At 01:11 PM 7/6/2005, Mathias Rösel wrote: >As for Vivaldi's lute concerti, I seem to remember that someone found >out (one of the more recent issues of LSA quarterly) they were composed >in Prague and were conceived for the then and there flourishing >mandora.
They were certainly dedicated to Wrtby in Prague, but the intended instrument remains speculation. The article was by Eric Liefeld, a most excellent advocate of mandolins. Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html