I would suggest a visit to Nice, where my friend Rob Adelson (a professional
period clarinet and basset horn plyer) is curator. He posted this recently:
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Dear list members,
I am the curator of the musical instrument collection of the city of
Nice in the Musée du Palais Lascaris (soon to be transformed into the
Musée de la Musique de Nice). Our collection, although little-known
outside of France, is the second in size and importance in France
(after that of the Musée de la Musique in Paris), containing over 500
instruments from the 16th to the 20th century.
I am writing to you to ask for help in locating recordings of
some more obscure instruments for use in our audioguide that will accompany
our exhibitions. The display case in question will contain the
following instruments:
Archicistre PAQUET (Marseille, 1786)
Cistre BORTOLOTTI (Milan, 1815)
Mandore VIMERCATI (Milan, 1780)
Mandore ANON (Milan, 1780)
Cistre ANON (Italy, 1700)
Cistre PRESTON (London 1776)
Mandore PRESBLER (Milan 1676)
The museum visitor will naturally be curious to hear an example of the
sound of these instruments, as well as an hearing in what kind of
music they were employed. Obviously we cannot find examples for ALL of
these instruments, but I am hoping that you can suggest recordings
that might shed light on at least one, if not more of them.
Thank you very much for your expert advice on this rather difficult subject.
Sincerely,
Robert Adelson
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Robert ADELSON
Musée de la musique de Nice
Palais Lascaris
15, rue Droite
06300 Nice
FRANCE
tél: (+33) (0)4 93 62 72 44
fax: (+33) (0)4 93 62 72 45
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Luca Manassero" <l...@manassero.net>
To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 10:11 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: European lute collections
Paris, Cite de la Musique
Nurnberg, Germanisches Museum
Fuessen
Wien
Milano
Bologna
The lute Collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum has been packed
away, as far as I know :-( so you could skip London.
[1]theoj89...@aol.com on 29/03/11 15.46 wrote:
If one were planning a trip to europe this summer (with a rail pass), and
wanted
to see up to four of the best museum collections of lutes, which museums
should
be on the list? thanks -trj
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