Dear lutenists, there is music for "gallichon" by Brescianello Oeuvres pour Gallichon (http://luth-librairie.ifrance.com/brescianello.pdf) that Richard Civiol has edited and gives to us all in his wonderful pages http://luth-librairie.ifrance.com/ is quite interesting, indeed. And big thanks to Richard!
The music is quite good, in many places very good. To me it sounds nearly classical in style. I do not know much about Brescianello and even less of gallichon. The instrument had 6 courses (or perhaps single strings?). Tuned in guitar tuning. But what does our collected wisdom know about the instrument? Why in the very late baroque there was a revival of a 6 course lute? To whom was it meant to be played? Who composed for the instrument? Was is used also in continuo? Where, geographically, was it played? Where, socially, was it played: in taverns, in churches, ...? Are there many intsruments in the museums? Has any luthier studied original instruments? How similiar the structure is when compared to 16th century lutes? What kind of strings did they use? Any original schools for the instrument? Any writings at all of the gallichon? All the best Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
