I thought recent research said that the lute has a greater repertoire than any other instrument, with over fifty thousand pieces surviving, not counting those lost.
Sterling Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: "Edward C. Yong" <edward.y...@gmail.com> Date: 7/29/18 9:25 PM (GMT-07:00) To: Ed Durbrow <edurb...@gmail.com> Cc: LuteNet list <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Subject: [LUTE] Re: intabulations < I've heard that outside of the piano and possibly violin there is more lute music than for any other instrument. > i'm wondering if 'piano' here includes the harpsichord repertoire. a fascinating topic to be sure... On 29 July 2018 at 22:43, Ed Durbrow <[1]edurb...@gmail.com> wrote: I'm giving a talk on the lute next week and I was searching for a statistic about how much of the Renaissance lute repertoire consist of intabulations. Also, I am looking for statistics (estimates really) of how many tabs there are and could have been and how many songs with in tabulation there are. I've heard that outside of the piano and possibly violin there is more lute music than for any other instrument. I want to back that up. If you could point me to some research or quotes somewhere on the Internet, I would be much obliged. Thanks in advance. Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan [2]http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch [3]https://soundcloud.com/ed-durbrow [4]http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ -- To get on or off this list see list information at [5]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:edurb...@gmail.com 2. http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch 3. https://soundcloud.com/ed-durbrow 4. http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ 5. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html