The German Lute Socity published some pamplets and books of music including "Goethe's Lieder zur Laute" around the turn of the century (the previous turn). I used to play these for fun. I don't know how far back the society goes, but it was active. You can see pictures of people playing real lutes in the Leipzig Collegium from the late 19th century. dt
At 08:03 AM 8/6/2009, you wrote: >Yesterday in the Goethe Haus in Frankfurt, we learned that Goethe's >father played the lute. Is there anything known about this: music left >in his library perhaps, pictures/drawings of the instrument, stories, >anything? > >David > >-- >******************************* >David van Ooijen >davidvanooi...@gmail.com >www.davidvanooijen.nl >******************************* > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
