Hahahaha ! Good shot Roland ;-) ! Jean-Marie, a Brossard's and Campion's (+ a few others') countryman :-)
-------------- >Re: the theorbo, were Brossard and Campion (7 or 8 on the petit jeu, single >strung) "outliers" as well? Maybe just by being French. r > >-----Original Message----- >From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf >Of Martin Shepherd >Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 5:25 PM >To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu >Subject: [LUTE] Re: Tiorba > >Not sure what this comment means. > >Perhaps it refers to Castaldi having apparently used single strings on his >theorbo, as did some 17th century (and most modern) players. Hardly a >justification for using all single strings on any other kind of lute - and >even with the theorbo the evidence of the surviving instruments is >overwhelmingly in favour of 6 (and only 6) double courses on the fingerboard >and single basses. > >As for the use of wound strings, there is no reason to suppose they were ever >used on lutes with extended basses, and certainly not on any kind of lute >before about 1650, if ever (they are not mentioned by Mace or Burwell, for >instance, both of which date well after the invention of some kind of wound >string). > >I have no objection to people playing whatever instruments they like (Bach on >the 5 string banjo, for instance), but they are attempting to deceive their >audience if they claim some kind of historical justification for practices >which go so clearly against the historical evidence. > >M > >On 16/06/2015 22:54, Roland Hayes wrote: >> ..and Castaldi's illustration is phoney? r >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On >> Behalf Of Ron Andrico >> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 3:29 PM >> To: mar...@luteshop.co.uk; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Tiorba >> >> Thank you for this, Martin.&nb= sp; The un-historical continuo >> instrument has become the norm with the ma= ny faux baroque orchestras >> we see here in the US, as is true with many ot= her aspects of their >> music and performance style. ; It's tiresome to = the ears of the >> cognoscenti and rather undermines the efforts of those of u= s who >> attempt to emulate historical examples. >> RA >> >; = Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 20:47:20 +0200 >> >; To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu >; From: mar...@luteshop.co.uk >> >; Subject: [LUTE] Re: Tiorba ; >> >; What bothers me is that we now see the totally >> &= gt; single-strung (with wound basses, of course) liuto >> attiorbato as th= e >> >; standard modern continuo instrument in everything from Dowland= to >> >; Vivaldi. As far as I'm concerned, it's a modern "folk" in strument. >> >; Nothing wrong with it except the claim that it is som= ehow >> "historical". >> >; >> >; M >> >> = -- >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> > > >--- >This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > >
