Dear Stewart <snip>
> However, her evidence is drawn from a wide period of time, and > doesn't really explain why the Spanish should have printed music for > the vihuela and not the lute, in the 40 years from Luis Milan (1536) > to Estaban Daza (1576). Does this mean that the books in that period contained pieces in Spanish tablature that were perfectly playable on the lute because of the tuning, but were entitled "Pieces for Vihuela"? (Sorry I don't do Spanish). If so, the difference seems a bit academic as presumably everyone would know that they could play it on either instrument. From what you say about the iconographic evidence that lutes were being played, it is difficult to imagine the lutenists going down to the local music shop and saying "Oh damn, they're still only churning out vihuela music". Does what you say mean that till 1535 (after 1576 is perhaps less important) they _were_ producing lute music. Going back to your earlier reply to Jon, how do we recognize a vihuela piece in a (later, non Spanish) lute collection? Is it because the earliest known version was published in that period in Spain? Yours, Tony > > Best wishes, > > Stewart McCoy. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Stewart McCoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lute Net" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 2:35 PM > Subject: Re: Vihuela > > > > > > > The vihuela is a guitar-shaped instrument tuned like the > renaissance > > > lute. It was played in Spain in the 16th century in preference > to > > > the lute (although by no means exclusively so). It has been > > > suggested that the Spanish preferred the vihuela because of the > > > lute's association with the Moors. > > This suggestion can be happily eliminated from future descriptions > as there > > is iconography testifying to the contrary. > > RT > > >
