Dear Monica, I assume the book in question is Tyler and Sparks discussion of the mandoline; unfortunately I have not had the opportunity to read it. However, if previous works by Tyler could serve as a reference, I would indeed be careful about what is stated there.
Regarding the vihuela-guitar question, I have gathered from the discusion here that little is known about this rather polemic issue, and indeed there is much that could and should be said but, instead of burdening the readers on the list, I would refer those interested to the article I have already mentioned on previous communications: "The Vihuela and the Guitar in Sixteenth-Century Spain: a critical appraisal of some of the existing evidence", The Lute, vol. XXX, 1990, pp 3-24. With my best regards, Yours, Antonio --- Monica Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > I would treat anything said on this subject in this > book with considerable > caution! Quite a lot of what is said about the > 4-course guitar isn't > accurate and several of the Italian sources, such as > Cerreto, Barberiis etc. > probably refer to the mandola/mandora. > > Antonio will probably have a lot more to say about > that. > > Monica > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Eugene C. Braig IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 5:16 PM > Subject: Re: vihuela as guitar > > > > Tyler & Sparks (2002) conclusively state that "the > guitar and vihuela were > > considered as two distinct instruments in 16th-c. > Spain." The evolution > of > > vihuela in Spain and Viola in Italy is usually > placed as a subset of > proper > > lutes. The topic is still touchy and I believe > the distinction blurred a > > bit as the proper vihuela fell from popularity at > the end of the 16th c. > > and the guitar gained popularity. > > > > > > At 03:50 AM 9/16/2004, bill kilpatrick wrote: > > >a little late in the discussion but: > > > > > >- wouldn't a definition of vihuela and guitar be > > >useful? > > > > > >- is definition possible? > > > > > >- weren't the terms synonymus as used in the 16th > > >cent.? > > > > > >what i understand so far is: > > > > > >- 5c. means vihuela and 6c. guitar. > > > > > >- the placement of sound hole, bout configuration > and > > >proportion doesn't seem to matter much in making > the > > >distinction. > > > > > >please correct me if i wrong. > > > > > >cheers - bill > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Información de Estados Unidos y América Latina, en Yahoo! Noticias. Visítanos en http://noticias.espanol.yahoo.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
