[LUTE] Re: theorbo in Spain?

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks to Manolo and Monica. The answer seems to be 'not much'. Mainly
viols, keyboards and guitars for continuo. I suppose the same in Portugal.

Rob

2008/5/1 Manolo Laguillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> In the DICCIONARIO DE INSTRUMENTOS MUSICALES, Barcelona 2001, under
> 'tiorba', the author of it, Ramon Andres, after mentioning an inventar
> of possesions of Felipe II, the king of Spain, where two theorbos
> figure, he tells that culteran poets employed it in its poems because it
> was considered an aristocratic instrument, 'emblem of a refined art'. He
> cites, among others, Luis De Gongora (1561-1627):
>
> Un d=EDa pues
> que los cisnes de espuma
> tiorbas fueron de pluma
> esto el aire oyo sereno
>
> (The day when the surf swans where theorbos made of feathers the serene
> air heard this)
>
> He also cites the count of Villamediana (1582-1622), Pedro Soto de Rojas
> (1584-1658), Gabriel Bocangel (1603-1658) and Antonio Sol=EDs (1610-1686).
>
>
>
> Rob MacKillop wrote:
>
> >What evidence is there for the theorbo being used in Spain?
> >
> >Rob
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