensitive and musical’ [EMR]. His next solo album Elizabeth’s Lutes is due out in March 2016 and features
lesser-known music from the English Golden Age. Alex is a resident artist with his own record label Veterum Musica.
Alex regularly performs as a soloist with ensembles such as Ensemble Libro Primo, Ensemble Marsyas, Cupid and Death,
and Poeticall Musicke. He has also recently given a solo recital at York Early Music Festival 2015.
As a continuo player Alex’s playing has been described as ‘sinewy and sensuous, ornaments rarely exaggerated’ [The
Observer]. He holds principal positions in La Nuova Musica and Poeticall Musicke. He is also a regular guest principal
for The Academy of Ancient Music.
Aside from his main musical commitments, Alex also enjoys working regularly with artists such as Emma Kirkby, Orchestra
of the Age of Enlightenment, The English Concert, The English Baroque Soloists, Brecon Baroque (Podger), The Early
Opera Company, The Royal Opera House, His Majesty’s Sagbutts and Cornetts, Lutes and Ukes, and The Royal Ballet.
Alex can be heard plucking away on recordings released by the following labels: Veterum Musica, Harmonia Mundi,
Hyperion, and Linn.
Occasionally Alex consults and teaches for film and television productions, the most recent being an adaptation of Wolf
Hall by the BBC broadcast in January 2015. In addition to on-set consultancy, Alex had the challenge of teaching the
actors Damian Lewis and Max Fowler to play the lute to a high standard in the short space of one month.
Alex teaches the lute at the Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh, and at the Early Music Shop in London.
In 2015, Alex authored his first book Memory Methods: Music which provides a practical, waffle-free approach to both
general and musical mnemonic methods.
Members holiday photographs: Lutes in frescoes and stove tiles at the Palazzo
Vertemate Franchi in Cortinaccio
The towns in the foothills of the Italian Alps have a slightly different look and ‘feel’ from those in the
rest of the country, a little more suggestive of Switzerland or Austria, part of the Alpine rather than
Mediterranean world, yet a building like the Palazzo Vertemate Franchi in Cortinaccio, near
Chia-venna, reminds you after all of which country you are in. In fact the palace was not the principal
residence of its owners, but merely there ‘casino da caccia’, a hunting lodge and house of pleasure
(casino means a place for gambling in English, but in Italian can mean brothel!). Their wealth
came from the prosperous and strategically placed Alpine-pass town of Piuro, which alas, was
destroyed by a huge landslide on 4 September 1618—only this Palazzo remains to suggest the
lost splendours of the doomed town. The decorative schemes of the palace have a fair number
of fresco representations of various musical instruments, including lutes, and a particularly nice
one of Apollo(?) playing a lira da braccio, an instrument associated with rhetorical declamation.
There are also some very fine intarsia panels, depicting decorative swags and grottesche, with some
musical instruments in inlaid wood of different colours—another great artistic tradition of Italy.
Of particular interest, however, are the representations of lutes in blue-and-white and green tiles
which cover the sides of heating stoves in the ‘Juno’ room on the ground floor, and the ‘Napoleon
chamber’ above it.
Our guide and host, Klaus Jacobsen, was deeply sceptical of whether any conclusions could be
drawn from these tiles at all, given the possibilty that they might be much later in a faux antique
style, but the decorations of the Juno room bear the date 1577, over the door, and the guide
leaf-let says that the stoves were Nuremberg work of the mid-16th century. Very intriguing, if that is
about right, would be lady playing a small lute with a sickle-shaped pegbox—an early mandore?
OTHER SOCIETIES AND PERIODICALS
Yet again, because of constraints of time, this is a rather random look at a selection of relevant
publica-tions over the last couple of years, rather than a systematic record of the last three months’ music press.
But we will catch up in the end!
Publications dedicated to the lute
Belgium
Issue 68 of Geluit–Luthinerie, much shorter than usual, has details of Belgian Lute Academy’s meeting
of 18th October, held in Brussels, and featuring and interesting ensemble of lute and nyckelharpa.
There is also the sad news of the death of luthier Gerhard Bos.
France
The autumn 2015 issue of Le Joueur de Luth contains, as usual, a full and generous survey of French
lute life, with concert and CD reviews, international news, and a book review of an important and
reportedly very good book, Martin und Johann Christian Hoffman by Eszter Fontana, Veit Heller and
Klaus Martius (Leipzig: Hormeister, 2015) which gives a history of the famous baroque lute makers,
and catalogue and photos of all their surviving instruments. There are events listings and a splendid
photographic section with photos from, it must be admitted, rather further afield than ours: a
chil-dren’s early music class in Cuba, and the thinly scattered lute community of the Far East: lute players
in Taiwan, Singapore and Thailand.
Germany
Issue 3/2015 of Lauten-Info has a report on the German Lute Society’s 2015 Lautenfest in Burg
Stern-berg, a copy of their constitution, annual accounts, and lists of lute makers and teachers, CD and
book reviews, and two short biographical papers on the great virtuoso composer Melchior Neusidler,
one shedding some light on the question of what year he died, and the details of his return from Italy
in the winter of 1565/6. The music supplement, always generous and nicely presented, contains 10
pieces from Lord Herbert of Cherbury’s lute book, and for archlute a sonata by Filippo dalla Casa, and
for baroque lute, a suite in G minor by Esaias Reusner.
Other plucked string and early music publications
Classical Guitar
Classical Guitar is now published quarterly in the USA. The Fall 2015 issue includes a profile of the
Assad brothers duo—now playing together for 50 years!—an interview with Roland Dyens, and a
rather good special focus section on guitar education. This discusses an online support to classical
guitar teaching in schools, http://guitarcurriculum.com, and there is a piece seemingly selling the UK
based grades (ABRSM, Trinity and Registry of Guitar Tutors) to a US or worldwide readership;
sight-reading on the guitar, and one on the difficulties of getting the young to take an interest in acoustic
instruments in a world where most music is amplified. And there is a listing of the tertiary guitar
courses of the USA. There is a piece on ‘prepared guitar’—including guitars where strips of cardboard,
paper clips or staples and inserted between the strings near the bridge. Now that is something I think
nobody has tried on the lute. There are CD, book and concert reivews of course.
The British BMG Federation Newsletter
Issue 74 of this attractive colour-printed newsletter has news and details of next spring’s festival in
Glasgow (which we hope local lutenists will attend!) and reports of the Federation’s 2015 symposium
and its summer school, an article on left-hand technique, and of particular interest to ‘people like us’,
and essay on the mandolin in England in the 18th century (reprinted from no. 73 where it appeared
without footnotes for some reason!)
The Consort
The autumn bulletin of the Dolmetsch Foundation has a piece on Purcell’s catch in commendation of
the viol, and the sad news of the deaths of two very elderly supporters of the Dolmetsch family: Frank
Davidson, at the age of 95, a Canadian who became friends with Carl and other family members after
visiting them as a schoolboy in 1932; and Margaret Campbell, who died on 7 August in Worcester
Royal Hospital after a fall, at the age of 98, a longtime contributor the work of the Foundation, best
known perhaps as the author of the book, Dolmetsch, The Man and His Work. The great pioneer
himself, ‘AD’ lived from 1858 to 1940; sad to think that even the oldest of the generation with clear
memories of him are now passing!
Early Dance Circle
This title is proud to announce that it has reached issue 100! There are reports on the Oxford Dance
Symposium, and the EDC’s own biennial conference of 2016, ‘Terpsichore and her sisters’, and the
Krakow festicval of court dance, and an essay giving unexpected praise to the choreography of the
BBC remake of the historical drama Poldark. We all know how the afficionado looks forward to
his-torical dramas with a mixture of anticipation and dread.
Orfeo, (free at http://www.orfeomagazine.fr/fr/English.html )
Orfeo is an absolutely beautiful free online guitar magazine which emphasises the visual beauty of
our visual world with some lovely photographic spreads. Issue no. 6 has focusses on Italy and Italian
luthiers: there is an intereview with luthier Andrea Tacchi, whose inlaid decorations are stunning, in
the great Italian intaglio and intarsia traditions; and further interviews with luthiers Lorenzo Frignani,
Luigi Lucalli, and Luca Waldner. There is an essay on Cremona, great centre of luthery, and
some-thing a bit out of the ordinary, an interview with Nicolo Alessi, who makes beautifully engraving
guitar machine heads.
De Bouwbrief, up to 158
This is an attractive colour A4 Dutch language magazine full of practical materials aimed at the
in-strument maker. Issue 158 has pieces on making a basset horn, CT scanning of old inin-struments, the
Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg, and a piece on Carlos Gonzalez and his copy of the
Quito vihuela, once the property of Ecuador’s patron saint (see Lute News 102). There is a piece on
the use of smartphones and tablets in analysing musical sounds, a piece on organ building, and a piece
on the function of chamfering in recorder blocks.
LUTES ON THE WEB
You can listen again to Renaissance FM, Lady Lovelylute’s radio show on Resonance FM, via the
internet; recent issues include the following:
https://m.mixcloud.com/Resonance/renaissance-fm-21st-july-2015/
https://m.mixcloud.com/Resonance/renaissance-fm-28th-july-2015/
https://m.mixcloud.com/Resonance/renaissance-fm-10th-september-2015/
https://m.mixcloud.com/Resonance/renaissance-fm-17th-september-2015/
https://m.mixcloud.com/Resonance/renaissance-fm-24th-september-2015/
https://m.mixcloud.com/Resonance/renaissance-fm-1st-october-2015/
Brian Wright’s setting of the Mass:
. .. a substantial work, can be heard in performance on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvBcrzJktCQ&feature=youtu.be
A new work by Joaquim Boguna Chesa, a book of 24 songs in a range of historically inspired styles,
for lute and voice, can now be found as a free download on the members’ compositions page of our
website http://www.lutesociety.org/pages/members-compositions
A new website uses information from the Dicitonary of National Biography to construct networks
of connections between figures in early modern Britain. It is called Six Degrees of Francis Bacon, a
humorous allusion, in case you didn’t know, to the fact that allegedly every human being is
con-nected to every other human being by no more than half a dozen degrees of separation (usually
just acquaintance), and to the film buffs’ pub game about the American actor Kevin Bacon, who
seems to have been in films with every other actor. There is a website and an explanatory video,
at https://www.cmu.edu/news/stories/archives/2015/october/francis-bacon-launch.html and http://
www.sixdegreesoffrancisbacon.com/ They welcome further contributions from people like us. John
Dowland is in there. The real problem, one would imagine, must be that 17th century London was
a crowded and bustling place, where just about anybody could have met anybody else at some time
or other!
Dear Diary . . .
Our listings of residential courses which welcome lute players, here and at www.lutesociety.org, are meant to be comprehensive and are constantly updated; please let us know of any we have missed out. For one day events in the UK it is worth visiting the websites of the Early Music Fora. The various national lute societies list lute courses in their respective countries. Guitar festivals, competitions and courses are listed in Classical Guitar; early music courses, concerts and festivals worldwide are listed with admirable thoroughness in Early Music Review published by the Early Music Company, http://www.earlymusicco. co.uk/services/ Courses and summer schools in the USA are listed in Early Music America; the Swedish magazine Tidig Musik lists North European courses. An online list of early muisc courses can be found at http://renaissancemusik.dk/. There is also a British arts festivals website: www.artsfestivals.co.uk, and Classical Music and Music Teacher magazines publish an annual list of summer schools. Dance events, should you wish to play for dancers, are listed in the Diary of Early Dance Events (see Addresses list in The Lutezine).
FORTHCOMING COURSES WITH DEDICATED LUTE TUTOR OR EXTENSIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LUTE PLAYING; FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF THE YEAR’S COURSES, SEE THE LUTEZINE
Jan 4–10 Tafelmusik Winter Institute, The String orchestra in baroque England with Lucas Harris, lute and continuo class, University of Toronto, Canada, tel. ++1 416 964 9562, ext: 241 e: [email protected] web: www.tafelmusik.org
Mar 26–29 Lutefest at Benslow, with Jacob Heringman, Lynda Sayce, Stewart McCoy, Jeni Melia, Roy Marks, Benslow Music Trust, Little
Benslow Hills off Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Herts SG4 9RB. Tel: 01462 459446 (fax: 440171). web: http://benslowmusic.org e: [email protected] Mar 27-29 Lute and Guitar weekend, with Anna Kowalska, Anna Birula, Frederic Chopin State Music School, 11 Bednarska St., 00-310 Warsaw, POLAND,
tel./fax: +48 22 826 63 14, +48 22 827 71 32, fax: +48 22 829 87 46 http://www.luteduo.com/en/edu/
Mar 28–Apr 2 17th Chalemie Summer School of Early Music, Dance and Commedia, Headington School, Oxford, with Matthew Spring, lute teacher, et al. Contact: Barbara Segal, tel: 020 7700 4293 / f: 7700 5877, or Chalemie Summer School, 3 Thornhill Square, Islington, London N1 1BQ, e: [email protected] web: www.chalemie.co.uk
Mar 29–Apr 4 Easter Early Music Course at St George’s School Ascot, contact Annice Nethercott tel: 07898 091949 e: [email protected] www.easterearlymusiccourse.org.uk
Apr 6-12 Musica Antica a Monterone/Sestino, Arezzo, with Sigrun Richter, tel: ++39 0575 772219, +49 171 1441047 www.sigrunrichter.de e: [email protected]
Apr 6–12 Benslow Baroque Opera Project, Handel, Acis and Galatea, Benslow Music Trust, Little Benslow Hills off Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Herts SG4 9RB. Tel: 01462 459446. web: http://benslowmusic.org e: [email protected]
Apr 24-25 Lute and Guitar weekend, with Anna Kowalska, Anna Birula, Frederic Chopin State Music School, 11 Bednarska St., 00-310 Warsaw, POLAND, tel./fax: +48 22 826 63 14, +48 22 827 71 32, fax: +48 22 829 87 46 http://www.luteduo.com/en/edu/
Apr 24-26 Masterclass sulla prassi esecutiva di mandolini e liuto, with Davide Rebuffa, Mauro Squillante, Centro di Musica Antica, Fondazione Pieta de Turchini, Naples, contact [email protected]
May 14–17 Baroque orchestra course for string and B.C. Ein Roemisches Fest, with Sam Chapman, theorbo/baroque guitar, Nydegg Bern: Kirchgemeindehaus Schosshalde 43 und Nydeggkirche Bern, Switzerland, contact Allegria Musicale, 032 322 03 36 / 078 815 36 09 / / 032 322 09 58 [email protected] or [email protected]
May 14-17 Musik des Fruhbarock, kurs fur historische Instrumente, Gemersheim, with Martin Lubenow, Friedhofstrasse 2, D 76726 Germersheim, Germany, ++49 7274 / 777 362 [email protected]
May 28–31 An English Orpheus, celebrating John Dowland, with David Miller, Emma Kirkby, at Hawkwood College, Painswick Old Road, Stroud GL6 7QW, UK tel: +44(0)1453 759034, http://www.hawkwoodcollege.co.uk/courses/an_english_orpheus_may Jun 2-9 Engelsholm Renaissance Music Week with Jame Akers, Midtjysk Efterskole, Ejstrupholm, Denmark, [email protected], www.renaissancemusikuge.dk
June 3–7 Kloster Schlehdorf, Kurs Alte Musik, flute, lute, gamba and violine, with Axel Wolf, Marion Teupel-Franck,
Bildungshaus Kloster Armstorf, Dorfener Str. 12, D 84427 St. Wolfgang, Bavaria, tel: ++49 /089 601 2755 e: [email protected] www.flautotraverso.de
June 4–17 Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Music Institute, with Lucas Harris, lute and continuo class, University of Toronto, Canada, tel. ++1 416 964 9562, ext: 241 e: [email protected] web: www.tafelmusik.org
Jun 7–13 17th Annual Summer Texas Toot, with Scott Horton, lute and continuo, Concordia University, Austin Texas, e: [email protected], http://toot.org
Jun 20–July 2 Triora Musica, Florentine intermedi of 1589, dir. Deborah Roberts, with Claire Williams (continuo) www.trioramusica.com e: [email protected] tel: +44 (0)7967689714
Jun 21-July 4 Oberlin baroque performance institute, c.1690, Purcell’s Fairy Queen with Lucas Harris Contact: Baroque Performance Institute, Conservatory of Music, 77 West College Street, Oberlin, Ohio 44074 1576, USA, tel: Anna Hoffmann ++1 440 775 8044 e: [email protected] web: http://new.oberlin.edu/office/summer-programs/baroque-performance-institute/
Jun 21-27 Baroque Music Workshop Lutheran Music from Praetorieus to Bach, [no lute tutor this year] Dominican University, San Rafael, CA, contact: San Francisco Early Music Society, details below
Jun 26-28 Workshop fur Renaissanceluate, Lochmule Hohenleben, with Klaus Beireich, Gellerstrasse 15 D 01445 Radebeul, Germany, e: [email protected] ++49 0351 / 83 06 58 88, 0176 / 70 15 79 99
Jun 27-29 June Lute Masterclass, with Gian Luca Lastraioli, Palazzo Rucellai, Florence, tel. +39 55 366058 e: [email protected]
Jun 27-July 4 IX Summer Early Music Methodological Courses with Anton Birula, Warsaw, e: [email protected] www.muzykadawna.org Tel: + 48 501827750
Jun 28-July 4 Mediaeval and Renaissance Workshop, with Vicente Chavarria, St Albert’s Priory, Oakland, CA, contact: San Francisco
Early Music Society, PO Box 27495, Berkeley, CA 94127 0495, USA, tel: ++1 510 528 1725 email: [email protected] web: www.sfems.org June 30–July 5 Academia Internacional de Música Antigua Banchieri, Palextrina, Victoria [no lute teacher this year] Nieto, Avila, Spain, contact;
Academia Internacional de Música Antigua, Apartado de correos 25, Brunete, 28690 Madrid, +34-635 415 484 [email protected] www.aimantigua.com
July 5-12 27th International Summer School of Early Music, Valtice, Czech Republic, Purcell Dioclesian with Brian Wright, Contact: Vinarska skola Sobotní 116 , 691 42 Valtice tel: +420 721 347 911 e: [email protected] web: www.early-music.cz
July 5-13 XXI International Summer Academy of Early Music, GP Telemann autumn of baroque music Wilanow Palace, Warsaw, Poland, with Jan Cizmar, e: [email protected] www.mlamd.pl
July 6-12 4th International Course on Medieval Music Performance, Early Music Besalu, Catalonia, Spain, with Mauricio Molina, cithole and ensemble classes instrumental course, July 6–10, Ars nova course July 11–12, [email protected] www.earlymusicbesalu.com
July 6-13 XIeme Academie Musicale Chateau d’Ollans, Chapelle de Larians, Parsival Castro, contact Association C.A.M.A.
July 11–18 Madison Early Music Festival East European early music, with Grant Herreid, University of Wisconsin, contact: Madison Early Music Festival, 21 N. Park St. 7th Floor web: http://continuingstudies.wisc.edu/conferences/madison-early-music-festival/
e: [email protected], ++1 608-263-2790
July 12–19 Lute Society of America Summer Workship East, wtih Jason Priset, Eduardo Eguez, Nigel North, Grant Herreid, Chris Morongiello, within Amherst Early Music Festival, Connecticut College, New London CT, ++1 781 488 3337, http://www.amherstearlymusic.org/aemf_lutes July 13–25 Arezzo Summer School, with Franco Pavan (until 18th), http://www.arezzosummerfestival.com/ita/scuola_estiva.php
e: [email protected] Tel +39 3474775173 - +39 0668134051
July 13–Aug 22 Internationale Sommerakademie der Universitat Mozarteum Salzburg, (various courses, no lute teacher this year) contact: Michaela Wieser-Hois, Büro des Direktors, Mirabellplatz 1, A 5020 Salzburg Tel: +43 (0) 662 6198 4501 e: [email protected] or www.moz.ac.at/de/kunst/soak/index.php
July 6-18 Baroque Opera Studio, with Paul O’Dette (July 10-14) and Manuel Minguillón. Lute lessons and Cavalli’s opera ‘Gli Amore d’Apollo e di
Dafne’ stage performance. www.baroqueoperastudio.com/en
July 19-23 4th International Course and Festival of Medieval and Renaissance Music Morella 2014 with Ariel Abramovich, Morella Castellon, Valencia, web: http://www.culturalcomes.net/en/programme/course e: [email protected]
July 19 -26 Academie d’ete du Capriccio Francais, Barcelona, [no lute teacher this year] 8ter, avenue Robert Andre Vivien 94160 Saint-Mande, Tel. : 33 (0)1 43 65 42 41 www.academie.capricciofrancais.com e: [email protected]
July 19-26 Corsi Estivi di Musica Antica e Barocca, with Paulo Cherici, Pamparato (Cuneo) Italy, ++39 011 5211867 e: [email protected] http://www.accademiamusicaletorinese.it/corsi-internazionali-estivi.html
July 19-28 International Early Music course, Urbino, with Paul O’Dette and Mauro Squillante, contact: Fondazione Italiana per la Musica Antica, Via Col di Lana 7, C.P. 6159, 00195 Roma, Italy Tel/fax: ++39 063210806 e: [email protected] www.fima-online.org
July 20-26 Sommerakademie für alte Musik Kloster Michaelsstein Instrumental music around 1600: Praetorius, Schein, Gabrieli, etc with Axel Wolf, Michaelstein 15, D 38889 Blankenburg/Harz ++49/03944 / 9030-0 e: [email protected]
http://musik.kloster-michaelstein.de/de/kurse-konferenzen/kurse/kurse2015.html
July 23–30 Ringve Museum International Summer School, Inderoy, Norway. tutors include Thomas Boysen; contact: Olavsfestdagene · Pb 2045 · N-7410 Trondheim, tel/fax: ++47 40 40 45 84 www.ringvecourse.no e: [email protected]
July 23-Aug 2 La Pellegrina summer school, Intermedi for La Pellegrina (1589) Bechyne, Czech republic, Contact: La Pellegrina,
Dirkjan Horringa, Merwedeplansoen 73, 3522 JZ Utrecht, Netherlands, tel: ++31 30 2382535 e: [email protected] web: www.pellegrina.net July 26–31 Lute Society of America Summer Workshop, with Robert Barto, Paul Beier, Ronn MacFarlane, Ray Nurse, Travis Carey, within Early Music
Vancouver, ++1 604 732 1610 www.earlymusic.bc.ca
July 26–Aug 1 Liten Gitarrakademie 2015, with Roland Hogman web: http://www.sgls.nu/gitarrakademin/luta.html e: hogmanton(a)swipnet.se July 26–Aug 1 Gloucester Academy of Music Early Music Week The Thtee Marys with Philip Thorby, at Dene Magna School, Mitcheldean, Glos. GL17 0DU
contact: Gloucester Academy of Music, Barbican House, Barbican Road, Gloucester, GL1 2JF tel: 01452 668592 e: [email protected] e: [email protected] www.gamusic.co.uk
July 26–Aug 1 Stage de musique baroque, with Parsival Castro, Centre les Coulmes, Col de Romeyere, F 38680 Rencurel, France, tel: +++33 4 74 96 57 76 e: [email protected] web: www.lars.fr
July 26-Aug 2 XVII Corso Internazionale de Musica Antica, with Ugo Nastrucci, Romano Canavese, Italy, Accademia del Ricercare, Via Chivasso 75 10090 San Raffaele Cimena (TO) e: [email protected] http://www.accademiadelricercare.com/romano_adulti14.html
July 26-Aug 2 L’Humor Bizzarro, Intarsi di musica e danza antica, Rome, with Federico Marincola, Scuola Popolare di Musica di Testaccio, tel/fax: ++39 0633267447, / 328 3645555 e: [email protected] www.teatrodellamemoria.org/corsi.htm
July 27-31 Nature et Renaissance Stage de musique, (pipe and tabor: no lute tutor this year), Abbaye de Valcroissant, Vercors, France, contact Solene Riot, tel: ++33/0 6 86 77 60 49, [email protected] [email protected] www.soleneriot.com or www.labellezza.fr
July 27-Aug 1 6th International Medieval Music Course, Adam de la Halle, the last of the trouveres with Crawford Young, Centro Studi Europeo di Musica Medievale ‘Adolfo Broegg’ Spello, Italy, ++39 348 87 22 314 [email protected], www.centrostudiadolfobroegg.it
July 29-Aug 7 Austria Barock Akademie, Music in Rome with Daniele Caminiti, Schloss Orth, Gmunden, Austria contact: Praterstraße 66/Stg. 1/73b A-1020 Wien, Austria, Regina Degen +43 (0) 699 1713 60 83 [email protected] www.austriabarockakademie.at July 30-Aug 4 ILMAestate 2015, corsi estivi de musica antica, with Giangiacomo Pinardi, San Vito al Tagliamento e: [email protected]
http://www.ilmaonline.eu/4-1.html tel: ++39 331 4532413 Associazione Antiqua, Palazzo Gerometta, Pradis di Sopra, I 33090 Clauzetto (PN) Aug ??? Corso Estivo di Perfezionamento, with Francesca Torelli, lute, BC and transcription practice. Scuola Musicale Bertinoro ‘Dante Alighieri’
via Saffi 1, I 47032 Bertinoro (FC) www.bertinoromusica.it/corsi/ e: [email protected] tel. +39 0543 444651 Aug 1–8 Northumbrian Recorder and Viol School XLV (NORVIS), College of St Hild & St Bede, Durham,
with Martin Eastwell, Stewart McCoy, Contact: 01652 678230 e: [email protected] www.norvis.org.uk
Aug 1–Aug 10 Viel Klang Sommer, Tuebingen, with Lee Santana, Meisterkurse, Eberstr. 23, D 72072 Tuebingen, Germany e: [email protected] www.vielklang.org
Aug 2-7 37th Sommerakademie Neuburg an der Donau with Jakob Lindberg, Emma Kirkby, details: http://www.sommerakademie-neuburg.de/ tel +49 (0) 8431 67020
Aug 2–9 Internationales Seminar fur Alte Musik, JS Bach and his circle with Andreas Arend, Schloss Zrel an der Pram, Oberosterreich, Austria, contact: Christa Pesendorfer, Hauptstr. 61b/8, A 3001, Mauerbach bei Wien, Austria, tel/fax: ++43 1 979 5898 e: [email protected] www.alte-musik.music.at
Aug 2-9 Cambridge Early Music Summer Schools:, Sidney Sussex College Cambridge, week 1, Bach’s Library with the Parley of Instruments, Contact: Cambridge Early Music Summer Schools, Trinity College, Cambridge CB2 1TQ tel: 01223 847330 fax: 01223 701914
e: [email protected] www.CambridgeEarlyMusic.org
Aug 7-16 13th Holešov Early music summer school, including theorbo and baroque guitar with Miloslav Student, Contact:
The Czech Ensemble Baroque, Lázy 14, Loucka 756 44, Czech Republic, email: [email protected] www.baroknihudba.cz Aug 8-14 Sommerakademie Schloss Homburg am Main, Germany, workshop for lute, theorbo and chitarrone with Sigrun Richter,
[email protected], http://www.sommerakademiehomburg.de/index.php/kurse-2014/m51/ c/o Martha Schubert Schmidt, Sandbuehlstrs 5a, D 97218 Gerbrunn, ++49/0 91 31 7059647 [email protected]
Aug 8–15 Dartington International Summer School, week 1, incl. David Miller Contact: DISS, The Barn, Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon TQ9 6DE tel: ++44/(0)1803 847080 email: [email protected] www.dartington.org/summer-school Aug 8-15 Baroque Week 2014, Ardingly, Sussex, baroque chamber playing. Contact: The Baroque Week, 297 Stafford Road, Caterham,
Cambridge Early Music Summer Schools, Trinity College, Cambridge CB2 1TQ tel: 01223 847330 fax: 01223 701914 e: [email protected] www.CambridgeEarlyMusic.org
Aug 13–23 Mattheiser Sommer-Akademie Bad Sobernheim, International Masterclasses and Concert Festival, with Jakob Lindberg, Germany: www.mattheiser.de contact: Arcano Künstlersekretariat, Susanne Geer 50968 Cologne [email protected] Tel +49(0)221-344763 Aug 14-23 Aestas Musica, Varazdin, Croatia, Dragon of Wantley / Leclair, Scylla et Glaucus, tel : 00385 91 360 43 81 e: [email protected] www.aestasmusica.com
Aug 15--22 Early Music Week at Pinewoods, nr Plymouth MA, Contact: The Country Dance and Song Society, 116 Pleasant St., Suite 345, Easthampton, MA 01027-2759 USA, tel: ++1 413-203-5467 e: [email protected] web: http://www.cdss.org/early-music.html Aug 17-21 Historically Informed Summer School, with Jacob Heringman, Hull University, Scarborough campus, contact: 0844 870 6478
e [email protected] http://www.hiss.org.uk/
Aug 16-22 Higham Hall Early Music Summer School, with Hugh Cherry, Higham Hall, Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria CA13 9SH 01768 776976 www.highamhall.com
Aug 18-29 10th Residential Summer Music Academy, for Voice, Violin, Harpsichord, Lute and Theorbo with Paul Beier (lute and theorbo), Michael Chance, Lynn Dawson, Kati Debretzni, etc. Siena School for Liberal Arts www.michaelchancecountertenor.co.uk/masterclasses/ Aug 23-30 13eme Atelier de Musique Ancienne,[baroque cello theme this year, not lute] Gruyeres, Swtizerland,
Association Guitare & Luth, CP 2254, CH 1630 Bulle 2, Switzerland, e: [email protected] www.anselmus.ch
Aug 23-30 XI Corso estivo di musica ‘L’Antica Pratica’, with Paolo Cherici, Tavernola, Bergamo, www.musicantica.eu [email protected]
Sept 7–12 Rencontes Baroques de Montfrin, Music of the viceroyalties of Sicily and Naples with Eduardo Eguez, Eugene Ferre, contact: Association le Chant des Pierrres, 3 Rue Gambetta, F 30490 Montfrin, France (+) 33 466 020 354 e: [email protected]
e: [email protected] web: http://www.montfrinbaroque.com/ Tel +39 329 8134141
Sept 9-13 3rd Alessandra Stradella International Festival, ancient music course, with Andrea Damiani, Italian music of the 1600s, Nepi (VT), Italy, contact Giorgia Rocca, e: [email protected] www.festivalstradella.org
Sept 16-20 International viol course, masterclasses and concerts, with Jordi Savall, viols, and Rolf Lislevand teaching plucked strings, singers also welcome, CERAN, Avenues de Petits Sapins 27, / Eglise Protestante de Spa, Rue Brixhe 24 / Theatre et Salon Bleu du Centre Culturel de Spa, Rue Servais 8, Spa, Belgium, bookings at www.ricercarconsort.com
Oct 3-4 10th Cottbus Spielertreffen, with Wolfgang Wiehe, ++49 0355/21500 [email protected]
Oct 7–11 Basel Plucks Festival (a concert series rather than a residential course) e: [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/baselplucks
Oct 24–26 3rd Admonter Lautenherbst, with Joachim Held, Hubert Hoffmann, contact Dagmar Fischer-Riedel, Evangelische Kirchenstrasse 233, A-8911 Admont (Steiermark) _++43 + 664 / 19 72 598 e: [email protected]
RECENT YEAR’S COURSES WHICH HAVE NOT YET PUBLISHED DETAILS OF COURSES THIS YEAR July Workshops at Seehaus Castle, [nothing for lutes this year] Markt Nordheim, www.schloss-seehaus.de https://www.facebook.com/schloss.seehaus
Intenational Music Course, Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya, C/Padilla, 155 (L’Auditori Building)
E 08013 Barcelona, Spain Tel.: (+34) 93 352 30 11 http://esmuc.cat/eng/Summer-School/Course-offerings/Early-music 2eme Academie de l’Ensemble Entheos at Bar-le-Duc, Renaissance chansons with Celine Ferru, ++33/0 6 60 74 51 06
e: [email protected] www.ensemble-entheos.com
21st Baroque institute at Longy School of Music, Music of the Hanseatic Cities [no lute teacher this year] contact Longy School of Music, of Bard College, 27 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA, tel: ++1 617 876 0956 e: [email protected]
web: http://www.longy.edu/academics/summer-programs/
Aug X Savaria early music summer course with Istvan Konya, RZM Szombathely PF 397, Hungary, H-9700 tel: +3630 3110435 e: [email protected], web: www.rzm.hu
Corso estivo di perfezionamento, Saint-Rhemy-en-Bosses, Valle d’Aosta, with Paolo Cherici, lute, BC and transcription practice, contact: AIAC AKADEMEIA Tel.: (+39) 0165. 525270 email: [email protected] www.akademeiaaiac.altervista.org Apollo Summer Academy with Michiel Niessen, Karveel 60-02, 8242 WK Lelystad, Netherlands, 06 33738875
e: [email protected] www. http://www.apollo-ensemble.nl/e_index_zomeracademie.htm
Ancient Music, Festival Federico Cesi, with Massimo Lonardi, Bevagna, Italy, tel: +39.328.3328689 +39.393.9145351 www.festivalfedericocesi.com fabricaharmonica.com [email protected]
X Corso Estivo di Musica Antica, Parzanica, Bergamo, with Paolo Cherici, Italy, Associazione Culturale Monti e Mousiké, via Belvedere 25, I 24060 Parzanica (BG) tel: 39 347 88.63.567 + 39 035 91.70.80 www.musicanticaparzanica.com e: [email protected] [email protected]
Corso di Liuto with Evangelina Mascardi, Associazione Culturale Incontri Mediterranei, Palazzo Archi - Via Principe Umberto, 16 - Orte (VT) - Tel. 0761.402893 - 333.2214656 e: [email protected] www.cittadiorte.it
Sept Tage der Barock Musik Schrobenhausen, Chaconne, Passacaglia, Ostinati, with Axel Wolf, Regens-Wagner-Berufsschule Schrobenhausen Michael-Thalhofer-Straße 11, D 86529 Schrobenhausen www.barockmusik-schrobenhausen.de/c13/index.php/seminarbeschreibung.html [email protected]
Oct International Academy of Early Music, Maguzzano, Lake Garda, chamber music and baroque orchestra, with Roy Marks, http://www.violadagamba.co.at/maaguzzano.html
Renaissance Festival, Wittenberg with Joachim Held, www.wittenberger-renaissancemusik.de www.joachim-held.com Lautenkurs in Augsburg/Stadtbergen with Stewart McCoy, Miguel Israel, contact: Harald Gerstmayer, Schlegelstraße 7d, D 86157 Augsburg, tel. ++49/0 821 1598635 (from 9pm) e: [email protected]
Inclusion in this list does not imply endorsement or approval by The Lute Society. Standards of lutemaking are generally high today, but there are some badly set-up lutes in circulation. Most lutemakers will do remedial work on incorrectly set-up lutes, but those who have particularly said that they are happy to do so are marked with an (r).
United Kingdom
R K Alexander, Lothlorien, 26 Goosegreen Close, Heath Way, Horsham, West Sussex RH12 5XZ, (++44/(0)1403 251747)
Chris Allen, St Tydfils, Wesley Place, Merthyr Vale, Mid Glam, CF48 4RS. (t/f:: ++44/(0)1443 693118) e: [email protected]
web: www.luthiers60.freeserve.co.uk
Stephen Barber & Sandi Harris, 11a Peacock Yard, London SE17 3LH, (++44/(0)20 7703 9978) e: [email protected] or Stephen@ LutesAndGuitars.co.uk www.lutesandguitars.co.uk
Alexander Batov, 13 The Martlets, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2HR (++44/0 1273 479511, fax: ++44/0 870 136 3863) e: [email protected] www.vihuelademano.com
Lily Bennett, 3 South View, Frizinghall, Bradford, W Yorks BD9 4LJ (++44/0 1274 497689)
James Bisgood, Hill Cottage, The Street, Great Hockham, Norfolk IP24 1NH (++44/ 0 1953 498975 mob: 07767 767 486) [cittern, gittern, mandore, rebec, renaissance guitar specialist] e: [email protected] Martin Bowers, The Volunteer Arms, 101 Wantz Road, Maldon, Essex
CM9 5DD, (++44/(0)1621 853376) e: [email protected] (r)
Bridgewood & Neitzert, 146 Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16 0UH, (++44/(0)20 7249 9398/ f: 7275 9330) e: [email protected] www.vivaceviolin.com (r)
Philip Brown, 85a Northbrook Street, Newbury, Berks RG14 1AE (t/f: ++44/(0)1635 35465) e: [email protected] Bruce Brook, 1 Highview Close, Windmill Hill, Herstmonceux, East
Sus-sex BN27 4TR, (++44/(0)1323 832979), e: [email protected] website: www.brucebrook.co.uk Hire purchase terms offered. David Butler, School House, School Road, Tivetshall St Mary, Norwich, Norfolk NR15 2BP tel: 01379 677704
Brian Cohen, The Old Glassworks, Alexandra Place, Guilford GU1 3QH e: [email protected]
James Cole, 54 Buriton Road, Harestock, Winchester, Hants SO22 6JE, (++44/(0)1962 881323) e: [email protected] (r)
Adrian Dodd, 10 Crosby Street, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 3NY, (++44/(0)1332 232051) e: [email protected] David van Edwards, The Smokehouse, 6 Whitwell Road, Norwich,
Norfolk NR1 4HB, (++44/(0)1603 629899) e: [email protected] www.vanedwards.co.uk
Chris Egerton, 10 Burgos Grove, London SE10 8LL [restorer/conservator] (0774 773 0074) e: [email protected]
Luke Emmet, Orlando Lutes, 133 Winnock Road, Colchester, Essex CO1 2DP (07905 075197) e: [email protected] (r) www.orlando-lutes.com
Stephen Haddock, 4 Headland Avenue, Seaford, E Sussex, BN25 4PY (++44/0 1323 890503) e: [email protected] Jonathan Harding, 6 Desborough House, Amersham Hill, High Wycombe,
Buckinghamshire HP13 6HH
Sandi Harris, 11a Peacock Yard, London SE17 3LH, (++44/(0)20 7703 9978) e: [email protected] web: www.lutesandguitars.co.uk Martin Haycock, 12 Droke Lane, East Dean, Chichester, West Sussex
PO18 0JH,(++44/(0)1243 811545 or 07968 268644) e: [email protected]
Steven M. Hicks, 62 Beechfield Ave, Birstall, Leicestershire LE4 4DA (0016 267 4373)
James E Jackson, 13 St Agatha’s Close, Brandon, Durham DH7 8RA e: [email protected] (repairs and kit building)
Klaus Jacobsen, 121 Listria Park, London N16 5SP, e: [email protected]
Tony Johnson, 39 Cliff Road, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, W. Yorks HD7 1UY. Tel: (++44/0 1484 681300) [email protected] (r) www.tonyjohnsonluthier.co.uk
e: [email protected] web: www.marcoskaiser.com Philip Lourie Musical Instruments, Broaled, Llanrhaeadr, Denbigh,
Den-bighshire LL16 4PE (++44/0 1745 890221) e: [email protected]
Michael Lowe, The Hermitage, Wooton-by-Woodstock, Oxfordshire OX20 1EQ, (++44/(0)1993 812120)
David Luff, 4 Finham Road, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2HY e: [email protected]
James Marriage, JM Instruments, 107 Avon Way, Hilton, Derbyshire DE65 5AE (++44/0 01283 734388) e: [email protected] web: www.jminstruments.com (r)
J. L. Milek, 3 The Old Granary, Kings Yard, Salisbury Street, Fordingbridge, SP6 1AB (++44/0 1425650176)
e: [email protected], www.mileklutes.co.uk
Malcolm Prior, 113 Yarmouth Road, Blofield, Norwich NR13 4LQ (++44/(0)1603 713836) e: [email protected] web: www.malcolmprior.co.uk
Arthur Robb, 79 Gloucester Road, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, SN16 0AJ, (++44/(0)1666 822945) e: [email protected]
web: www.art-robb.co.uk (r)
T Rytwinski, basement flat, 4 Riversdale Road, Highbury, Islington, London N5 2JP, ++44/(0)20 7354 4007) e: [email protected] (r)
Martin Shepherd, Flat 6, 23 Lane End Road, Manchester M19 1WA e: [email protected], www.luteshop.co.uk
Dallas Sutherland, 2 West Park Place, Edinburgh, EH11 2DJ. (++44/(0)131 623 7028, home: ++44/(0)0131 558 9114)
P J (George) Stevens, 11 Ness Road, Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent TN29 9DR. (++44/(0)1797 320152) e: [email protected] web: www.gstevensluthier.co.uk
Paul Thomson, 1 Dundridge Gardens, Bristol BS5 8SZ, (++44/(0)117 967 0779) e: [email protected] Oliver Wadsworth, Wickham House, Buckland Road, Childswickham,
Broadway, Worcs WR12 7HH (++44/(0)1386 842993 or 07986 517802) e: [email protected] www.wadsworth-lutes.co.uk Bruce Watson, 64 Cherrybrook Drive, Broseley, Shropshire TF12 5SH (++44/0 1952 884372) e: [email protected]
Canada
Ray Nurse, 2716 East 1st Avenue, Vancouver BC, V5M 1A7 (++1 604255 1874) e: [email protected]
Grant Tomlinson, #206-8696 Barnard Street, Vancouver BC (++1 604 261 0230) e: [email protected] www.tomlinsonlutes.com
Czech Republic
Jiri Cepelak, V Hruskovne 75 E, Statenice, 25262 Horomerice, (++420 220 971879, mob: 776 309 226) e: [email protected] web: www.lute.cepelak.cz
France
Gwendal Le Corre, Les Atliers Relies, Le Vaubossard, 56430 Concoret Tel/fax: (++33) 2 97 22 98 24 e: [email protected] web: www.lecorre.com Offers hire purchase.
Le Luth Dore, 76 Rue de la Verrerie, F 75004 Paris (++33/0 6 01 81 34 21) e: [email protected] web: www.leluthdore.com
Wolfgang Früh, Le Point d’Accroche, 4 Avenue de la Porte Montmartre, F 75018, Paris (t/f: ++330/1 42 52 65 82)
e: [email protected] www.lepointdaccroche.com
Félix Lienhard, 1 Rue Henri Wallon, F 38600 Fontaine (Tel : +33 (0)6 78 45 64 92) e: [email protected] www.felixlienhard.com
Stephen Murphy, la Vouronnade, 26170 Mollans sur Ouvèze, (++33 75 28 70 86) e: [email protected]
web: www.murphylutes.com
Martin Shepherd, Lieu-dit Montot, F 71120 Vaudebarrier
(++33/0 3 85 24 73 16) [email protected] www.luteshop.co.uk
Isabelle Venturini, 1 Place d’en Gauch, 04100 Manousque, (++33 92 87 51 18)
Julien Stryjak, 10 rue de la Grande Coudre, F 71390 Saint-Germain-lès- Buxy e: [email protected] www.julienstryjak.com
Corilon Violins, Lilienstrasse 2, D 81669 Munich (restorer, repairer, dealer) (+49 89 444 19 619 fax +49 89 444 19 620)
www.corilon.com e: [email protected]
Markus Dietrich, Eubabrunner Str. 50, D 08265 Erlbach t: ++49 37422 6141 e: [email protected]
Bernd Streubel, Südekumzeile 7c, D-13951 Berlin, t: ++49/0 30 366 0380 Heidi von Rueden, Atelier Gitarren Werkstatt, Eulerstr. 2,
D 13357 Berlin (++49/0 30 48478140 / 175 6388002) e: [email protected], web: www.abc-gitary.de Marcus Wesche, Moorweg 4, D 27367 Stapel (t: ++49/0 4288 3005995) e: [email protected], website: www.wendelio.de
Hong Kong
Kelvin Cheng, Luthier, Room R, 7/F, Phase 2, Kinho Industtial Building, 14 Au Pui Wan Street, Fo Tan, Hong Kong, ( ++852 5105 5934 / f: ++852 2144 3223) e: [email protected], www.luthier.hk
Hungary
Tihamer Romanek, Velence, Tulipan u. 2, H 2481
e: [email protected], web: http://www.romanektihamer.hu
Italy
Andrea Andalo, via Martiri di Monte Sole 5, 40129 Bologna, (t++39/(0)347 2969878 / ++39/(0)51 367226 f ++30/(0)51 256399) e: [email protected]
Paolo Busato, via Orsato 7, I-35128 Padua,
e: [email protected] www.busatolutes.com Antonio Dattis, Via Giulio Cesare 8, I 74028 Sava (Taranto) (++39 3403744313) [email protected] http://www.antoniodattis.it/
Anna Radice, Via Mengoli 11c , I 40138 Bologna (++39 3482924328) e: [email protected], www.annaradice.it
Davide Ruvolo, Via Trieste 32, I 13900 Biella (t: 33 81 102572) e: [email protected]
Bob Van de Kerckhove, Via Aselli 72, I 26100 Cremona (CR) (++39 333 1041771) e: [email protected]
www.bobvanderkerckhove.com
Romania
Gyorgy Lorinczi, 540463 Targu Mures, Str Ramurele nr. 33, ap. 15 (t: 0040 65 141779) e: [email protected] web: http://lorilute.3x.ro/ (r)
Slovakia
Peter Hornak, Mala Okruzna 987/1, 95801 Partizanske e: [email protected]
Slovenia
Ivo Magherini, t: ++386 5 995 9005
e: [email protected] website: www.floxflorum.com
Spain
Cesar Arias Perez, Areal - Cruces, E 15980, Padron, A Coruna (++34 9 81803679 / mob: 6196 14172) e: [email protected] Jaume Bosser, Cal Cinto de la Creu, 08787 Santa Candia (Orpí), (++34/(9) 3 8080200) e: [email protected] www.bosserluthier.net José Ángel Espejo, C/ de la Independencia, 2. local izq. 28013 Madrid (t/f
++34 913 661 930) e: [email protected] www.ars-antiqva.com/ contents/es/d109_Jose_Angel_Espejo_violero.html
Carlos Gonzalez, Suspiro del Moro 30, E 04720 Aguadulce, Almeria (t: ++34 950 341873 / ++34 629 012929) e: [email protected] Francisco Hervas, Ctra. de la Zubia 104, E-18006 Granada.
(t ++34 657 756 205) e: [email protected] Alexander Hopkins, Ses Alqueries 15, E 07142 Sta Eugena t:(0034) 691 937 841) e: [email protected] www.hopkinslutes.com
Switzerland
Philippe Mottet-Rio, 7 Route de la Verna, CH 1720 Corminboeuf, e: [email protected] www.anselmus.ch
Maurice Ottiger, Les Rosalys C117, CH-1619 Les Paccots,
e: [email protected] (t/f: ++41/(0) 21 948 78 93) Payment in instalments accepted.
Jonathan Rubin—minor repairs only see Register of Teachers (r) Jorge Sentieiro, Thannerstrasse 43, CH 4054 Basel (t: ++41/(0) 61 321 7442) e: [email protected] www.jorgesentieiro.eu
Ken Brodkey, 90 Peace Drive, Watsonville, CA 95076 (++1 831 761 0318) e: [email protected] (r)
John Butterfield, 9833 Ravenna Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115 (++1 206 527 6100) e: [email protected] www.butterfieldlutes.com David Fitzpatrick, 4247 Forty Acre Town Road, Ionia, MI 48846 9436 (t: ++1 616 527 4154) e: www.davidefitzpatrick.com
Jacques Graber, 11244 Pecos River Court, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670-2918, (t ++1 916 341 6353/ 858 0438, f ++1 916 319 7196)
Paul Klemm, 929 North Ave, Rockford, IL 61103 (t++1 815 965 3379) e: [email protected] http://guitarmandolins.com/lute-for-sale#lutes Daniel Larson, 26 N, 28th Ave. E, Duluth, MN 55812
(t/f: ++1 218 724 8011) e: [email protected] web: www.daniellarson.com
Andy Rutherford, 324 Millers Corners Road East Greenbush, NY 12061 (t: ++1 518 477 2349 or 917 538 0373) e: [email protected]
REGISTER OF LUTE TEACHERS
Inclusion in this list does not imply endorsement by The Lute Society. Teachers who can give lessons by skype, to students in remote locations are marked with (s).
United Kingdom
James Akers, 46 Elmwood Drive, Epsom, Surrey KT17 2NN (07984 409005) e: [email protected]
Jeffrey Alexander, 8 Watchester Lane, Minster, Thanet, Kent CT12 4DA (01843 822227) [email protected]
Yair Avidor, 27 Hornsey Lane Gardens, London N6 5NY (077957979219) e: [email protected], www.lutenist.co.uk
Peter Batchelar, 24 Beaumont Park Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD4 5JS, (++44/(0)1484 326170)
John Cadman, 2 Wellington Place, Cheddington near Leighton Buzzard Beds LU7 9AD (++44/0 1296 668339)
Steve Carpenter, 1 Admirals Walk, Coulsdon, Surrey CR5 1BR (0774 927 9938) e: [email protected] Hugh Cherry,2 Anne’s Way, Chester, Cheshire CH4 7BA
(++44/(0)1244 678634) e: [email protected]
Brian Cohen, Soundpost, The Old Glassworks, Alexandra Place, Guildford, Surrey GU1 3QH, e: [email protected] also antique instruments, strings, frets, materials
Selina Copley, 1 Catalan Close, Stafford, ST17 4XS e: [email protected]
Chris Dumigan, 14 Rochester Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 0RL (++4/0)161 747 3851) e: [email protected]
Martin Eastwell, ‘Lanehead’, Appletree Bank, Keenley, Allendale, Northumber-land NE47 9ER, (++44/(0)1434 683733) e: [email protected] www. lyra-sound.com
David van Edwards (teacher of lute making), see entry under makers Gordon J.S. Ferries, 52 Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh EH1 2QE,
(++44/(0)131 225 9005) [email protected]
Pat Glynn, 16 Meredun Close, Hursley, Winchester, Hants, SO21 2JB (++44/(0)1962 775257) [email protected]
Jessica Gordon, Glasfryn, Cwmcarvan, Monmouthshire NP25 4JP (++44/(0)1600 740433) e: [email protected]
Steve Graham, Church Farm, Thurlbear, Taunton, Somerset TA3 5BW, (++44/(0)1823 443911) e: [email protected] Gordon Gregory, 18 Meynell Crescent, London E9 7AS (0208 985 7422)
John Greye, Flat1, 16 Park Street, Bath, Avon BA1 2TE, (s)
(++44/(0)1225 469459) e: [email protected] www.bathguitarstudio.com Roxana Gundry, Waye House, Alston Cross, Ashburton, Devon TQ13 7ET. (++44/0 01364 652114) e. [email protected]
Dale Harris, [guitar teacher] 82 Squires Bridge Road, Shepperton, Surrey TW17 0QA
(++44/0 7941 582194) e: [email protected], www.dale-harris.co.uk Arngeir Heidar Hauksson, 17 Windrush Court, Chichester Wharf, Erith,
Kent DA8 1BE (s) (++44/(0)7801 844387) e: [email protected] Geoff Haxell, 52 College Road, Ardingly, W Sussex RH17 6TY
(++44/0 1444 891267) e: [email protected],
Jacob Heringman, Carlin House, 6 Frenchgate, Richmond, N. Yorks DL10 4JG (++44/(0) 1748 826771) e: [email protected]