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Restif de la Bretonne:
Aventures Galantes de Quelques Jolies Femmes du XVIIIe
Siècle, d'après Restif de la Bretonne, annotées par John Grand-Carteret.
Paris: Albin Michel, ( n. d. ).
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This small volume (464 pages) includes the story "La Jolie Vielleuse,"
and the engraving of the first assassination scene.
With an informative introduction and notes by M. Grand-Carteret,
49 plates by Binet (not including small page decorations), fourteen stories
from the Contemporaines (the original runs to 42 volumes!) plus six extracts
from other works by Restif, it is an invaluable introduction to the work of this
18th century author. -- The University of Chicago's Regenstein
Library's Special Collections department holds an original edition of the
Contemporains, which I was able to consult. So, too, does the the University
of Indiana (Bloomington). But nothing beats having your own copy, at least of those
parts of interest to you.
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Written by the musicians of
the Die Hummel Frankfurt Hurdy-Gurdy Ensemble
(Erich Kern, Marianne Glier, Gerd Ganz and Gabriele Schneider-Ganz).
The address of this group is:
DIE HUMMEL
Frankfurter Verlag für Bordunmusik
Vilbeler Landstr. 90
D-6000 Frankfurt 60
Germany
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This is one of the very best hurdy-gurdy methods around.
Last time I looked, it was sold in the United States by
Andy's Front Hall (P.O. Box 307 Wormer Rd Voorheesville, NY 12186).
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It was a great honor to be asked to do the English translation of Die Drehleier.
Francine Fuhrer helped out.
-- Old friends, Marianne Glier and Jacques Fettweis also did a French translation.
(Jacques Fettweis wrote a very important hurdy-gurdy method, De la manière
d'entretenir la vielle. His address: 80, Tiege, B 4884 SART, Belgium.)
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John Ralyea: Shepherd's Delight: Guide to the repertoire for hurdy-gurdy,
musette [French bagpipes], organized hurdy-gurdy, wheel-fiddle,
nyckelharpa and tromba marina.
Chicago: Hurdy-Gurdy Press
(first edition: 1980; second edition: 1981).
[Currently out of print.]
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This is my own book on hurdy-gurdy repertoire and the one that got all the reviews
(the critics liked it).
It will be found in various libraries, here and there.
However, the little modest manual was the one that sold best (for those who
wanted to learn to play the instrument.
Written with invaluable input from Jean-Claude Compagnon,
this 2nd edition also includes a much appreciated article on the chifonie
(medieval hurdy-gurdy) by Standley Howell.
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John Ralyea: a modest manual for the hurdy-gurdy.
Chicago: Hurdy-Gurdy Press
(1980).
[Currently out of print.]
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Jacques Fettweis very kindly let me reproduce his drawings of the traditional
Walloon "horse's head" (tièsse di dj'vå) hurdy-gurdy.
Ferenc Sebö sent me a photo of the first meeting (1980) of the
Hungarian tekerö[h.-g.]-players, which also found a place of
honor in this little booklet.
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Paris: Albin Michel, ( n. d. ).
-- 49 plates by Louis Binet, including that for "La Jolie Vielleuse."
Introduction by John Grand Carteret.
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