Fw: OT, OOP: Stolen Music Manuscripts in the Canary Islands

["Louise Sugar" <dragonfyr@tycho.com>]

Poster: "Louise Sugar" <dragonfyr@tycho.com>

Forwarding this from one of the other lists I am on....since most of us are
on more than one list because we do more than just needlework, make garb or
fight, please forgive for the cross posting/multiple posts but I feel that
someone out there might see these

Dragonfyr
-----Original Message-----
Date: Wednesday, March 11, 1998 3:29 PM
Subject: [Dstlg] OT, OOP: Stolen Music Manuscripts in the Canary Islands


>Posted by "Alderton, Philippa" <phlip@morganco.net>
>
>Good gentles, there are some stolen goods which may come our way, since we
>are into early stuff, and I feel it is only right that we are aware of
>these items and on the look out for them. All contact info is in the
>message.
>
>phlip@morganco.net
>
>Never a horse that cain't be rode,
>And never a rider that cain't be throwed.
>
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>: Date: Wednesday, March 11, 1998 10:54:10
>: From: Sarah Lane-Dorrance
>: To: Middlebridge
>: Subject: [Mid] Fwd: minstrel: fwd: Stolen Music Manuscripts in the Canary
>: Islands
>:
>: VERY IMPORTANT. Please forward this to anyone who is a musicologist,
>: curator, etc.
>:
>: >-------------
>: >Original Text
>: >From: "Alvaro Torrente" <vhwm002@sun.rhbnc.ac.uk>, on 3/10/98 6:31 PM:
>: >To: Incognito_SMTP@InfoTech@MSCD[<musicology-all@mailbase.ac.uk>]
>: >Cc: Incognito_SMTP@InfoTech@MSCD[<LAMC-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU>],
>: >Incognito_SMTP@InfoTech@MSCD[<amslist@ucdavis.edu>],
>: >Incognito_SMTP@InfoTech@MSCD["Lothar Siemens" <gustavo@fulp.ulpgc.es>]
>: >
>: >Dear list members,
>: >
>: >It has recently been discovered that more than 400 music manuscripts
>have
>: >been stolen from the archive in Las Palmas Cathedral, (The Canary
>: >Islands, Spain). They include most of the works by resident 17th-century
>: >composers (generally unique originals) as well as a number of pieces by
>: >composers from the Iberian Peninsula.
>: >
>: >The police and local authorities have been notified, and there is a fear
>: >that the robbers might try to sell the manuscripts in the international
>: >antiquarian market. Although measures will be taken to notify the
>: >relevant authorities, the president of the Fundacion Universitaria de
>Las
>: >Palmas, Dr. Lothar Siemens, has asked me to forward this information to
>: >the music academic community, in the hope that widespread knowledge of
>: >the event will prevent illegal trade.
>: >
>: >Some of the composers (listed below) appear very rarely in archives
>other
>: >than Las Palmas. Therefore, in the event that any of their manuscripts
>is
>: >comes out in the market, it would be most likely that they are part of
>: >the stolen archive.
>: >
>: >  Diego DURON (315 manuscripts: 40 Latin works and 275 vernacular
>: >  villancicos)
>: >  Manuel de TAVARES (10 manuscripts)
>: >  Francisco REDONDO (2 manuscripts)
>: >  Miguel de YOLDI (16 manuscripts)
>: >  Juan de FIGUEREDO BORGES (12 manuscripts)
>: >
>: >Other missing manuscripts include works by Alonso Lobo, Francisco
>: >Guerrero, Carlos Patino, and Sebastian Duron, among others. If you get
>to
>: >know about any manuscript from these composers to be offered for sale,
>: >please get in contact with Dr. Lothar Siemens at the following address:
>: >
>: >Fundacion Universitaria de Las Palmas
>: >c/ Juan de Quesada, 30
>: >E-35001-Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
>: >SPAIN
>: >Tel.: (+34 28) 45 80 20
>: >Fax.: (+34 28) 45 80 09
>: >E-mail: gustavo@fulp.ulpgc.es
>: >
>: >I will forward more information when it will became available. In due
>: >course, a complete inventory of the manuscripts will be available at the
>: >following URL:
>: >
>: >http://www.sun.rhbnc.ac.uk/Music/ILM/laspalmas.html
>: >
>: >Many thanks for your attention. Please feel free to forward this
>: >information to other lists.
>: >
>: >Lets hope at least that this will be the last time this happens.
>: >
>: >With best wishes,
>: >
>: >Alvaro Torrente
>: >Research Fellow | Tel.:    (44) (0)1784 443947 (office)
>:
>: >Music Department |    (44) (0)1784 741056 (home)
>: >Royal Holloway | Fax:     (44) (0)1784 439441
>: >University of London | Email:   a.torrente@rhbnc.ac.uk (preferred)
>: >Egham, Surrey |    vhwm002@sun.rhbnc.ac.uk (this
>: account)
>: >TW20 0EX, UK | WWW:    http://www.sun.rhbnc.ac.uk/Music/ILM/
>: >
>: >
>: >
>: >
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