[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Pimpinella
Pimpinella is anise, a spice, and it get mentioned a lot among 18th century foodstuffs. It (Pimpinella rhodentha) was also occasionally added to cheese, and I think it lent its name to that particular cheese. So it could refer to a piece with a Mediteranean flavor, couldn't it? RT - Original Message - From: Peter Steur [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Baroque Lute baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 4:29 AM Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Pimpinella Dear collected wisdom, in some manuscripts for baroque lute, pieces are found that are designated with 'Pimpinella', a word that I have always found a bit strange. Now finally I have searched a little bit on it and found that it is actually the Latin name for a herb that in english is called 'pimpernel'. I wonder if someone would know the reason for calling a musical piece with such a name. Could it be something like 'a spicy piece'? Just wondering? Cheers, Dr. Peter P.M. Steur Thermal Metrology Department Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (INRiM) (formerly Istituto di Metrologia G.Colonnetti, IMGC) Strada delle Cacce 73 I-10135 Torino Italy Tel +39 011 3977 340 (or 331 or 332) Fax +39 011 3977 347 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: www.inrim.it (former, still active: www.imgc.cnr.it) To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html _ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at www.doteasy.com
[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Pimpinella
Dear Peter al. On Monday 05 March 2007 11:29, Peter Steur wrote: in some manuscripts for baroque lute, pieces are found that are designated with 'Pimpinella', a word that I have always found a bit strange. Now finally I have searched a little bit on it and found that it is actually the Latin name for a herb that in english is called 'pimpernel'. I wonder if someone would know the reason for calling a musical piece with such a name. Could it be something like 'a spicy piece'? Just wondering? Pulcinella, Pimpinella and Pantalone are three classical characters form the commedia dell' arte. I made also some googling: Some interesting explanations of the idea of commedia dell' arte improvisation: http://www.wayneturney.20m.com/perucciandrea.htm Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commedia_dell'arte Theatre history: http://www.theatrehistory.com/italian/commedia_dell_arte_001.html A Commedia dell'Arte website: http://www.commedia-dell-arte.com/ All the best, Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Pimpinella
On Mar 5, 2007, at 8:07 PM, Roman Turovsky wrote: Pimpinella is anise, a spice, and it get mentioned a lot among 18th century foodstuffs. It (Pimpinella rhodentha) was also occasionally added to cheese, and I think it lent its name to that particular cheese. So it could refer to a piece with a Mediteranean flavor, couldn't it? A particularly spicy piece maybe. Or maybe a particularly cheesy piece!? ;-) David Rastall [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rastallmusic.com -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html