I forgot to mention that I discovered the Franc,ois Campion' quote
thanks to the "Theorbo" page on Facebook :-)
...and I just checked my own copy (thank you, Andreas!) of Franc,ois
Campion, "Addition au Traite d'accompagnement et de composition par la
regle de l'octave", Paris 1730: the quote can be found at p. 26 and, of
course, was published in 1730, not in 1716 (date of first "Traite
d'accompagnement et de composition selon la regle des octaves de
musique").
Luca
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Oggetto: Re: [LUTE] Theorbo set up
Data: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 15:58:30 +0100
Mittente: Luca Manassero [1]<l...@manassero.net>
A: [2]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Hi,
I am afraid it's a really looooong story.
- Italian theorbos were, as far as I know, always 6 (fretted) + 8
basses.
- 7 + 7 are kind of hard to find n Museums and collections, but
existed. Extremely helpful when you need an occasional G sharp :-)
- 8 (fretted) + 6 basses are apparently very common nowadays. Not even
one original in museums and collections, as far as I know, BUT
Franc,ois Campion (1716) in his treatise states that most of his
colleagues have a theorbo configured that way and they call it "theorbe
`a la Maltot" from the name of his predecessor at the Royal Academy of
Music. We have strictly no other infos about a musician and theorbist
called Maltot, unfortunately.
Of course this last configuration is very confortable for many good
reasons, as you can finger an F sharp AND a G sharp, plus - of course -
many other chord patterns.
Best,
Luca
Anthony Hart on 20/02/14 13:59 wrote:
Theorbos can be set up up as 6+8, 7+7 and 8+6. Does anyone have any
preference and reasons?
Thanks
Anthony
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