Have a look here: http://www.cittern.theaterofmusic.com/printed/gv1602.html
Andreas > Am 01.02.2018 um 16:14 schrieb mjlh...@cs.dartmouth.edu: > > I have one other reference to the use of the term citara for cittern > (rather than guitar) from Gary Boye who said > > "Citara tiorbata" could possibly refer to a cittern. > > There is one early cittern book which uses that term, without the > tiorbata qualification: > > Vincenti, Giacomo - Secondo libro d'intavolatura di citara, nel quale > si contengono varie, et diverse sorti di Balli. Raccolta da diversi > autori et nuovamente stampati (Venice, [Italy]: Giacomo Vincenti, > 1602). > > Gary might know more about it. > > Monica > > > ----Original Message---- > From: hodgsonmar...@cs.dartmouth.edu > Date: 01/02/2018 11:34 > To: "Lutelist Net"<lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>, "al...@musickshandmade.com" > <al...@musickshandmade.com> > Subj: [LUTE] Re: [Citara tiorbata] > > Dear Alain, > Perhaps Virgo is actually (Paolo) Virchi (1551 - 1610)? > His father(?) was Giraolamo Virchi (or de Virchi) a maker of > citterns > Martyn > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------- > From: Alain Veylit <[1]al...@musickshandmade.com> > Date: 28 January 2018 at 19:01 > Subject: [LUTE] Re: [Citara tiorbata] > To: Lute List <[2]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Hi all, > I revised a transcription I made some time ago of P.P. Melli's > Balletto > del Ardito Gracioso (1616), a suite for 9 instruments, including 3 > (arch)lutes and a citara tiorbata "cordatura del Signor Virgo). I am > still struggling with the tuning of that instrument which was > apparently more a cittern than a guitar. The Signor Virgo is nowhere > to > be found on the Net, otherwise I would ask him about his tuning I > guess, but given his elusiveness I am wondering if one of you may be > able to provide more information than I was able to gather already. > See: [3]http://fandango.musickshandmad e. > com/collections/preview/185. > The instrumentation of that suite is definitely exotic : why would > the > double-strung harp (alpa doppia) play the same notes as the viola > (da > gamba presumably)? > Happy Sunday, > Alain > To get on or off this list see list information at > > [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~w bc/lute-admin/index.html > > Virus-free. [5]www.avast.com > > -- > > References > > Visible links > 1. mailto:al...@musickshandmade.com > 2. mailto:lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > 3. http://fandango.musickshandmade.com/collections/preview/185 > 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > 5. > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail > > > Hidden links: > 7. > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail > > 8. > https://mail.yahoo.com/?soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2 > > > > Andreas Schlegel Eckstr. 6 CH-5737 Menziken Festnetz +41 (0)62 771 47 07 Mobile +41 (0)78 646 87 63 lute.cor...@sunrise.ch --
