Does anyone remember the instrument used in the movie "All the Mornings of the World" to accompany the two girls singing "Un Jeune Fillette"? The liner notes on the disc say R. Lislevand- theorbo. It has been some years since I saw the movie, but I remember marveling at this instrument having a very short neck extension and strangely attached/placed upper peg box. At the time, I summed it up to an unfamiliar French variation of the English theorbo, or a pure Hollywood style movie prop. If It is a prop, it's a little puzzling as to why, with Jordi Sovall as music director, a fictional instrument would be written into the screen play. Does a historical example of such an instrument exist? Could it be a historically plausible instrument bridging the transition from bass lute to theorbo? Can anyone shed some light on this subject? MB
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