Thank you Mathias: this helps me in remembering that the source could perhaps be found in: Lionel de La Laurencie, Le Luthiste Jacques Gaultier, (Revue Musicale, January 1904) I think I had this article but can't find it anymore Andrea
Il giorno 29/ago/2012, alle ore 18.59, Jorge Torres ha scritto: > It figures that it would be a Spanish king! =) > > Would anyone have a source for this fact? > > Jorge > > On Aug 29, 2012, at 12:30 PM, Mathias Rösel wrote: > >>> Dear friends, >>> I seem to remember having read somewhere a story about a French lutenist >>> (Vieux Gautier perhaps) playing before some king: the king praises his >> playing but >>> adds something like “It is a pity he doesn’t play the guitar” provoking >> the >>> lutenist’s anger. >>> Does anybody can help me finding the quotation (if didn’t dream about this >>> story)? >> >> That is about Jacques Gaultier, playing before the Spanish king in 1630. >> >> Mathias >> >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
