Am 6 Jun 2005 um 23:33 hat G.R. Crona geschrieben: > > Otherwise, I think it would be very interesting, to make an inventory of the > pieces in the collected lute canon there are for 5 course lute (and also 5 > course vihuela for that matter - i.e Mudarra?), as they imply works that > are from the 15th century or earlier, and therefore especially worthwile of > study, as there isn't a lot of lute music from that time. (But perhaps some > medieval lute enthusiasts have done this already?)
Hi Göran, this would be interesting indeed. However, I think the fact that pieces of music don't use all strings of any time-fitting instrument doesn't necessarily mean they are intended for their ancestors. Pedagogical and musical reasons might very well call for a smaller ambitus. Best regards, Stephan To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
