[CITTERN] Re: Traditional British (plucked) instruments

2008-04-06 Thread Kevin McDermott
Dear Stuart, What you say is very true: but perhaps the issue is more what people "in period"_made_of the distinction: I freely give that the distinction is there, that they could make it, and that they did make it. All that follows is under the bright red rubric of "In my Opinion." T

[CITTERN] Re: Traditional British (plucked) instruments

2008-04-06 Thread Stuart Walsh
Doc Rossi wrote: Related to this topic, there will be an article about the influence of "art" music on "traditional" music in the Summer 2008 issue of Fiddler Magazine [ http://www.fiddle.com/ ], written by Andrew Kuntz, who is responsible for The Fiddler’s Companion website. http://www.ibibli

[CITTERN] Re: Traditional British (plucked) instruments

2008-04-06 Thread Doc Rossi
Related to this topic, there will be an article about the influence of "art" music on "traditional" music in the Summer 2008 issue of Fiddler Magazine [ http://www.fiddle.com/ ], written by Andrew Kuntz, who is responsible for The Fiddler’s Companion website. http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/i

[CITTERN] Re: 18th century music

2008-04-06 Thread Stuart Walsh
Damien Delgrossi wrote: Hi all, I would like to know if anybody has recorded music from the Pollet's book and music from the Charpentier's one. Curiosuly we can find many informations on cittern but no music. Luthiers make all types of citterns, that means musicians are using them. I would

[CITTERN] Re: Traditional British (plucked) instruments

2008-04-06 Thread Brad McEwen
David: Well, I could be wrong, but since bowed instruments are more recent that plucked, it would seem that way. The crowd is one of those many instruments that (I believe) evolved from the Greek Kithara and are known throughout Europe by various names..zither, citera, etc (ha ha). The s

[CITTERN] Re: Traditional British (plucked) instruments

2008-04-06 Thread David Cushman
Hi Brad, Thanks for the clarification - I had understood the evolution to have gone the other direction (evolving from other northern european bowed lyres). It is quite a tangle, isn't it? Best regards, David On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Brad McEwen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi: > > it