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his revised site offers a numbers of new and improved features, particularly in terms of searching, and a more convenient interface to the thousands of files available: mostly Django, Fronimo and tab scores, pdfs, and midi files. In addition to those, the site now also welcomes non-Django format scores, either in tablature or regular notation, MP3s and links to videos and otehr available resources on the Net.
hile reorganizing the old material, I thought that it would be nice to try and extend some of the services I have provided for lutenists to the Early Music community as a whole. So, this new site welcomes not only pluckers, but also whistlers, blowers, scratchers and pounders of all kinds that have an interest in Early Music, however they want to define that term. The old directory of lutenists, particularly, is now the new directory of Early music performers .
Recently published
Baroque Lute Method - by Miguel Serdoura. - A practical guide for beginning and advanced lutenists - Paris, 2007. 356 pages. A new edition is available with the Italian Editor UT ORPHEUS (www.utorpheus.com) in October / November 2008, in English and in French. Order by e-mail: (info@miguelserdoura.com)
I am very interested in hearing from people who want to help actively manage, by regularly updating the content adding annoucements, featuring new music files, adding and editing content to the various resource pages and tables that are available.
It is now also possible to have international versions of the site, with significantly different content yet with similarly functionality in terms of searching and accessing scores and documents. If you are tempted by that option, definitely let me know!
Les Barricades Mystérieuses - The first solo recording of Miguel Serdoura is available in November 2008 on the Deutch Label Brilliant Classics (www.brilliantclassics.com). The repertoire of this recording will be dedicated to the Chaconnes, Passacailles and Rondos of the French lute composers Ennemond Gautier, Jacques Gallot, François Couperin, the Belgian Jacques de Saint-Luc, and the German lute composers Silvius Léopold Weiss and David Kellner. 
So, cheers and welcome!
This site is a prototype for a music score management framework environment tentatively called laFolia
How can you contribute to this site?
As long as you have a login for this site, you can contribute in many ways:
- You can upload scores either via the compositions interface for pdfs, tab, fronimo, finale, sibelius, or django
- Or you can upload a collection if you want to upload a multi-section django file.
- You can even send me batches of files in a zip file to make the indexing of numerous pieces easier
- You can add items for sale, particularly instruments
- You can upload new paintings with a relevant subject
- You can add a comment to individual compositions by clicking on the Add comment feature in full view mode
- You can add a video link by calling the Add video link feature and pasting in the video url
- You can add a link to your WEB site or to a site of interest to the HIP community
- You can add calendar events by sending me the information ahead of time (preferably)
- You can even contribute text to the home page and become a site administrator (all it takes is minimal HTML proficiency!)
- You can try to develop a forum on your favorite topic
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