Considering his life time it must be a guitar lute (Wandervogel style). Regards,
Stephan Am 12 Jan 2004 um 10:14 hat Charles Browne geschrieben: > Is there any signficance in Erik Korngold's use of the lute in his > operas? I was lstening to 'Die tote Stadt' and I noticed that Maria's > portrait depicts her holding a lute with which she accompanied > herself. Paul, her widowed husband, passes a lute to Marietta (a > dancer who looks, and speaks,like his dead wife) and asks her to sing > a song to lute accompaniment. I cant remember this in the performance > that I saw in Stockholm under Leif Segerstam. Interestly, the lute > appears in three of Korngold's operas although I dont know whether > these were Renaissance or Baroque instruments. Has anyone any ideas? > Charles Browne > > >
