That was not the only lute-donkey relationship on record. Let's not forget
this:
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm144.html
RT
the memory of what a lute might be, is especially vivid in the town
where I live because of a famous tale bearing the town's name in it,
that you will possibly know. The town is Bremen, and I'm speaking of the
Bremen Town Musicians (Bremer Stadtmusikanten), i. e. a donkey, a dog, a
cat and a cock. Remember the instrument that the donkey plays? Yepp,
correct, that's it. >B)
In its established form, the tale was collected by Bros. Grimm, at a
time when what are now considered HIP lutes were no more played.
Instead, those ineffable, *coughs*, wandervogels were what people had in
minds when they said "lute", because those were widely played.
--
Best wishes,
Mathias
"Luca Manassero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
Hi Mathias,
I love this anwer...
Last year I went to the Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice with my
lute and group of boys asked me what I had in my case with that strange
shape. I said: "A renaissance lute". After a second I heard one of that
group whispering to somebody else "must be a wind instrument..."
I often experience that in Italy, especially in the so-called "art
cities" (Città d'arte) you lute pictures in every church, LOTS of them.
But nobody knwos what a lute is, anymore. In Germany, maybe thanks to
your Wandervoegel, if somedody asks you what you carry in your case and
you happen to answer "a lute", well, most of the time people knows.
So sometimes it's better to let a "not so precise" simulation of an
instrument to survive, instead of being correctly purist, but have 100
people in the whole country informed the lute...
Ciao,
Luca
Mathias Rösel on 28-10-2007 14:21 wrote:
> "Joshua E. Horn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
>
>> How common are six string lutes like this one?:
>>
>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/Kay/lute12.jpg
>>
>
> Most members of the HIP community do not consider that instrument a
> lute. I'm notorious enough to dissent, so may I put it short.
> Yes, that kind of lute is widespread outside the HIP comm, e. g. where
> I
> live (Germany), and it is often heard in public at reenactment
> occasions
> and revival-medieval market places. There are even theorboed types
> (four
> or six extra bass strings), but not as widespread as the 6str type.
>
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