Andreas and Mark,
I was just thinking on this. Is there any music
that is clearly written specifically for this type of
12 (not 11 or 13) course lute?
Chris
--- Andreas Schlegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear all
>
> >
> > By the way, the whole problem of basses ringing
> too long was
> > something that
> > even was a subject for 17th century lutenists with
> gut strings. The
> > 12 course
> > lute with an extension was only shortly popular in
> France and then
> > went out of
> > fashion because the basses sounded too long.
>
> François-Pierre Goy, one of the main musicologists
> for these topics
> (Accords nouveaux), says that he doesn't know any
> proof that the 12-
> course double headed lute was EVER used in France.
> It seems to be an
> invention of a French man living in England (Jacques
> Gaultier). We
> know these lutes from english, dutch and german
> paintings - but I
> also never saw a picture from France.
>
> Andreas
>
>
>
>
>
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