In a biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer I was reading recently, it said that he sang to the the playing of his lute one night - ca 1923 or so... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonard Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lute List" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 7:13 PM Subject: [LUTE] Lute Citing [sic]-addendum
> The novel is by Caleb Carr. > > > > I found a lute reference in a rather unexpected setting: the lap > of > Sherlock Holmes! (The Italian Secretary, a new Sherlock Holmes mystery > taking place mainly in Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland.) > > Dr. John Watson, as usual, narrates: > > An ancient stringed instrument was perched across one of his [Holmes'] > knees. > .. > He continued to pluck and toy with the old musical instrument, forcing me > finally to inquire: "Holmes, what _is_ that thing?" > .. > "It is a lute, Watson." > .. > ..satisfied that he had properly tuned the thing at last, Holmes began to > play... > > Surely this last bit is proof that Holmes is the greatest of detectives! > > Regards, > Leonard Williams > > No portions of the plot have been revealed in the writing of this missive. > > ------ End of Forwarded Message > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
