The Lute Society of America Quarterly

Volume XXXV, 2000

Table of Contents, Issue No. 1

• Announcements, by Scott C. Witzke ~ 3
• The Lute Society of America Quarterly:  A Guide for Research and Performance, by Scott C. Witzke ~ 5
• Chord Shapes for English Theorbo from Two Seventeenth-Century Sources, by Gus Denhard ~ 19
• Music, by Scott Witzke ~ 21
  • Blest be Those Powers (vocal part, tablature + pitch notation transcription), Charles Colman, edited by Gordon C. Callon ~ 22
• Reviews:  CD
  • Black Cow:  Lute Music by Valentin Bakfark and Matthäus Waissel, Jacob Heringman, lute (Discipline Global Mobile DGM9906), reviewed by Peter Franklin ~ 25

Table of Contents, Issue No. 2

• Announcements, by Scott C. Witzke ~ 3
• Learning to Play Well with Others, by Elizabeth Brown ~ 5
• A Plaine and Easy Introduction to Newe Lute Musicke:  Part 2, by Betsy Small ~ 6
• Music, by Scott C. Witzke ~ 11
  • Prelude in D (tablature), Henry Purcell, arranged by Ron Andrico ~ 11
  • A new ground (Here the Deities approve) (tablature), Henry Purcell, arranged by Ron Andrico ~ 12
  • La reveuse (tablature), Marin Marais, arranged by Catherine Liddell ~ 14
  • La reveuse (facsimile), Marin Marais ~ 15
• An Extended-Neck Lute Lesson with Stephen Stubbs, by Mike Peterson ~ 16
• Reviews:  CD
  • Josquin des Prez:  Sixteenth-century Lute Settings, Jacob Heringman, lute (Discipline Global Mobile DGM0006), reviewed by Nicolas Rowan ~ 18

Table of Contents, Issue No. 3

• The Lute Society of America Seminar 2000:  Lutes in the New Millenium – Class Reports ~ 3
  • Tai Chi – Sylvana Scarinci, by Marcia Young ~ 3
  • Lute Basics – Catherine Liddell, by Robert Green ~ 3
  • Lute Basics – Philip Rukavina, by Dr. Dennis Poland ~ 3
  • Advanced Lute Technique – Pat O’Brien, by James Stimson ~ 4
  • Renaissance Techniques – Ronn McFarlane, by Dick Brook ~ 5
  • Lute Song Forum – Ellen Hargis & Nigel North, by Thomas Tallant ~ 5
  • The Singer as Actor – Ellen Hargis, by Betsy Small ~ 6
  • To Sing to the Lute:  A Brief Survey of Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Song – Lyle Nordstrom, by Angela Kuder Hulligan ~ 7
  • Baroque Song and Opera – Alan Bennett & Karl-Ernst Schröder, by Thomas Tallant ~ 7
  • Arranging Ensembles for Disparate Instruments – Pat O’Brien, by Mary Lord ~ 8
  • Preludes and Fantasies for Baroque Lute – Karl-Ernst Schröder, by Robert Temkin ~ 8
  • Lute Building – Andrew Rutherford, by Dr. Dennis Poland ~ 9
  • Francesco and Friends – Paul O’Dette, by Ron Andrico ~ 10
• Seminar Concert Reviews
  • Mid-Day Concerts, by Ron Andrico, with thanks to Mike Peterson ~ 12
  • Evening Concerts, by Philip Rukavina ~ 13
• The LSA Board Meeting Minutes, 27 June 2000, by Ron Andrico ~ 16
• The LSA General Meeting Summary, 29 June 2000 ~ 17
• Hopkinson Smith Weekend, April 1 – 3, by Mike Peterson ~ 18
• Music
  • Herr Gott dich loben alle wir (tablature), setting by Esaias Reusner, transcribed by Catherine Liddell ~ 20
  • Dump philli (excerpt, facsimile), anonymous ~ 21
  • Dump philli (tablature), anonymous, transcribed by Ron Andrico ~ 22
• Reviews, Recommendations & New Releases
  • Sacred Music for Lute, Volume I, Renaissance Tuning, by Catherine Liddell ~ 26
• Concert Calendar ~ 27

Table of Contents, Issue No. 4

• Announcements ~ 3
  • Why you should buy facsimiles of Lute Manuscripts, by Christopher Goodwin ~ 3
  • About the Cover ~ 4
• The Lute in Holbein’s “The Ambassadors,” by Stephen Barber and Sandi Harris ~ 5
• A Battle of the Old and New:  Giovan Maria Hebreo and Francesco da Milano at the Papal Court, by Hiroyuki Minamino ~ 7
• Music
  • Fantasia del diuino Francesco da Milano (facsimile), Castiliono Lute Book ~ 10
• A Lute in a Paris Museum:  E.980.2.230 and What We Can Learn from a Damaged Lute, by Michael Schreiner ~ 11
• Review of Per Kjetil Farsta’s Dissertation:  German Galant Lute Music in the Eighteenth Century, by Thomas Schall ~ 14
  • Fantasia für die Laute (pitch notation), by Ernst Gottlieb Baron, transcription by Per Kjetil Farstad ~ 17
  • Fantasia von Herrn Baron (facsimile) ~ 18
• Treasurer’s Report, 1 April 1999 – 31 March 2000 ~ 22