Were these actually lutenists are rather theorbo players? - not the same. MH
--- On Sat, 27/9/08, Monica Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Monica Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: The Learned Guitarist... > To: "Michael Gillespie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Vihuelalist" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Date: Saturday, 27 September, 2008, 8:04 AM > Another topic which needs a book to be written. > > Many 17th century guitarists were actually lutenists by > profession > (Foscarini, Bartolotti, De Visee to name but three) and > whatever training > they had would have been on the lute. I think this may > have been on a one > to one basis rather than in established conservatoires such > as we have > today. > > Corbetta however seems to imply in the preface to La > Guitarre royale that he > was self taught! > > Monica > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Gillespie" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Vihuelalist" > <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 10:47 PM > Subject: [VIHUELA] The Learned Guitarist... > > > > I was wondering... when (with who) did study of the > early guitar become > > more serious. Sanz used spanish folk melodies where > as de Visse was the > > "royal guitarist," thats a big gap. I > imagine that the great vihuelists > > and lutenists of the day went through > "conservatory" training rather > > than just picking one up and beating it to death, > what about the > > guitarists? > > > > -- > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
