When in Paris, please take the time to pay along visit to the Museum of
the "Cité de la Musique". They have an absolutely fantastic lute
collection on display and the printed catalogue is a must-have.
See here
http://www.cite-musique.fr/anglais/musee/coll_permanentes_insti.aspx (in
English).
To see all lutes in their permanent collections, click on
http://mediatheque.cite-musique.fr/masc/?url=/clientbooklineCIMU/toolkit/p_requests/default-collection-musee.htm
then click on "Instruments et oeuvres d'art"
then enter "luth" in the "Mot clé" field and hit "Rechercher" at the end
of the page.
Have fun,
Luca
Michael on 28-10-2009 22:58 wrote:
I rather unexpectedly ended up in northern Europe for a short trip
that starts in Amsterdam and ends in Paris. It occurred to me that the
1580 Hieber is (was?) in the museum in Brussels, which is on the way.
Does anyone know if the Hieber lute is currently in a
publicly-viewable part of the museum?
I think there might also be a Hoffman there, and another one in Paris.
Same question applies: are these lutes public, or are they in some
basement somewhere being preserved or repaired etc?
Any other recommendations on where to go lute-watching in Amsterdam,
Brussels, or Paris? I've got about a week and don't have time to go
to Vienna, but I'd like to see whatever I can in the few cities I will
be visiting.
Thanks,
Michael
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