Stewart, I think there's enough detail in the globe to the left of the lute to see that a number of countries are "color coded". I think it may even have been related to religion. I will photo it too and send it to Gernot. Yes, please make these images avilable to any.
Sean At 02:02 AM 10/20/03, you wrote: >Dear Jon, > >The music in Holbein's painting "The Ambassadors" has been >identified as a Lutheran hymn of some sort. I'm afraid I don't have >the details to hand. > >It is worth making the point that lutenists don't have to play from >tablature. It is possible to play the lute reading from staff >notation, just as it is possible to play the piano reading from lute >tablature. I can do both, and I am not an idiot savant. :-) > >Best wishes, > >Stewart McCoy. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jon Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Gernot Hilger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 10:14 AM >Subject: Holbein, addendum > > > > Forgot to point out that the printed music is in an approximation >of the > > modern clef rather than the tabulature. The fret based tabulature >of the > > lute music we read is a guide to performance rather than music as >such. It > > can only be played on a lute, or with a knowledge of the lute so >that one > > can translate it into music for other instruments. Holbein >combined a > > transitional music notation with his detail of the lute. > > > > Best, Jon > > > > > >
