At 01:24 PM 12/10/2003 +0900, Ed Durbrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >here is one picture you may not have seen before: > > > >http://www.orphee.com/lute/lute-player.jpg > > > >I cna just imagine the sort of conclusions that can be made of it. > >I love it! Left handed no less. The picture is not reversed because >the music is the right way.
Also the script of the names of the engraver. This is supposed to ve after some painting. Any one knows the original? > I can just imagine the artist telling the >model how to place his fingers. I would think the model is a she..... The real value of this painting is of course the music, if anyone can identify it. Now let's assume, for the sake of argument, that this is the only drawing in existence showing a lute player playing. It would be a smashing proof that lute player never played from tablature, but from pitch notation :-) > It may take me a while to incorporate >this new hand position. :-) Only advisable if you have good health insurance. BTW, the fact that it is left handed would suggest that the model is the artist herself, looking in a mirror. Matanya Ophee Editions Orphe'e, Inc., 1240 Clubview Blvd. N. Columbus, OH 43235-1226 Phone: 614-846-9517 Fax: 614-846-9794 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.orphee.com
