Bob Marvin interview

An excerpt containing some previously unpublished footage from the documentary ‘Ricercata’ by Daniël Brüggen (MusicFrame, 2011).

“On a journey covering three continents, Daniël Brüggen explores the soul of the recorder and the attraction it held for him from the very beginning. Full documentary features recorder maker Bob Marvin, the Yamaha company, a Korean school class, the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, the Dordrecht Recorder, and recorder celebrity Frans Brüggen.”

Thanks to Daniël Brüggen for allowing us to publish it here.

New Price List & Available Instruments

Instrument(s)	Approx. price (Euro)	Year available
4-foot Praetorius set (6 instruments)	9336 €	2012
8-foot Praetorius set (4 instruments)	15228 €*	2012
cylindrical set (6 instruments)	6334 €	2012
ganassi in g meantone, a460	1278 €	2012
GANASSI in g meantone, a411	1507 €	2012
Wollick tenor in c meantone, a460	1826 €	2013
flauto doppio in f and cc meantone, a460	1326 €	2012
Bassano alto in g meantone, a411	1326 €	2014
van Eyck soprano in cc meantone, a411	991 €	2026

Welcome to my website

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I’m lately thinking about:

• The physiological basis of the semitone.
• The vulgarizing influence of the 3^rd.
• Vicente and I were wondering about style in playing renaissance dances, much of which is highly ornamented with divisions and glosas, and we imagined what the dancers were actually doing, flirting, gossiping, with political intrigue.. Perhaps the musicians reflected all this varied activity in their playing, with what might be called “glosas mariposas”, ways of turning phrases to suggest light and dark, and many other humors and intents.

I’d love to hear from you if you have any comments on the above topics.