THE VIOL
(VDGS NEWSLETTER)
CONTENT OF ALL PUBLISHED ISSUES
All issues of The Viol: Editor Mary Iden, Cover photograph Ted Copper (copyright)
Some back copies are available for purchase from the administrator
All copies contain the VdGS Contact Information, information about upcoming meetings, music
reviews, new publications of music, new CD releases & reviews and course & concert listings, as
well as the main articles.
No.39, Summer 2015
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Viols on the road – more travel stories
Rehearsing for the Tempest – Ibi Aziz
Sticks and frogs at West Dean – Craig Ryder and Kjaer Brady
The Glasgow Viol Consort – Martin Barnett
Showcasing viols in York – Susanna Pell
Viol extravaganza: a day of masterclasses – Berri Munn
Concert at Chilwell – Wendy Hancock
Verse anthems and consort songs in Cambridge – Joanna Finnemann
Award for Gutted! – Jaqcui Robertson-Wade
Starting young in Vienna – Richard Carter
No.38, Spring 2015
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The late virtuosi of the Viola da Gamba – Pia Pircher, Charles Medlam
Makers ad players (at West Dean College) – Alison Crum
Young Players take the stage: Reports on thriving student viol consorts – Alison Crum, Dian
Underwood, Ibi Aziz, Mary Pells, John Bryan
First steps towards a searchable Thematic Index – Andrew Ashbee
Making headlines – Polly Sussex interviews Francisco Pecchia
No37, Winter 2014/15
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AGM Agenda
Dartington International Summer School – Mary Iden, Richard Boothby, Emily Hoare
Higham Early Music Summer School – Helen McCann
A choice of delights – Norvis XLIV 2014 – Sam Grainger
A bridge too far? Thomas Munck
The bas viol after the death of Marin Marais – Pia Pircher
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The night before a viol lesson -Allison Balberg
The Cambridge University Viol Consort – Emily Ashton
Young Players
Have viol, will travel - Susanne Heinrich
Is your bow bugged? Mary Iden
Recent researches – Ian Woodfield
A big thank you
No.36, Autumn 2014
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Hille Perl Masterclass at the Vielklang Festival
Advanced Viol Consorts course at Dartington
Early viol stringing and its relevance for players today – Alison Crum
The revival of French Baroque playing in our time – Julie Anne Sadie Goode
No.35, Summer 2014
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From the Archive: Richard Nicholson – A personal reflection – Liz Page
Report on VDGS Summer meeting, Bristol Music Club – Marilyn Pocock
The Solo Bass Suite (Summary of talk given at Bristol VDGS meeting) – Charles Medlam
It Takes Guts: Report of a talk given at the Bristol VDGS meeting by Jane Julier
Letter from Mexico – Gabriela Villa Walls
Tying Frets: A simple and effective method – Joe Lotito
Book review, Martin Erhardt ‘upon a ground’ – Thomas Munck
Carving Viola Heads – John Pringle
A Word of Caution on Tuning Meter Apps – Stephen Pegler
New Music for Historical Instruments: Why Viol Players should take interest – Leslie Gold
No.34, Spring 2014
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The three Fantasias by John Okeover. A Composition Competition
‘Their Last Foile and Polishment’ – aspects of compositional refinement in the consort dance
of Dowland and Holborne: report of a talk by John Bryan
Rita Morey: 18 November 1935-29 January 2014 – Lorna Watson
The Creative Viol: Teleman and the Modern World – Dr Lucy Robinson
‘No Limitations’: A Workshop in Composition – Dr Andrew Wilson-Dickson
Charlie Barber’s ‘Michelangelo Drawing Blood’ – Ibi Aziz
From the Archive: John Wellingham – Marilyn Pocock
Viols in Scotland: A National Crisis – Martin Barnett
No. 33, Winter 2013/14
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The Viola da Gamba Society at Greenwich Early Music Exhibition 2013 - Marilyn Pocock
Variant Tunings in the Lute and Viol Repertory: report of a talk by Lynda Sayce
John Dowland: An Englishman Abroad; report of a talk by Peter Holman
Playing the Viol without Sight - Ducan Bell
Letter to the Editor: the treatment of accidentals in modern editions - Richard Carter
Young Players' News
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Tone Quality, as seen by a bow maker (Konstantin Krutzsch)
No. 32, Autumn 2013
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Electronic Membership Survey Evaluation - Susanne Heinrich
More about the Quintfiedel - Titia Tebben
The Future of VdGS Editions - your comments please!
The VdGS Hire Scheme - Mary Iden
Making the Tudor Viol - Oxford Jul 2013. Catherine Lorigan
Orlando Gibbons, 1583 - 1625 - Revd Edmund H Fellowes
Meet the Composer: Christopher Roberts
Report from Recipient of JDMF grant - Heather Bourne
Recent Research on the Viol - list by Ian Woodfield
From the Archive: Marco Pallis - Marilyn Pocock
Course Report: Marnaves Summer Baroque - Sam Stadlen
On Copying a Bass Viol Bridge - interview with G Bridgewood. (David Wilson)
From Cello to Viol - Luke Challinor
Young Players' Pages - Gutted!
No. 31, Summer 2013
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Viols For Sale
Dr John Catch: 19th January 1918 - 30th April 2013
Report of the VdGS Summer Meeting: Cambridge June 2013 - Bianca Brajuha
The Verse Anthem: Considerations in Performance: Bill Hunt
Varieties of Viols - John Bryan
On the Effectiveness of Mental Practice - Dr Phil Kearney
'Upon Silence' by George Benjamin - Richard Boothby
Young Players' Pages
No.30, Spring 2013
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Viols For Sale
Electronic Membership - Comments invited - Susanne Heinrich
A Viol Player's Brief History of the Low Countries: Appendix III reprinted - CJ Coggill
Alexander Technique and Feldenkrais Method: VdGS meeting Nov 2012 - Tim Soar
Hubert LeBlanc Defense de la basse de viole.. an introduction - Susanne Heinrich
Whatever happened to the Society's Viol? - Sarah Turnock
From the Archive: Elizabeth Goble - Marilyn Pocock
Memories of the English Consort of Viols: 1957-61 - Ian Graham-Jones
The 'Quintfidel' and Other 'Fidel'-Instruments - Susanne Heinrich
Michael Plant: 1936-2013 - Linda Hill
The Von Trapp Family's Viols - Elaine Mordaunt
Skill Acquisition and Music - Dr Phil Kearney
Instrument Making at West Dean College: The Current Situation - Colin Bullock
Young Players' Pages
 Robert Jones' Second Book of Songs and Ayres - Richard Carter
No. 29, Winter 2012/13
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Viols For Sale
Meet the Composer: Bertie Baigent
West Dean College News - Fraser Duncumb
Update on Geared Pegs for Viols - Stephen Pegler
Upgrading old instruments? - Fraser Duncumb
VdGS One-Line Journal Volume VI Contents
The English Consort of Viols: The Wigmore Hall 1938 - Marilyn Pocock
Harry Danks and the London Consort of Viols - Elizabeth Dodd
More on 'Apt for Voice and Viols' - John Bryan
Tuning the Viola da Golga - Polly Sussex
A Viol-Player's Brief History of the Low Countries - C.J. Coggill
The E-flat problem in English music c1580-1640 - Richard Rastall
Young Players' Pages
No.28, Autumn 2012
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Viols For Sale
'Apt for Voice and Viols' - Michael Foote
Recreating the Lyra Viol - Shem Mackey
Purcell and his manuscripts: A British Library Conference - David King
Jens Egeberg 1951-2012 - Patience Balslev
VdGS Meeting at RCM 9 June 2012 - David Wilson
Course Report: The Irish Recorder and Viol Course - Marilyn Pocock
On Editing Jacobean Music: The Editor, The Performer and the Publisher - Richard Rastall
The London Consort of Viols - Ian Gammie
From the Archives - Marilyn Pocock
Young Players' Pages
Report from a recipient of a JDMF grant - Yusuf Lahham
No.27, Summer 2012
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Viols For Sale
Viols Festival in Belgium - Michael Fleming
VdGS Editions - Hear before you buy
More on Geared Pegs for Viols - Stephen Pegler
Report by a recipient of a Joy Dodson Music Fund Grant - Jonathan Hill
Meet the Composer: Sarah Gait
Bar Numbering: An Editor's View - Richard Carter
Bar Numbering: VdGS Members' views - Mary Iden
PG Woodhouse and John Jenkins: A link? - Caroline Franklyn
West Dean Short courses in musical instrument making - Colin Bullock
Instrument ownership in Norwich, c.1600 - Tessa Murray
The Viol, Advertising Rates
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Viol and Lute Makers of Venice 1490-1630: a new book
From the Archives - Marilyn Pocock
Young Players' Pages
Engraving of Johann Schenck: more information
Viola da Gamba Festival in Gerfalco, Tuscany
Royal College of Music 6th International Festival of Viols
No.26, Spring 2012
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Good News for the Joy Dodson Music Fund
Viols For Sale
National Centre for Early Music: Competition for Young Composers - Richard Boothby
Geared Pegs for Viols: Further Comments -Chris Coggill
Meet the Composer: Roy Marks
Coda to the Great Gut Debate - Polly Sussex
Strings from Spiders?
2011 VdGS Journal: List of Contents
Johannes Schenck - Ibi Aziz
The Bass Viol in Berlin 1740 - 1780 Charles Medlam
Bar Numbers - A Question Stephen Pegler
Young Players' Pages
No.25, Winter 2011/12
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VdGS Viols for Hire/Sale
Patience Waddilove - An Obituary, Susanna Pell
Geared Pegs for Viols, Stephen Pegler
2011 RCM International Festival of Viols Concerts: A Report, Henry Drummond
Course Report: NWEMF 2011 Summer School at Trafford Hall, Pat Stewart
The End of the Gut String? Fear Not, Susanne Heinrich
The Viol and VdGS Finances - Some Food for Thought: Responses
Matthew Farley: Viol Maker
Morley College Viols - Some Photos
The Instrumentation of Orlando Gibbons's Dooble Base Fantasias, Jason Rosenholtz-Witt
Notes about the new version of Sibelius
Online Historical Viol Database, Thomas G. Mac Cracken
Rondo Viol Academy, Jacqui Robertson-Wade
Young Players' Pages
No. 24, Autumn 2011
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VdGS Viols for Hire/Sale
Elegiac Consort Songs in the Paston Manuscript Collection, Philip Taylor
Ian Harwood 1931-2011: Lutenist and Maker Turned Viol Maker and Player, Liz Page
Margaret Cutforth, Jacqui Robertson-Wade
The VdGS Thematic Index: 2011 Updates, Andrew Ashbee
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VdGS Try-a-Viol Day: Oxford 9th July 2011, Susanne Heinrich
The Viol and VdGS Finances - Food for Thought?
New from Italy: Viola da Gamba Day at Fiesole
Strings and More: An Interview with Gary Bridgewood, Mary Iden
Chalk and Soap, Edward Seymour
Young Players' Pages
No.23, Summer 2011
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VdGS Viols for Hire/Sale
Membership Information
New Editor for VdGS Online Journal
Join the Society's Committee - Trustee Needed
Forthcoming Auction of Dennis Nesbitt Viols 16th September 2011
Tributes to George Hunter, 30 January 1918-26 March 2011 Katie Hunter, Rebecca Hunter,
Peter Farrell, Wendy Gillespie, Alice B. Renken, Grace Schoedel
Richard Campbell, died 8 March 2011 Bill Hunt and tributes by Richard Boothby, Julia
Hodgson, Wendy Gillespie, Susanne Pell, Asako Morikawa, Reiko Ichise
Meeting reports from 11th June: The Dow Part Books, meeting 11th June Emma Tristram;
Full of Art and Profundity - The Five Part Consort Pavan John Bryan; Andrew Kerr:
Arrangements and Reconstructions for Viols Stephen Pegler
Meeting reports from 19th March: Soldier, Punke, Whoop and Tobacco Elizabeth Dodd
Tips for Sibelius Software Users on the website
VdGS Music Editions - would you like to help?
Englishmen Abroad - The Contents of Durham Cathedral Library Music MS D010 Andrew
Fowler
A Year at West Dean Benjamin Hebbert
Playing Viols in New Zealand Elaine Mordaunt
Young Players' Pages
Message from a Recipient of a Joy Dodson Music Fund Grant Jonathan Hill
No.22, Spring 2011
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VdGS Viols for Hire/Sale
Membership Information
Brian Jordan: An Obituary Clifford Bartlett
Is Christopher Simpson Old-Fashioned, or Should He Be Considered as Pioneering? Alison
Kinder
Barock Me Baby: The Viol Scene in Thailand David Wilson
Recent Research on the Viol Ian Woodfield
Writing 'Life after Death' Peter Holman
Making a Baroque Viol Bow Eitan Hoffer
Broken Strings - Is Viol Playing a Winter Pastime? Susanne Heinrich
Young Players' Pages
News From Universities and Music Colleges
No.21, Winter 2010/2011
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Theron McClure and Brian Jordan, an obituary
Distance Voting - Robin Adams
The Kitten and the Bow - A cautionary tale
Report on RCM 4th International Festival of Viols - David Wilson
Charterhouse - Susanne Heinrich
The World Encompassed - Orlando Gough
The VdGS Tuning Device Survey, Part 2: Consort Tuning - Mary Iden
The Pleasures of Internationl Networking - Julie Stobbs
Thomas Mace and a Sense of Humour - Wendy Hancock
First Encounters - Richard Carter
Elizabethan Play Along, Recordings Review
Young Players' Pages
News from Universities and Music Colleges
No.20, Autumn 2010
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Marlene Austin, obituary - Linda Hill
An Interview with Alison Crum - Mary Iden
Building an Elizabethan Viol, in search of the sound Byrd might have heard -Tim Soar and
Siriol Jones
The Auckland Thomas Cole Bass Viol - Polly Sussex
The Unequal Fretting of Viols - Richard Carter (nb. Misprinted. The corrected version was
distributed with the next issue)
Clifford Bartlett Appeal
Young Players' News
No. 19, Summer 2010
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Robin Michael Woodbridge - An Obituary David King
Arranging a Viol Course: The Experience of Setting Up the Fort Belan Viol Weekend Clive
Tolley
Course Report: Viols at Fort Belan Emma Tristram
A New Repertoire for the Bass Viol Charles Medlam
The Viol in Spain Ander Arroitajauregi
VdGS Meeting Report: Kings Place, Saturday 19th June Linda Hill
The History of the VioLab "Pitchman" Tuner Fred Reinagel
The Cleartune Tuning System - A User Review Stephen Pegler
The Development of the Cleartune System Matthew Finn
Thoughts on Tuners 1 Susanne Heinrich
Thoughts on Tuners 2 Jenny Tribe
The VdGS Tuning Device Survey Mary Iden
No. 18, Spring 2010
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VdGS Meeting Report Oxford March 2010 Linda Hill
RCM International Festival of Viols III November 2009 Nick Pollock
Jane Julier: Viol Maker - An Interview
Gutless Veggies? Rhiannon Evans
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The Viennese Bass - a Giant Viola da Gamba: Tomoki Sumiya
A Conversation with Jane Ryan
Sainte-Colombe and the Tournus Manuscript Horacio Bollini
Theron McClure - The World's Oldest Viol Player? Suzanne Ferguson
News from Music Colleges and Universities
No. 17, Winter 2009/10
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VdGS Meeting October 2009, London: Have You Heard the One By..?
In Search of Lost English Viols Thomas G. MacCracken
Copyright and Copying: An Alternative View Theo Wyatt
Copyright and Copying: A Response Clive Tolley
The Viola da Gamba (a further extract): E J Payne MA
Reprinted from Proceedings of the Musical Association, 15th Session (1888-1889)
More About Payne and His Viols Thomas G. MacCracken
Captain Tobias Hume Prankster or Genius? Susanne Heinrich
Captain Hume's "Invention For Two to Play Upon One Viole" Karl Neumann
Reprinted from Journal of the American Musicological Society vol. 22, no. 1 (Spring 1969)
Course Report: NWEMF Renaissance Summer School, Ambleside Ruth Harris
'The Viol Rules' - Alison Crum's New Book is Launched
Typesetting Early Music Stephen Pegler
Concert-life in 1649: A Tweet from Edward Benlowes David Pinto
No. 16, Autumn 2009
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Ask Your Viol Teacher - Frets: Reprinted from the VdGSA News March 1999
David Freeman - An Obituary
Michael Groser - An Obituary
Carbon Fibre Bows for Viols: Tim Soar
Course Report - NORVIS 2009 1 - 8 August, Durham: Edna Coop
The Viola da Gamba: E J Payne MA
Copyright and Copying: An Alternative View Theo Wyatt
Recent Research on the Viol: Ian Woodfield
No. 15, Summer 2009
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A Message from from Your Administrator: Susanne Heinrich.
Report of VdGS Meeting at University of Huddersfield June 2009: Andrew Fowler.
Postcode Distribution of VdGS Members as at June 2009: Stephen Pegler.
A 'Soundposted' Renaissance Viol: Ander Arroitajauregi Aranburu .
Narcissus Marsh's Viol Manuscripts and Musical Investigations: Andrew Robinson.
Michael Plant, Viol Maker: Shirley Plant.
From the Archives - 6th Exhibition of Early Musical Instruments London November 1983 An
Exhibitor's View: Michael Plant .
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The Viola da Gamba in Argentina: Horacio Bollini.
No, 14, Spring 2009
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A Message from the Winner of the Kessler Viol Raffle: Esha Neogy.
The Violone and Violone Grosso of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos: Peter McCarthy.
The Pardessus de Viole and Quinton - A History: Dr Michael Mullen.
The Royal College of Music Festival of Viols - A Report: Nick Pollock.
A Note on Dating Two Anthems by Byrd: Richard Turbet.
Trio Sonata Playing Day at Benslow - A Report: Sarah Turnock.
Some Viol-Related Manuscripts and Printed Music in the RCM Collection: Dr Michael
Mullen.
Paddy Turner 1931 - 2008: An Obituary: Jenny Tribe.
No. 13, Winter 2008/2009
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The Solo Bass Viol Suite in France 1650-1700: Charles Medlam.
VdGS Meeting Report November 2008: Restoring the Kessler Collection of Viols
Course Reports: Norvis, Alston Hall, NWEMF at Ambleside
Viols in China - A Pioneering Visit? Alison Crum.
Julian Boby - An Obituary: Mary Iden.
The Restoration of a Swedish Viol: John Topham.
'After West Dean' Diary: Toby Rzepka.
No. 12, Autumn 2008
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Course Report - The 12th Annual Laboratorio di Musica Antica: Enrico Silvestri.
Copyright and Copying: Sally Morris.
Two Items of Interest: Andrew Ashbee.
Body Percussion - How it Can Help Your Viol Playing: Michael Brüssing.
The English Pavan and Galliard for Viols and the Art of Keyboard Intabulation: David J Smith.
Sarah Paget - January 28th 1940 - September 18th 2008: Julie Stobbs.
Understanding Your Viol and Its Care: Julian Boby.
 A Letter from the Czech Republic: David Freeman
No. 11, Summer 2008
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Voices and Viols In Performance: Clare Griffel.
A Talk Given at the March 2008 VdGS meeting in Oxford.
Oyez! Fresh Thoughts About the "Cries of London" Repertory: John Milsom.
Brief Summary of a Talk Given at the March 2008 VdGS meeting in Oxford.
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Style & Spirit - The Importance of Gestures & Ornaments in the Music of Marin Marais: Tal
Arbel.
A Talk Given at the June 2008 VdGS meeting in Warwick.
Lady Godiva - Only a Fiver? Report on the 5 Day Viol-Making Challenge: Jane Julier.
Your Chance to Win the 5-Day Viol for the Price of a Raffle Ticket!
The Ueno Gakuen Collection of Early Instruments, Tokyo: Stephen Pegler.
Trio Sonata Day - Cheltenham February 2008: A Report
Viols and Voices in Venice with Philip Thorby - February 2008: Ken Thomson.
VdGS Baryton Playing Day - London April 2008: Michael Mullen.
The Aquila Strings Workshop: Mary Iden.
Makers in the Making - West Dean Diary: Toby Rzepka.
No. 10, Spring 2008
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The (New) Renaissance of the Consort Song: Loren Ludwig. A Talk Given at the March 2008
VdGS meeting in Oxford
Ruth Dodd 1919-2007 - An Obituary: John Catch
The Well-Tempered Consort: Ruth Dodd
'Isabella's Garden' and 'Snow in Bologna' - Two Poems: Vivien Jones
Seeing the Wood from the Trees: Jane Julier
Keeping It Alive - Some Thoughts on the Viola da Gamba as a Musical Ambassador: Tal
Arbel
Makers in the Making - West Dean Diary: Toby Rzepka
Viol-Making in Beijing: Charlie Ogle - Download this PDF article (3.3 MB)
Morley Viols - Easter Concert and End of Term Report: Esha Neogy and Ibi Aziz
Recent Research on the Viol: Ian Woodfield From Journal of VdGSA 43 (2006): 69-71
Ask Your Viol Teacher - Reprinted from the VdGSA News Vol. XLII, No 1
'Apt both for viols and voices' - A Review of an Edition of John Ward Madrigals and Some
Questions about the Visual Aspect of Consort Music: Caroline Ritchie
From the Archives - On the Training of Audiences and Others: Sheila Marshall
No.9, Winter 2007/2008
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Report on VdGS Autumn Meeting about Godrey Finger
Report on RCM International Festival of Viols November 2007
VdGS Music Editions Recall
The New VdGS Journal
Byrd's Choral Songs with Viols: Richard Turbet
A Thematic Index From The Stone Age: James V. Whittaker
Tuning and Temperament Revisited Again: Richard Campbell and John Catch
The Kessler Collection: Marc Soubeyran
The Carved Head of the Henry Jaye Bass Viol JP 21: David Pinto
From the Archives: Peg's Pegs (First printed in The Bulletin of the VdGS June 1966)
Makers in the Making - West Dean Diary: Toby Rzepka
No. 8, Autumn 2007
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The Ruby Viol - In Praise of a Re-born Hybrid: Jan Goorissen
Teaching Techniques and Resources: Jacqui Robertson-Wade and Alison Kinder
Isabella Pillath 1952-2007: Dr David J Smith and Alison Crum
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Pan-Pacific Gamba Gathering: John Bryan
Course Report - NWEMF Summer School, Ambleside July 2007: Bianca Brajuda
Reports of the VdGS Summer Course for New Viol Players: Caroline Dunn, Louise McInnes
and Christopher Edge
Dr Hélène la Rue (1951-2007) - Two Tributes: Michael Fleming and Alison Kinder
Examinations in Viol Playing? Michael Steinkuehler
Tuning and Temperament Revisited: Thomas Munck, Stuart McCoy & Richard Carter
The Jaye Project: Michael Fleming, Thomas MacCracken, and Klaus Martius
An Introduction to the Baryton: Jeremy Brooker
Building Barytons: Owen Morse-Brown
Makers in the Making - West Dean Diary Start of Year 2: Toby Rzepka
No. 7, Summer 2007
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The Dow Partbooks: Margaret Bent A Talk Given at VdGS AGM Oxford March 2007
An Introduction to the VDGS Picture Archive: Patsy Campbell (Talk Given at VdGS AGM
Oxford March 2007)
Music So Long in Favour with Performers of Limited Powers - An extract from A General
History of Music 1789: Dr Charles Burney
Fretting; The Historical Evidence: John Catch
Yes, We Have No Tenors: Oliver Hirsch
From the Archives: Viol Consorts at the Haslemere FestivalFirst printed in The Bulletin of
the VdGS November 1953.
"Invisible Fiddlers" - Viols & Shakespeare: Gerald Place
The Story of a Viol Part II - The Restoration: Federico Lowenberger
Ask Your Viol Teacher - Aspects of Bowing Technique Reprinted from the Newsletter of
VdGS America
The Kessler Collection
A Festival of Evensongs in Cambridge Colleges: Bill Hunt
No. 6, Spring 2007
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Viols and Tuning - Presentation Given at VdGS Meeting October 2006: Elizabeth Liddle
'Not unlike a confused singing of birds in a grove' - An Introduction to the In Nomine: John
Bryan
In Nomine Settings for Consort - A very roughly chronological checklist: John Bryan
Biographical Notes for Some Little-Known Composers of In Nomines: Andrew Ashbee
In Nomine - An Obscure Designation: Virginia Brookes
In Nomine Composition Competition.
A Composer's-Eye View of the In Nomine: John Milsom
Why Playing the 'In Nomine' is Not Boring - A Player's View: Richard Campbell
The In Nomine Today - Challenges for Performers and Composers: Rebecca Rowe
Byrd and the Bees - 'In manus tuas': David Pinto
Dietrich Kessler Remembered
Makers in the Making - West Dean Diary Term 2: Toby Rzepka
No. 5, Winter 2006/2007
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Tunes, Textures and Tonalities - Some Thoughts on Structure in English Consort-Music:
Richard Rastall
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A List of the Consort Songs for Voice and Viols by William Byrd
Consort Songs by William Byrd (1539-1623): Laurence Dreyfus
'O Worthy Queen' - Byrd's Elegy for Mary I: Philip Taylor
William Byrd, the Catholics and the Consort Song - The Hearing Continued: Rebecca
Redmann
Some Neglected Consort Songs by Byrd: Richard Turbet
'….made into Musicke of fiue [=1+4] parts' - Voice-and-Viols Versions of Some Byrd
'psalmes', 'sonets' and 'songs of sadnes and pietie': Mike Smith
Christopher Wood and the Chantry Suite: Dr Micaela Schmitz
Tous les Matins du Monde: Jean-Louis Charbonnier
From the Archives: Peg's Clefs (First printed in the Bulletin of VdGS January 1967)
First Encounters - A Christmas Baby: Ingrid Glass
Until I Saw Your Foot - a poem: Heather Wastie
Makers in the Making - West Dean Diary Term 1: Toby Rzepka
The Viol Scene in Japan: Toby Rzepka
No. 4, Autumn 2006
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Ivory and Stone Towers - Report of VdGS Byrd Playing Day July 06: Irene Auerbach
The Story of a Viol - The Restoration of an Early Viol: Federico Lowenberger
The Samacchini Bow: Antonino Airenti
Making Renaissance Viols - An Interview: Richard Jones
More Questions than Answers - 16th Century Venetian Viols in the
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna: Richard Carter
Playing Renaissance Viols: Stephen Pegler and Thomas Munck
Two Poems: Vivien Jones
Dendrochronology and its Role in Assessing Old Musical Instruments including Viols: John
Topham
Viol Music in the Bodleian Library: Peter Ward Jones
Recent Research on The Viol: Ian Woodfield
No.3, Summer 2006
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Report of VdGS Meeting: West Dean College May 27th 2006 - Stephen Bowen
A Postscript to Peter Leycester and 'A Book of Lessons for the Lyro=Viol to play alone in
several Tunings': Richard Carter
Posture in Viol Playing: Ian Woodfield reprinted from Early Music Vol.6 (1) 1978
A Painful Pleasure - The Sport of Music: Fiona Clarey
Ask your Viol Teacher - Tips on Holding the Viol and Foot Position. Reprinted from the
VdGS of America Newsletter
Taking Time - A Brief Introduction to the Alexander Technique: Susanna Pell
All Downhill after 25? A Personal Memorandum: Richard Carter
Healthy Practice Habits (as recomended by BAPAM)
Managing Performance Anxiety: Philip Wilkinson
From the Archives: Extracts from the VdGS Bulletin June 1952
Letter from Denmark: Patience Baslev
No.2, Spring 2006
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Music Reviews:
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CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON The Seasons: Winter .
Dove House Editions Viola da Gamba Series No 32D
(Reviewed by Philip Redfern)
FRANZ XAVER HAMMER (1741 - 1817) Sonatta à Viola da Gamba No. 5 in D major and
an unnumbered Sonata in A major; edited by Simonde Eckert and Donald Beecher.
Dovehouse Editions, BCMS-32 and BCMS-31, available from Loux Music Publishing
Company, 2 Hawley Lane, Hannacroix, New York NY 12087, 2003.
(Reviewed by Lisa Colton)
PHILIDOR l'AINE Vier Suiten für zwei Bassgamben edited by Johanna Valencia and
Richard Carter.
Oriana Music, Austria, 2005 Johanna.richard@utanet.at
(Reviewed by Lisa Colton)
DIETRICH BUXTEHUDE Violadagamba Solo (Facsimile and Edition) G065 Königliche
Gambenduos für 2 Bassgamben G033
(Reviewed by Andrew Kerr)
CARL FRIEDRICH ABEL Six Easy Sonattas Facsimile G501, Editions Sonatas I-III: G062,
Sonatas IV-VI: G063, Edition Guentersberg edited by Leonore & Günter von Zadow
(Reviewed by Andrew Kerr)
BARTOLOMEUS PRAETORIUS Pavans and Galliards in 5 parts:1616
Oriana Music Johanna.richard@utanet.at
(Reviewed by Richard Corran)
Lessons for the Lyra Viol from The Ballet Lutebook Volumes 1, 2 and 3 edited by Richard
Carter & Johanna Valencia.
Oriana Music email: Johanna.richard@utanet.at
(Reviewed by Andrew Kerr)
JOHANN SCHENCK Scherzi musicali für Viola da Gamba und Basso continuo Suiten VIII
und IX
Edition Guentersberg
(Reviewed by Ibi Aziz)
JOHN JENKINS: parts for Fantasia-Suites Musica Britannica Volume XXVI, 33-40 for two
trebles (violins), two basses (viols) and organ, ed. Andrew Ashbee.
Stainer & Bell Ltd.
(Reviewed by Judy Tarling)
JOSEPH BENEDIKT ZYKA Six trios for viola da gamba, violin and violoncello
Edited by David J. Rhodes,
PRB Productions, Albany, CA, USA (Classical Series Nos. 9 & 10).
(Reviewed by Mathilde Vieillard-Baron)
JOSEPH BODIN DE BOISMORTIER (1689-1755) 34 movements in 5 suites Op. 31 (1730)
for Bass viol and Basso continuo Dovehouse Viola da Gamba Series 53A & B (2004)
Edited by Donald Beecher. Continuo realisation by Rejean Poirier
(Reviewed by Mary Pells)
15th Century anonymous chansons à 3 from Q16 BologniaCivico Museo Bibliografico
Musicale,
Dovehouse Editions, Italian Renaissance Consort Series Nos. 19a & 19b. Edited by Mary A.
Benton Rev. ed Amsterdam: Loux Music Co., c2002.
(Reviewed by Evelyn Stevens)
CD Reviews:
Esperar, sentir, morir: songs and dances from the Hispanic baroqueCharivari Agréable with
Clara Sanabras and Rodrigo del Pozo. Signum Classics, SIGCD069
(Reviewed by Richard Corran)
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Lübecker Virtuosen: Musik von Dietrich Buxtehude und seinen Kollegen Hamburger
Ratsmusik [Simone Eckert (gamba), Michael Fuerst (keyboards), Hermann Hickethier
(gamba, violone), Ulrich Wedemeier (theorbo)] Thorofon CTH 2474. ANON. (but?
Buxtehude): Sonata in d for bass viol and b.c. DAVID ARNOLD BAUDINGER: Sonata in B
flat for bass viol and b.c. BUXTEHUDE: Preludium in g for keyboard (BuxWV 163); Sonata
in D for bass viol, violone and b.c. (Bux WV267); Sonata in D for bass viol and b.c. (BuxWV
268); Suite in F major for lute (BuxWV 239); Toccata in G for keyboard (BuxWV 165)
PETER GRECKE: Fantasia con la partita a 2 violedagamba MARTIN RADECK: Sonata in
B flat for bass viol and b.c. GABRIEL SCHÜTZ: Sonata in a for two bass viols and b.c.
(Reviewed by Robin Adams)
Dresden 1652: Werke von Christoph Bernhard (1627-1692) und Christian Herwich (16091663) Klaus Mertens and Hamburger Ratsmusik [Simone Eckert (gambas), Michael Fuerst
(keyboards), Renate Genz (violin), Annegret Siedel (violin), Ulrich Wedemeier (theorbo)].
NCA NEW CLASSICAL ADVENTURE 60147-210 (UK distributor MDC; USA distributor
Premiere Music) BERNHARD: Suite in d minor for violin and bass viol; and 15 songs with
instruments HERWICH: Allemande (VdGS 2) and Courante (VdGS 1) for bass viol; Aria in
G (2 violins, bass viol and b.c.); "Derde", for keyboard; Ruggiero (bass viol and b.c.); Sonata
"La Chilana" (2 violins, bass viol and b.c.); Suite for lute
(Reviewed by Robin Adams).
No. 1, Winter 2005/2006