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Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin

American Bach Soloists — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:33:12 GMT

American Bach Soloists will present the incomparable violinist ELIZABETH BLUMENSTOCK in music by Bach, Biber, Couperin and Corelli.

Since the American Bach Soloists’ debut concert nearly twenty years ago, Elizabeth Blumenstock’s “powerful intensity and passion” (San Francisco Classical Voice) and “energetically elegant musicality” (Los Angeles Times) have led the ensemble in countless performances. Music Director Jeffrey Thomas describes her artistry and unsurpassed technical brilliance as “a force of nature” and her audiences consistently agree. There is no better choice for a 20th Anniversary Solo Concert than this most acclaimed and in-demand American baroque violinist. Ms. Blumenstock will perform one of Bach’s notoriously demanding Solo Sonatas along with bravura works by the preeminent virtuosos of the 17th century, including a Rosary Sonata by Heinrich Ignaz Biber, one of François Couperin’s Concerts Royaux, and Arcangelo Corelli’s “La Follia” Variations. She will be joined by viola da gambist STEVEN LEHNING, and harpsichordist COREY JAMASON, who will perform Bach’s hypnotic Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue.

She will perform at four different locations (Belvedere, Berkeley, San Francisco, and Davis) February 13-16. For more information and tickets visit americanbach.org or call (800)-838-3006.

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New medieval CD from Bay Area musicians

timrayborn — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:25:14 GMT

Cançonièr's debut CD is now available!

Medieval instrumental music featuring multi-instrumentalist Tim Rayborn and recorder virtuoso Annette Bauer (with Bay Area favorite Shira Kammen guesting on vielle). Dances, songs, motets, and improvisations from Italy, France, Spain, and Eastern Europe.

The group (Annette and Tim, along with Shira and vocalist Phoebe Jevtovic) recently performed their debut concert in Albany, CA, to an audience of thousands! Money and roses were thrown on stage! Listeners wept with joy! There was passion! Love! Death! Tragedy! Laughter! Bubonic plague! A rubber chicken!

If you missed the show, here's a chance to own a small piece of the spectacle (minus the chicken). If you were there, now you can relive those treasured moments forever!

And just think: you can get all of your holiday shopping done in one go!

Listen to sound clips and purchase online at:

http://cdbaby.com/cd/canconier

Read more about Annette and Tim at:

www.myspace.com/canconier

www.annettebauer.com

www.timrayborn.com

More about Shira and Phoebe:

www.shirakammen.com

www.phoebej.com

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Handel's Messiah: American Bach Soloists

American Bach Soloists — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:40:13 GMT

Maestro Jeffrey Thomas leads the American Bach Soloists in a performance of Handel's Messiah that is bound to please fans of this holiday classic.

Featuring guest soloists Tamara Matthews (soprano), Ian Howell (countertenor), Aaron Sheehan (tenor), and Jesse Blumberg (baritone)

December 18th and 19th at Grace Cathedral | 1100 California St. @ Taylor, San Francisco, CA | 7:30pm
Tickets for these dates can be purchased at americanbach.org or by calling (415)-621-7900 x202

December 20th at Mondavi Center for Performing Arts, UC Davis, CA (Mrak Hall Drive @ Old Davis Road) | 7:30pm
Tickets for this date can be purchased at mondaviarts.org or by calling (866)-754- ARTS

Tickets for all shows are $20-60 general admission, $18-54 students and seniors

Come experience Early Music performed by some of the finest musicians in the world!

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17th. C. Turkish music

melissatheloud — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:38:22 GMT

Ali Ufki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojciech_Bobowski
seems to have written down some interesting 17th C. Turkish music, like Mecmûa-i Sâz ü Söz ("Collection of Instrumental and Vocal Works").

A Turkish early music group, Bezmara, has recorded some of his music:
http://www.tulumba.com/storeItem.asp?ic=MU940538HX072
Check out the sound samples.

I wonder where Bezmara got their sheet music. I'd like to see a reprint of Ali Ufki's original books, but a casual googling doesn't reveal one. Does anyone know where I might find a source?

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seeking Handel cantata: Clori, Tirsi e Fileno

Sarah — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:11:52 GMT

Hi there,

Wondered if anyone might know of an edition of Handel's Clori, Tirsi e Fileno that is available for purchase. I'm not affiliated with a university so haven't checked libraries beyond New York and Brooklyn Public, but also tried the Juilliard bookstore and they couldn't help. Anyone know how I might get my hands on a copy? I'm a singer, so a vocal score is okay, but also interested in full-score editions.

Many thanks!
Sarah

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OK, so it's not "early music"

LJ — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 04:04:45 GMT

...but I stumbled upon a gem of a movie the other day called "The Legend of 1900," about a piano prodigy born on an ocean liner in, you guessed it, 1900. The story is utterly charming, it's really nice to see Tim Roth playing against type, and the music will blow you away. It's worth renting just for the piano duel between 1900 and Jelly Roll Morton. I'd forgotten what an amazing piece Morton's "The Crave" was.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120731/ has the particulars.

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Beyond Baroque

lutesaroundtown — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:35:02 GMT

“The term "Baroque", as applied to this period in music is a relatively recent development, first being used by Curt Sachs in 1919…” Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroque_music

Having spent a good deal of time on the late German Baroque/ Pre-classical repertoire for the lute the above piece of information came as a surprise to me. I grew up with their being taught only a few distinct periods in music:

Medieval
Renaissance
Baroque
Classical
Romantic
20th century

Indeed, on my own, I pigeon hole music into many different categories simply to set in mind a time frame yet even at that it has become more refined over the years. I find Renaissance music easily categorized as early or late, Baroque as early, late or Rococo Baroque, pre-Classical and Classical, Early, late and post Romantic and a myriad of specific terms for modern or 20th century music.

The rational is simply to define specific changes that occur in music and thus make it easier to study. Personally I love the German pre-Classical composers, but you don’t really find that label in the history books. It is an important period for me because my instrument of choice, the lute, didn’t really make it into the later music of the Classical period. Haydn wrote for it at the beginning of his career and Mozart extended a cadenza in a Handel piece, but by and large the instrument was doomed to the back burner by this time. It was largely due to its own piano/forte ability that the lute did itself in, with builders succeeding in imitating this very nuance all to well into other instruments, such as the piano.

Anyway, I noticed the term Baroque as a fairly recent event and wondered how far like terms will go in academia, if not the general public.

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Orlando Lasso

jmparker — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:34:43 GMT

I just bought the worst CD I've ever heard.
I listened to his stuff in a music history class about 15 years ago and it was ethereal.
What is it I want, next time decide to cough up 30 dollars?

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Monteverdi: Vespers, 1610

Tim — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:04:35 GMT

I had heard a good revue the the recent CD by the King's Consort on Hyperion. As I looked at it in the music store I, and all my frugal ancestors, gasped at the $43 price for 2 CD's. Could I possibly live long enought to get that much pleasure from its purchase. Fortunately I overruled all the old foggies. This recording is lavish! It is a colorful and vital performance of imaginative masterpiece. Try it! You'll like it.

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Hurdy Gurdy Colson for sale

Gamo — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:44:30 GMT

HI guys,

I am very sad to say that unexpected events in my life led me to decide to sell my HG Colson, it is in very good shape and workign fine.. It is on Ebay for sale..
If you know anybody interested, plse let them know..
Thanks!
Ginny

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Gu zheng or koto music

LJ — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:47:36 GMT

Here's an obscure question: can anyone point me at sources of koto or gu zheng music from before 1600? I was gifted with a gu zheng this weekend by someone who is more confident of my musical abilities than I myself am.

Many thanks!

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Lady Nevell's Booke acquired by British Library

LJ — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 05:17:25 GMT

Something of interest:

http://www.bl.uk/collections/music/my_ladye_nevells_booke.html

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Seeking help with pronounciation

Brenda — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:03:54 GMT

Greetings, I'm hoping to get some help with the pronounciation of Beatrice de Dia's "A Chantar M'er". I've run the lyrics by a number of local French speakers, who are stumped by the old French and haven't been able to help. I'm basically looking to put together phonetic text to go in tandem with the old french can anyone help?

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renaissance songbook

centaurus — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 18:33:55 GMT

hi,
i'm in search of a good songbook for ancient music (especially renaissance and barock, including songs like 'quand je bois du vin clairet' and similar) - anyone can give me a hint?
best regards,
tim

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David Munrow, 1942-1976

Mata_Hari — Wed, 10 May 2006 22:41:20 GMT

This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of the death of David Munrow who was greatly responsible for the Early Music revival in the UK last century.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Munrow

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Looking for a professional Hurdy Gurdy Player in the SF Bay Area

moonsidhe — Mon, 08 May 2006 23:24:44 GMT

Greetings to you :-)

I am currently studying harp with Cheryl Ann Fulton in the Bay area and am working on a CD in which I am needing a wee bit of hurdy gurdy. Does you know of anyone in the Bay Area or Northern California that play the Hurdy *well* ? Please....do tell :-)

Thanks so much! :-)

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CD recomendation

Tim — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:07:38 GMT

I recently picked up a CD which I find delightful :"Dances of the Renaissance" from Deutche Grammaphon. Originally recorded in 1960 and 1973, appearently rereleased in 2000. It is 2 CD's with about 108 mins. of music.

There is a wonderful variety of dance music from a 200 year period. Some of it still echoes the flavor of medieval music, and some of it ancticpates the modernism of the Baroque. It all reflects the vitality of the renaissance. It is all played with grace, elegance and enthusiasm.

What I like best is the great variety of instrumentation used throughtout. There are mixed consorts of strings(bowed and plucked), winds, percussion and keyboards (including a regal). There is enough instrumental color to please Rimsky-Korsakov and Ravel. It never gets dull.

My only complaint is not the music, but the program notes--they say nothing about the instruments--and the only pic is of a string ensemble. The recording woud be a great addition to any newby to the renaissance--It certainly wowwed this old hand.

Anyone else have a recommendation?

Tim

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Welcome!

Jeff — Fri, 10 Oct 2003 00:03:18 GMT

This is a place for discussions and making connections in the early music (and HIP) community. I am hopeful that the location feature will make it easier people get together for music making, instrument sales and anything like that.

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New hurdy gurdy tribe

melissatheloud — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 05:40:09 GMT

For anyone interested in this medieval and renaissance string instrument, I made a hurdy gurdy tribe:

http://tribes.tribe.net/hurdygurdy

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Another find

lutesaroundtown — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:26:42 GMT

This may not be news to some of you, and yeah it is a little later than what we could call early, but the Beethoven find was neat to me.

http://media.www.waltonian.com/media/paper752/news/2005/10/27/News/Original.Beethoven.Manuscript.Found.At.Palmer-1034955.shtml?sourcedomain=www.waltonian.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com

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When Lassus stopped the rain

Sat, 12 Nov 2005 21:56:02 GMT

There is this wonderful story about a religious procession that could not take place some day in Lassus's time in Munich because of rain. Then he let the choir sing a motet, cannot remember which one, and the rain stopped.

The story is told in someone's memoirs. I do not recall his name. I wonder if any of you have access to the original German text?

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'according' a fugue

jmparker — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 05:54:54 GMT

That's the right term, isn't it? When there are multiple voices and the composer kind of rounds the rough edges off to finish so they merge.

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Hurdy gurdy sound clips

melissatheloud — Wed, 07 Sep 2005 15:54:14 GMT

Hello all. I just joined this tribe, so allow me to introduce myself.

I play mainly dance music of many kinds, including early and traditional, from many traditions. You can hear sound clips from my latest CD here:
http://www.melissatheloud.com/recordings.html
Enjoy.

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ideas for repertoire?

Fri, 06 May 2005 22:44:01 GMT

Hi All,
It looks like I am about to be the owner of a triple fretted little clavichord.

It has a range of F underneath the bass clef up to high C. It also has an additional low C. For those who don't know, that is called having a "short octave" in the bass. So I can play chromatically all the way down to F and then there's nothing till low C.

So, THAT does limit the music one can play on it. I've found some pieces that fit, even some Bach (C major prelude from WTC I). A lot of Sweelinck fits because his organs and harpsichords had short octaves.

Any other ideas, pieces, or composers that you know of would be most appreciated.

Best,
Christo

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English Translations!

DEUS — Sun, 21 Aug 2005 23:55:35 GMT

I've been trying to find the English Translation to Marc-Antoine Charpentier's
"Fillus Prodigus H.399" its such a lovley piece and want to incorperate into something I'm working on! What ever you can offer would be greatly appreaciated

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Unknown Early Bach Aria Disovered

marietherese — Wed, 08 Jun 2005 19:22:58 GMT

According to Reuters:

Previously unknown Bach aria discovered in Germany
Wed Jun 8, 2005 6:05 AM ET

BERLIN (Reuters) - A previously unknown aria by German composer Johann Sebastian Bach has been discovered in the eastern town of Weimar, a researcher said on Wednesday.

The handwritten music represents one of the few surviving pieces from Bach's early period, said Peter Wollny, research director at the Bach Archive Foundation in Leipzig.

"Everything new we find from this period opens up the possibility of new perspectives on Bach," said Wollny.

The music appears at the end of a book previously thought to have contained only poetry by a local Weimar poet. It was given as a birthday present to the Duke of Weimar in 1713. Bach's aria was written as an accompaniment to some of the poetry.

A researcher found the manuscript in Weimar's Anna Amalia Library, which was seriously damaged by fire last September. It survived only because a librarian interested in the book's unique binding took it to the basement a month before the fire.

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new tribe for harpsichordists

Sat, 20 Aug 2005 17:34:34 GMT

Hello all,
I'm kicking up a new tribe for harpsichordists:
http://tribes.tribe.net/harpsichord_inclusive

no limit on type of intruments, composers, musical period.
Come over and geek out with me.
Best,
Christo
.

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mystery of an harpsichord

conradin — Wed, 17 Mar 2004 09:17:42 GMT

One of my recently acquired keyboard instruments has been a mystery to a lot of people. Nobody knew who built it, or what plan was it based on, etc. The harpsichord was sold as an Italian, but has a lot of English features. Thanks to the internet I began to get a lot of questions answered by quite a few authorities, many of whom agreed to some of my conclusions.
The more I know..the more I do not know..

One of the key problems is that it was made in the early 1970s, which was the beginning of the modern attempt to build historical instruments under musicological research. (Somehow nobody followed Dolmetsch way of building after he died, so for close to 40 years we have a lot of abominations built). By the late 60s scholars began to build instruments that were aesthetically correct, even though organologically it might be wrong. (It was not until the last fifteen years that instruments were build in a fashion to totally match the originals in every aspects, even down to using gut strings and bird quills!).

Click on the link to read more..

http://www.rawbw.com/~hbv/earlymus/delf/

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a Cappella Bach?

whiskyandfeet — Thu, 10 Mar 2005 16:34:16 GMT

Does anyone know of any a cappella works by Bach or any Rennaisance/Baroque German composers for between 2 and 4 voices in any combination?

I'm doing the Bach tour with my Choir this summr, and would like to prepare a little extra music to sing with friends. I did a similar thing on an italian tour a few years ago. Put together a quartet of friends and brought along a few motets and just sang in front of churches or wherever we could. Great fun. I'm having trouble finding anything that would be good for this trip. Thanks in advance for any help!

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Translation question

jmparker — Wed, 18 May 2005 11:10:06 GMT

This is more of a classical music question, but it's general:

In opera productions, how often do American/British companies use original titles (ie. Die Zauberflote) and how often do they use translated versions (The Magic Flute)? How come some get translated and others (Cosi fan tutte) don't?

Which would you rather see on an opera house website listing - original or translated titles?

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The month of May in the North Bay...

whiskyandfeet — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:24:47 GMT

You North Bay Bach-Heads are in for a treat in the month of May. The Sonoma County Choral Society is presenting concerts each weekend in May exclusively featuring the music of JS Bach.

May 1st - Bach in Cothen.
May 6th and 7th - Bach in Leipzig.
May 13th and 14th - Bach in Mulhausen.
May 20th and 21st - Bach in Weimar.

Check out www.sonomachoral.org for details, and tell them Anthony sent you!

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Viols

Jeff — Mon, 17 Nov 2003 17:01:36 GMT

I've been looking for a used viol, either tenor or bass. Any recommended places to look?

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Peri's Orpheo

jmparker — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:32:17 GMT

If anybody comes across a copy of this, could you let me know?
Josh

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Hurdy gurdy's and Glass harmonicas

DEUS — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 18:43:25 GMT

I have a couple of CDs with the Glass Harmonica on them now that is an annoying sound no wonder people went mad from its use:0
Do you know of any other bands aside from Pifarro and Musica in Diablic that uses the Hurdy Gurdy in thier recordings such a lovely drone! we have a hurdy gurdy player in our ECW encampment and I've become obsssed and Enchanted with its sound!

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Early music in Portland -- please

Arcana — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 04:26:43 GMT

I'm looking for people to play with in my new hometown. Is anyone on this tribe in or around Portland, OR? Right now I'd be especially interested in singing music from before 1600 (I'm a tenor). I'd also like to find out if anyone teaches early voice techniques here in town. For that matter, I'd be interested in finding anyone who does any early music in a less-than-fully-professional way. Or who am I to tell you how good you should be, as long as you can stand a rank amateur? Anyone?

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shameless advertising

lillaski — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 19:07:56 GMT

My choir, Sacred and Profane, is performing a liturgical reconstruction of Victoria's Missa O magnum mysterium this weekend. Tim Krol (previously of Chanticleer) is singing the chants as celebrant). He's fabulous.

Saturday, 12/11, 8 PM, St. Ambrose on Gilman in Berkeley.
Sunday, 12/12, 7 PM, St John the Evangelist at 15th and Julian (b/wn Mission and Valencia), San Francisco.

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There is a new Machaut tribe!

whiskyandfeet — Thu, 09 Dec 2004 22:59:37 GMT

machaut.tribe.net

Come join the fun as we talk about the great Machaut, both his music and his writing. If you've ever sung any Machaut, I'd especially like you to join!

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search function at tribe sucks...

whiskyandfeet — Wed, 08 Dec 2004 23:27:19 GMT

I typed in 'early music' and got nothing. Then I happened upon this tribe, called "EARLY MUSIC", because it was linked from somewhere else. I have deduced from this turn of events that maybe, just maybe, there are tribes devoted to two of my favorite composers, despite not being able to find them using the search. So, does anyone know of any tribes for either Machaut or Monteverdi? Thank you, please drive through.

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Baroque Music

italiagina — Wed, 10 Nov 2004 00:22:49 GMT

If you're into some good Baroque Music, check out SF based Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, now into their 2004-2005 season. They perform in SF, Berkeley, Palo Alto, and in Contra Costa Co. at the Lafayette Orinda Presbyterian Church.
The musicians are incredible - they perform on period instruments (it is interesting to watch the Baroque technique for cello playing, being a new student of the cello myself).
Check out their performance schedule on their website.

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Recreating Tang-dynasty instruments

Irian — Wed, 08 Sep 2004 04:02:21 GMT

I thought this might be of interest here. It can also be found online at:
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2380846,00.html

HONG KONG (AP) - Listening to Yuen Shi-chun's music is like riding in a time machine that transports one back through the centuries to an ancient Chinese world, where poets share wine and compose verses in a bamboo grove.

China had long since forgotten about lute-like instruments from the Tang Dynasty, circa 618-907 AD, but Yuen is bringing the old music back to life by making replicas of the instruments and playing them.

Sitting in a workshop full of intricately inlaid pieces, Yuen said his motivation goes deeper than any nostalgic interest in China's musical history.

"I want to trace the roots and evolution of these musical instruments so I can improve the sound of the modern versions that we're using," said the 55-year-old Yuen.

It hasn't been easy, and Yuen admits he doesn't always succeed.

"Remaking these instruments is a formidable task," Yuen says. "I've got an entire apartment that I use just for storing more than 100 broken instruments from all my failed experiments. Probably I'll have to burn them all one day."

Yuen works full-time as a principal musician in the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra. It has four sections - bowed strings, plucked strings, wind and percussion - and incorporates traditional and modernized Chinese instruments and some western
ones.

For three decades, Yuen has worked on making new models of the ancient Tang-style "ruanxian" (pronounced RON-sien) and several types of "pipa" (pronounced PEE-pah) - all lute-like plucked string instruments. He's also tried his hand at making improvements on modern folk instruments.

The ruanxian, or simply "ruan" nowadays, is a short-necked, silk-stringed lute named after a famous Chinese musician who played it. The pipa was imported into China from ancient Persia. They produce a supple, wavering tone that is a
mainstay of classical Chinese music.

Inside Yuen's home workshop, a dozen instruments stand out as a stunning display of his intricate artwork. Many are ornately decorated with marquetry, a pattern of carved inlays filled with mother-of-pearl, shells and gold threads. One of
the pipas has a front carving that shows a musician mounted on a camel, with a floral pattern at the back.

Yuen was born in Hong Kong but his father, an engineer, moved the family to their native Guangdong province when he was four.

During Yuen's childhood, his father taught him Chinese painting and model-making and he later learned woodcarving and other handicrafts - all the skills he now uses to make his instruments.

Despite those early lessons, Yuen was trained as a civil engineer and had not originally planned a career in music.

He got into music almost by accident. He moved back to Hong Kong from the mainland in 1973 and found that his academic credentials were not recognized here during British colonial days.

Yuen eked out a living by selling oil paintings in Hong Kong's famous Stanley tourist market and performed in nightclubs before eventually joining the Chinese orchestra.

Yuen plays the "liuqin" (pronounced leo-CHIN) - a willow-shaped plucking instrument - in the orchestra. But he found himself dissatisfied with its sound quality as well as that of the ruan, so he began researching ways of reforming them.

The quest took him to Japan, where a storehouse of ancient treasures, the Shosoin in Nara, contains the world's only surviving ruanxians and pipas from the Tang period.

Japanese officials bought the instruments in China about 1,200 years ago to bring back to the emperor. The instruments have been preserved and restored throughout the years, but can no longer be played.

After examining the old instruments, Yuen then studied ancient Chinese books on making them. He learned about their structures and the different types of woods and strings. He experimented for more than a decade - chalking up many of his failures - before he successfully revived his first Tang-style ruanxian.

"This is very solitary work but it's important and meaningful for history's sake," Yuen said, as he slowly puffed away on a water pipe that he also made. "And since I have the ability to do it, I want to give this back to my people and country."

Yuen said he has spent more than a million Hong Kong dollars ($130,000 US) on the research.

But his efforts have paid off in many ways. Yuen's creations won awards from China's State Council and Ministry of Culture, and they're being used by Chinese orchestras in Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Admitting to a bit of nostalgia, Yuen laments that western and Canto-pop music have been diminishing people's interest in traditional Chinese music.

"The younger generation grew up on TV, electric pianos and guitars and pop songs that have very fake sounds," Yuen said. "They've lost the ability to appreciate real music."

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I do have this clavichord I want to give to a good home

Tue, 27 Apr 2004 01:41:49 GMT

It is in the listings for things to give away.
The clavichord is a 13 year old Zuckerman kit. The soundboard is ruined, but it plays all right.
The stand that holds the instrument was crushed in a move, but it can be repaired with a little metal and ingenuity.
In NYC, and you can come and see it if you are interested.

Remember, the clavichord makes a tiny sound. I was disappointed after I put it together. But for the gentle spirit, it is a nice little project.

It is mostly finished. The top needs to be put on, and that stand now needs to be fixed.

scott

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Concert to give this Sunday

conradin — Sat, 24 Apr 2004 06:22:47 GMT

Just a low key event.
4/25/2004. East Bay Recorder Society Members Recital at Skyline Community Church, Oakland. 2:00

12540 Skyline Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94619

I will play Daniel Demoivre (early 18 century) Suite in F for recorder solo.
Then I will accompany my friend Phil on Chedeville's Il Pastor Fido #2 playing the harpsichord. I may play more, if they need me to do more basso continuo work.

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Zwolle Project

conradin — Wed, 17 Mar 2004 09:06:04 GMT

Being ill means that I spend a lot of time at home. Awhile ago I picked up a clavichord that was owned by a friend, and decided that musicologically it did not make any sense aesthetically. Having an SO who is an artist means that we will transform this instrument into something magical..

http://www.rawbw.com/~hbv/earlymus/robertson/

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Sabbatum

mushuweasel — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 04:02:21 GMT

My CEO is an early music buff (plays the lute quite proficiently), and a metal head, so it was no surprise when he sent me this link:

http://www.sabbatum.com

Remarkably clever, not to mention well-performed, I cracked up when I heard Verres Militares. I hope you enjoy it as much as I.

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