Dear List: In Castiglione's Il Cortegiano (1528), there is a passage where he states that suitable instruments for the courtier are:
"all fretted instruments...because they produce perfect consonances...," but I have also seen the passage translated as: "all keyed instruments..." Finally, there is a translation of "all keyboard instruments..." My question is, does anyone have familiarity with this passage and it's variant readings, and also if there is any information of anyone besides Castiglione in the area of Old World manners that suggests the supremacy of the lute among civilized beings. Best, Jorge To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
