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Paul Magnussen

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Dec 5, 2010, 2:53:58 PM12/5/10
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/dec/02/james-tyler-obituary

I heard him perform many times, both as a member of the Julian Bream
Consort; and as half of Anthony Rooley and James Tyler, which I was
amazed to see the obituary didn't mention. They took London by storm in
the early '70s, and produced two of the best albums of lute duets I've
ever heard: 'Renaissance Duets' and 'My Lute Awake' (L'Oiseau-Lyre SOL
325 & 336), both since sunk without trace. I transferred my copies to
CD long ago.

Sad news.

Paul Magnussen

P.S. I see that both albums are available on gemm.com [under FOLK LPs
:-(] for $9.38 and $12.00 respectively. Someone should snap them up. The
first is IMHO slightly the better of the two.

http://www.gemm.com/item/ANTHONY--ROOLEY--AND--JAMES--TYLER/MY-p-LUTE-p-AWAKE/GML1444074630/
http://www.gemm.com/item/ROOLEY-c-ANTHONY--AND--JAMES--TYLER/RENAISSANCE--DUETS/GML364080886/

mikea

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Dec 5, 2010, 5:27:22 PM12/5/10
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Paul Magnussen <magic...@earthlink.net> wrote in <Ya6dnct-LbJKcGbR...@earthlink.com>:

> http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/dec/02/james-tyler-obituary
>
> I heard him perform many times, both as a member of the Julian Bream
> Consort; and as half of Anthony Rooley and James Tyler, which I was
> amazed to see the obituary didn't mention. They took London by storm in
> the early '70s, and produced two of the best albums of lute duets I've
> ever heard: 'Renaissance Duets' and 'My Lute Awake' (L'Oiseau-Lyre SOL
> 325 & 336), both since sunk without trace. I transferred my copies to
> CD long ago.
>
> Sad news.

Very much so. I had the extraordinary privilege of spending time with
him and the other members of the LEMG a few times, too long ago. He was
entirely congenial, very much a gentleman and scholar, and endlessly
willing to discuss music.

He certainly will be missed by a great many people.

--
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mi...@mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin

Sig Rosen

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Dec 5, 2010, 7:20:53 PM12/5/10
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What a shock. I recall James from His shop- always open to conversation as
well as music- in the East Village of Manhattan. Great person as well as
artist.
Sig Rosen
<www.renaissancechorus.org>

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