Most of Telemann's cantatas have a BC part for a Gallichon. My view is
that they are for the large continuo instrument in A (string length in
mid 90s) rather than the smaller instrument in D also known as mandora
(some sources use the two names interchangeably) with a string length
around 70cm
M
--- On Tue, 1/9/09, Stuart Walsh <s.wa...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
From: Stuart Walsh <s.wa...@ntlworld.com>
Subject: [CITTERN] Re: Did Telemann play the cittern?
To: frnor...@online.no
Cc: cittern@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Tuesday, 1 September, 2009, 11:20 PM
Frank Nordberg wrote:
>
>
> A connection between Telemann and the mandora is news to me though.
>
>
Martyn?
Stuart
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