Dear Stewart,
That is one beautiful instrument! And in such wonderful condition for
1579, is amazing. That would be within the first years of a full
chromatic cittern, no?
In the last year or so Andrew Hartig and I explored the "proto" consort
of cittern, lute and bass viol and how close it works with the early
English lute duets and it's breathtaking to see, at last, at least one
of those instruments in the flesh. Alright, it's just a digital
photograph but knowing it's there goes a long way! And that's
unequivocal meantone fretting. Pretty much sets the stage for consorts
being so --and, by extension, the English lute repertory. Just as one
can't go back after Byrd on the virginals, the same goes for John
Johnson on the lute.
Thanks for this heads up. Yes, it really deserves its own subject
heading. ;^)
best regards,
Sean
On Dec 4, 2008, at 1:44 AM, Stewart McCoy wrote:
Dear Ed,
Interesting looking cittern recently acquired at the Shrine:
http://www.usd.edu/smm/News/acquisitions.html
I note some pretty mean fretting.
Best wishes,
Stewart McCoy.
-----Original Message-----
From: Edward Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 03 December 2008 23:23
To: Eugene C. Braig IV; Peedu Timo; Sauvage Valéry;
lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Baroque mandolin
Dear Eugen and all,
The name of that museum is no longer "The Shrine"....but the National
Music
Museum.
http://www.usd.edu/smm/
It offers a fantastic collection of lutes an old guitars.
ed
It is now called At 12:24 PM 12/3/2008 -0500, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote:
Now called America's Music Museum. It used to be called the Shrine
to Music Museum.
Edward Martin
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Duluth, Minnesota 55812
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