Jean-Marie, I am glad somebody agrees with me on this issue. Theis topic, 8 course lutes, was discussed some tome ago on this list. I also have an 8 course lute., and I like it ever so much more than a 7 course lute I once had.
ed At 01:02 PM 4/3/2008 +0200, Jean-Marie Poirier wrote: > Martin, > >I totally agree with all of that, including your non-ostracizing the poor >8c ;-) ! >So much music, Elizabethan and continental as well, is designed for 8c >that it seems more than strange to reject this type of lute. If it's only >a matter of personnal taste, then I can understand and accept it, but I >can think of no music-ologic-al reasons to do so. >Obviously, the 9c lived a very short life, a quarter of a century at >best, but 7c and 8c lasted much longer, if the repertoire can be an >indication af anything regarding instruments in use at the time... >Another obvious thing is that lute players used several instruments simply >because it was easier, and sort of cheaper, to get them then than now. > >Just my tupence (let's make it three pence ;-)) thought on that matter, > >Jean-Marie > >======= 03-04-2008 12:29:04 ======= > > >Dear Anthony and All, > > > >I assume the "Martin" you refer to is me. I don't remember ever saying > >that I thought Dowland changed from 7c to 9c without ever using an 8c, > >or that any of these changes coincided with his change from TI to TO. > >We simply don't know the answer to any of these questions. > > > >I do think it likely that the change from TI to TO is related to the > >increase in number of courses, and also to the change in musical style > >from equal-voiced polyphony to a more treble-and-bass style. > > > >Best wishes, > > > >Martin > > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://poirierjm.free.fr >03-04-2008 > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG. >Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.5/1356 - Release Date: 4/2/2008 >4:14 PM Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202
