Dear Roman, There may be some truth in what you say, but it doesn't explain why the guitar flourished, and the lute didn't. Both instruments are a bit on the quiet side for large concert halls.
Best wishes, Stewart McCoy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jon Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lute List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 5:04 PM Subject: Re: vihuela vs guitar > > And my question included the possibilty > > that the preservation of the "lute third" location might have doomed the > > lute for the more modern play (like 19th C.). > No, the sociology of music (i.e. concert hall) was responsible for lute's > demise. > RT To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
