The cittern is certainly one of the most overlooked instrument in the early music world today.
Italian citterns seemed to nearly always have more than 4 courses. And Monteverdi did mention it (in its theorboed form) in the scoring for Orfeo, so it has more of a Monteverdi link than Baroque guitar. Also its social position had not lowered at this point, it was only later in the 17th century that this happened. So there would have been no problem in using it in a church. All the best Mark -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Im Auftrag von Monica Hall Gesendet: Samstag, 19. Dezember 2009 17:55 An: lute Cc: Lutelist Betreff: [LUTE] Re: another day at the office Why not? We tend to overlook this lovely instrument - but surely there were a lot of them around - and with more than 4 courses if I remember aright. Monica ----- Original Message ----- From: "lute" <l...@pantagruel.de> To: "'Monica Hall'" <mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk>; <tio...@gmail.com> Cc: "'Lutelist'" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 4:51 PM Subject: AW: [LUTE] Re: another day at the office Or maybe a cittern? Mark -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Im Auftrag von Monica Hall Gesendet: Samstag, 19. Dezember 2009 12:43 An: tio...@gmail.com Cc: Lutelist Betreff: [LUTE] Re: another day at the office That is interesting becuase if it just says "chitarra" it may not refer to the 5-course guitar but rather to the 4-course mandora or possibly even the chitarrone. But that is perhaps another story. Monica ----- Original Message ----- From: <tio...@gmail.com> Cc: "Lutelist" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 9:02 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: another day at the office >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <tio...@gmail.com> > >> What you think about the "Cantabo Domino" by Paolo Quagliati, (printed in >> Fabio Costantini, Scelta di mottetti [...] libro secondo, Roma, Robletti >> 1618) where we have 2 pentagrams for the "chitarra"? > > > I made a mistake: there's just a continuo part in bass clef for the > "chitarra". No letters. > The organ part is printed on two pentagrams (lines): the bass part and the > highest voice of the vocal ensembe. > It's the only exemple I know, at least for sacred music. > > Diego > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 4699 (20091218) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
