Who Is Tentreb?

[Alan Day]

I have been enjoying the playing of Tentreb EC on Utube

Not come across this name before. Whoever you are you have great potential, nice bit of playing.

Al

[Leo]

Hi Alan

 

One of the videos has the name Tobias Hume. Maybe him? His main page says he's from the US.

 

Thanks

Leo

Edited July 16, 2008 by Leo

[Alan Day]

Yes Leo he is from the USA .Very impressive concertina

Thanks

Al

[Stephen Chambers]

One of the videos has the name Tobias Hume. Maybe him?

I doubt if it's him, he's been a little "indisposed" since 1645.

 

Tobias Hume (c. 1569 - April 16, 1645) was an English composer, viol player and soldier.

 

TO THE UNDERSTANDING READER

I Doe not studie Eloquence, or profess Musicke, although I doe love Sence, and affect Harmony: my Profession being, as my Education hath beene, Armes, the onely effeminate part of me, hath beene Musicke; which in mee hath beene alwayes Generous, because never Mercenarie. To prayse Musicke, were to say, the Sunne is bright. To extoll my selfe, would name my labors vaine glorious. Onely this, mu studies are far from servile imitations, I robbe no others inventions, I take no Italian Note to an English dittie, or filch fragments of Songs to stuffe out my volumes. There are mine own Phansies expressed by my proper Genius, which if thou dost dislike, let me see thine, Carpere vel noli nostra, vel ede tua, Now to use a modest shortnes, and a briefe expression of my seffe to all noble spirites, thus, My title expresseth my Bookes Contents, which (if my Hopes faile me not) shall not deceive their expectation, in whose approvement the crowne of my labors resteth. And from henceforth, the stateful instrument Gambo Violl shall with ease yeelde full various and as devicefull Musicke as the Lute. For here I protest the Trinitie of Musicke, parts, Passion and Division, to be as gracefully united in the Gambo Violl, as in the most received Instrument that is, which here with a Souldiers Resolution, I give up to the acceptance of at noble dispositions.

The friend of his friend,

TOBIAS HUME

[Alan Day]

One of the videos has the name Tobias Hume. Maybe him?

I doubt if it's him, he's been a little "indisposed" since 1645.

 

Tobias Hume (c. 1569 - April 16, 1645) was an English composer, viol player and soldier.

 

TO THE UNDERSTANDING READER

I Doe not studie Eloquence, or profess Musicke, although I doe love Sence, and affect Harmony: my Profession being, as my Education hath beene, Armes, the onely effeminate part of me, hath beene Musicke; which in mee hath beene alwayes Generous, because never Mercenarie. To prayse Musicke, were to say, the Sunne is bright. To extoll my selfe, would name my labors vaine glorious. Onely this, mu studies are far from servile imitations, I robbe no others inventions, I take no Italian Note to an English dittie, or filch fragments of Songs to stuffe out my volumes. There are mine own Phansies expressed by my proper Genius, which if thou dost dislike, let me see thine, Carpere vel noli nostra, vel ede tua, Now to use a modest shortnes, and a briefe expression of my seffe to all noble spirites, thus, My title expresseth my Bookes Contents, which (if my Hopes faile me not) shall not deceive their expectation, in whose approvement the crowne of my labors resteth. And from henceforth, the stateful instrument Gambo Violl shall with ease yeelde full various and as devicefull Musicke as the Lute. For here I protest the Trinitie of Musicke, parts, Passion and Division, to be as gracefully united in the Gambo Violl, as in the most received Instrument that is, which here with a Souldiers Resolution, I give up to the acceptance of at noble dispositions.

The friend of his friend,

TOBIAS HUME

I can also confirm that he is not a member of this site,because I looked him up

On the ball Stephen as usual

Al

[Stephen Chambers]

On the ball Stephen as usual

Al,

 

I happen to be something of a viola da gamba fan, on the quiet.

 

Tobias Hume is a name I'd be familiar with.

Edited July 19, 2008 by Stephen Chambers

[Leo]

I doubt if it's him, he's been a little "indisposed" since 1645.

OOPS! Not even a close guess. I didn't even think author/composer. I suspect 1645 is year and not time of day

 

Thanks

Leo

Edited July 16, 2008 by Leo

[PeterT]

Yes Leo he is from the USA .Very impressive concertina

Thanks

Al

Hi Alan,

 

Somewhere, I have (or had) a video showing the manufacturing process for the Holmwood Concertinas. From memory, the ends were machined using a computer programme to guide the process.

 

Regards,

Peter.

[Stephen Chambers]

I have been enjoying the playing of Tentreb EC on Utube

Al,

 

I don't want to "out" him if he prefers to remain anonymous, but I believe he may be a certain C.net member in Southern California, whose interests are listed as including "Arranging lute music for the English concertina. Jazz standards" and who has a very similar looking concertina as his avatar...

 

I've enjoyed his playing too, in fact I've favourited his rendition of Touch Me Lightly.

[Alan Day]

I have been enjoying the playing of Tentreb EC on Utube

Al,

 

I don't want to "out" him if he prefers to remain anonymous, but I believe he may be a certain C.net member in Southern California, whose interests are listed as including "Arranging lute music for the English concertina. Jazz standards" and who has a very similar looking concertina as his avatar...

 

I've enjoyed his playing too, in fact I've favourited his rendition of Touch Me Lightly.

Oh yes it's

 

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[Stephen Chambers]

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Alan, get up off the floor!

 

Actually, I've received a humorous message from Tentreb in the meantime (which I hope he won't mind me quoting ):

 

Thank you, Stephen. It was getting a little stuffy in the closet. I wanted to focus the attention on the instrument and the music -- all very early attempts on those pieces and my very first attempts at recording. The Hume pieces were written in tablature for Viola da Gamba* as I'm sure you know. I transcribed them into standard notation.

 

Let's see if the gang picks up on your clues. I can run, but I can't hide (forever). And thank you for your words of encouragement.

*For those not familiar with the Viola da Gamba, it is a fretted bowed instrument (usually with 6 strings) with a similar range to that of the cello (which replaced it in the mid 18th century) and related to the guitar family. Music for it, and other early fretted instruments such as the lute, cittern etc., was always written out in tablature, similar to that often used today for non-classical guitar music - making it necessary to transcribe it into standard notation if you want to play it on the concertina.

[Stephen Chambers]

For those not familiar with the Viola da Gamba, it is a fretted bowed instrument (usually with 6 strings) with a similar range to that of the cello (which replaced it in the mid 18th century) and related to the guitar family.

In fact, here's a YouTube clip of the same piece, "Touch Me Lightly" by Captain Tobias Hume, played by Marcy Jean Brenner on a (later French-model) 7-string viola da gamba.