By the way you forgot good old Mersenne in your short list ! Jean-Marie
-------------- >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 >> >> >> >> > >
