Jelma van Amersfoort

58, Female

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Profile Information:

About me:: I studied guitar with Tom Burmanje at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, and with Gordon Crosskey at the RNCM in Manchester. Masterclasses with Leo Brouwer and David Russell. I graduated as a musicologist in 2013, with a thesis on the composer Pauline Duchambge (1776-1858).

Currently I am working on a PhD about guitar culture in the 1700s (at the Uuniversity of Southampton, UK). I have published articles on guitar history in Early Music and TVNM.

I have been playing 19th century guitars for about 20 years now, after spotting & buying a lovely Mirecourt guitar at a local auction. I have been performing on gut strings, without nails, right from the start. Among other instruments, I own a ca 1830 Franz Brunner (Vienna), a ca 1855 D & A Roudhloff (London), and a Enrique Recio (Cadiz) from 1862.

As a performer, I mostly accompany singers, such as Christopher Kale, tenor, Sigurd van Lommel, altus and Valeria Mignaco, soprano. I teach guitar, lute and ukulele.

Email: jelmaa-at-gmail.com
Website:: http://www.jelmavanamersfoort.nl

Comment Wall:

Rob MacKillop

Hi Jelma, and welcome to the site. Have you made any soundfiles? I love 19th-C guitars with gut strings. I used to have a modern copy of a Panormo which I strung in gut. My student has it now, but I wish I still had it. There are too many guitars and not enough time.

May 18, 2008
Rob MacKillop

Very nice indeed! Thanks for uploading it. There is something about those repeated chords that just pulls you in.

I went to your website and followed some links. Unfortunately I don't speak Dutch, but I did see that you also play theorbo and baroque guitar and have done many concerts. I hope to hear more of your files in the future.

May 22, 2008
Rocky Mjos

Heel mooi uitvoering van Porro, Jelma!

Leuk om je eindelijk te horen!

May 22, 2008
Rob MacKillop

Very nice singer and sensitive accompaniment. Keep them coming!

May 24, 2008
Extrafino

Hello Jelma! Your recordings are wonderful.

May 27, 2008
Michael Fink

Hello Jelma,
Thanks for asking! That is my 4-course Renaissance guitar built 2 years ago by Lucio Nunez in San Antonio, Texas (http://www.lucionunezguitars.com/). I named it "El Alamito", since the peg head top has the "Alamo" silhouette so ubiquitous in that region. String length is 54 cm., and Olav Chris Henriksen (Boston Catlines) designed a nice set of strings for it as an "A" instrument. I have it tuned to A=415, which gives it a nice combination of tone and feel.
When arriving at specs for the instrument, I wanted to get away from the "plinky" quality of so many Renaissance guitars, so I had Lucio build the depth to 7 cm. This extra air gives the instrument some extra fullness and considerable projection!

Regards, Michael

Oct 27, 2008
Aarón García Ruiz

Yes I do. You can see these guitar in Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nHnt6DKyAs&feature=channel_page

Best regards.
Aarón García

Feb 15, 2009
Jose Verdi

Perdón pero quise decir "Gracias , Amiga"

Jul 9, 2009
Jose Verdi

Helo, Jelma:
have video with early romantic guitar?
Best Regards
José Verdi
PD. Add new video in my

Jul 11, 2009
Jan van Cappelle

Beste Jelma,

Leuk dat er ook nederlanders op deze nieuwsgroep zitten.

De kleine luit is boven alle verwachtingen uitgekomen. Het was vooral een project om luitbouw te leren, iets leuks voor aan de muur. Het bovenbladje was van lage kwaliteit (een gerecupereerd stuk waarop eigenlijk het inleggen van rozetten voor het eerste jaar geoefend zou worden) en de duigen zijn restjes van de grote luit.
Toch viel bij het besnaren de hele klas stil. De klank is erg luid en de luit projecteert fantastisch. Heb hem in een volle kerk zonder versterking gebruikt, en toch was het op de achterste rij te horen.

Op het nederlandse forum is er een wedstrijd uitgeschreven voor de volgende meeting. Deze houdt in dat er mini-gitaartjes met een maximale mensuur van 18" gebouwd worden. Gezien mijn voorliefde voor kleine instrumentjes (heb ook twee octaafgitaartjes gebouwd) is dit een mooi excuus eens een mini barokgitaar te bouwen. Het wordt een Voboammodel, maar dan gebouwd op 2/3e van z'n originele grootte. De mensuur wordt zo'n 44 cm. Dit komt aardig overeen met het kleine gedeelte van de dubbele Voboam.
Ik speel nog met het idee de rug in duigen te gaan doen, dat zou historisch niet geheel kloppen, maar is wel erg leuk om te bouwen.

Groetjes,

Jan

Aug 30, 2009
Valéry Sauvage

O Rampspoed - De Klagende Nimf : beautiful song ! thanks
Val

Sep 1, 2009
Frits Sandkuijl

Wat een fraaie begeleiding 'O Rampspoed - De Klagende Nimf'!!
Groeten,
Frits

Sep 5, 2009
Kernoa Patrig

Interesting piece, who wrote it?
I write a bit longer later, tot ziens, Patrig

Sep 18, 2009
Chris Despopoulos

Thanks for the complement (re the instruments). I enjoyed your new song and other music as well...

Oct 28, 2009
Dubois Jean-Bernard

Hello . Sorry for my scholary English . This view is coming from The Cité de la Musique , in Paris , and it is a Bandora ( Barok Guitar bass , 10-strings , tuning ???) one of the three in France ( 2 in the same place , and 1 in Le musée des Arts Décoratifs , also in Paris ). I asked for looking them in August 2005( may be) at Joel Dugot , director , and I see in december (+/-) . The tuning is in an English book for Tr.viol , flute , tenor lute , cittern, bandora , and bass of viol . Copyright 1977 by The Musica Britannica Trust ,"Pieces from the Walsingham Consort Book ( 1588 ) " and " Rosseter's lessons for consort ( 1609 )"( modern notation , the tuning -6 curses- is also written at the beginning, in french tabulature ) . Double metallic strings :1° A3 , and you go down like a guitar . So 5° D1 , and down tune by tune 10° F ( but F-zero does-it exist ??? ) . If I can tell you more ....JBD

Nov 7, 2009
Bram Dourleijn

Hoi Jelma, complimenten voor je website en al die prachtige muziek!! Ik ben hier terecht gekomen via YouTube (video van Matthew mc Allister) groetjes Bram

Nov 15, 2009
Jamie Philp

Hi Jelma
Thank you so much for the link to the Renaissance guitar music and the information about the French Lute Society's book.
Very nice of you.
Jamie

Dec 3, 2009
John J van Gool

Bedankt voor je welkomstwoorden. Groet, John van Gool

Feb 28, 2010
Daan Hoeksema

Hi Jelma, Net vandaag met mijn vrouw overeenstemming bereikt over 900 euro dus het zal waarschijnlijk een replica van tiendaslatienas worden :)

Mar 27, 2010
Aarón García Ruiz

Hello Jelma, I've made two new copies: a "facsimil" (very very close copy in woods and measures) and a "antiqued" copy (with simulated use marks ). The first have gut strings and the second nylgut strings. In the pictures you can see the original and copies. In the next few months I want to copy a Agustín Caro (Granada 1824) that a friend of mine wants to sell.
Regards.
Aarón.

May 13, 2010
Juan Pablo Pira

Lovely song. "Svegliate mi Ninetta..." who is singing?

Jul 9, 2010
Monica Hall

Jelma - I visited the site which says Donate but it was all in Dutch! How can I make a donation?

Aug 19, 2010
Monica Hall

I sent $5 - it's hardly worth sending less. Have you received it? Monica

Aug 19, 2010
Robert S. Trent

Thank you for the welcome!

Sep 28, 2010
Jon Brooks

Thanks very much.

Sep 29, 2010
Fernando Kurka

Thanks for the welcome. This looks like a very interesting place.

Oct 9, 2010
yong leong

Much obliged for welcoming me to this website Jelma. Glad to have access to the informations and helpful members. A happy new year to you and all who are here.

Dec 31, 2010
Eric Hansen

Thank you, Jelma. I will look forward to all that the Early Guitar & Vihuela group has to offer. Happy New Year to you too.

Jan 1, 2011
Lars Hedelius-Strikkertsen

Thank You. I see, You where only joking. I'm allso proud to be a nerd. One should be careful with irony when writting.

I'm impressed with all the ensembles you play in. I'd like to play with some other instruments too. There's not many musicians in Denmark that plays historical instruments and the once that do is only into baroque music and I'm more into the early romantic period not only as a musician but allso as a historian. I read a lot a history book about late 18th till mid 19th century.

I'm happy that You like our video. I'm the one with the 19th century sideburns.

Mar 5, 2011
Kernoa Patrig

Très jolie pièce, le timbre de l'instrument est vraiment très élégant, très charmant. Bravo!!

Une Folia? Dat is te gek!!!!

Groetjes, profite de tes quelques jours de congés.

Mar 24, 2011
Rob MacKillop

Jelma, I enjoyed the folia by Castro. Nice dynamics and tone!

Mar 30, 2011
Lars Hedelius-Strikkertsen

Very funny. I must admit though that I find most of the beards too much. I'm more into the kind of sideburns the men had in early 19th century, like the one Giuliani had.

Thanks for the link though

May 9, 2011
Alexandros Zervas

Hi Jelma. This piece it's so beautiful.

Yes sounds like 'La Monica' or une jeune fillette.

Best wishes.

Alexandros.

Jun 2, 2011
Sinier de Ridder

Hello, and thank you very much for posting Krishnasol playing the Sabionari. I just dont know how to do that! I tried but i missed… I will post the repport of restoration on my web-site in a week…

Best regards

Françoise

Jun 6, 2011
Sinier de Ridder

Hello

The repport of the Sabionari's restoration is now here :

http://sinierderidder.free.fr/restaurations/stradivari_eng.html

If you like other details, please tell me…

Cordially

Françoise

Jun 14, 2011
Renate Plieseis

Thanks, Jelma!
I'm glad I found this site, looking forward to have a proper look around here :-)

Jun 19, 2011
Jan Burgers

Hallo Jelma. Yes I have a few of these arrangements, en know of the existence of some others. I am collecting Molino's music, so I hope to get a hold of those also sometimes.

Groeten,

Jan.

Aug 24, 2011
Jan Burgers

That would be great! I am really very interested.

Aug 24, 2011
Stephen Wentworth Arndt, Ph.D.

Lieve Jelma,

Ik ben teleurgesteld dat ik op deze pagina geen mp3-bestanden aanplakken kan, maar dank je wel voor het idee en voor de hulpaanbod. Ik zal het overdenken. Op het ogenblik ben ik niet zeker wat ik doen wil. Misschien is het beste een eigene website te krijgen, hoewel ik niet weet wat ik ermee aanvangen zal. (Technisch ben ik niet bijzonder begaafd.)

Hartelijke groeten,

Stephen

Sep 5, 2011
Ana Maria Hernandez

Thanks Jelma!!! Best regards

Ana Maria

Mar 22, 2012