Geez Rainer, can you be more arrogant?
At least enlighten me with the conclusions of Gombosii and Heartz and on what those are based. I am sick of getting referred to paywalled articles. I was reporting this intercultural incident, not claiming this is really true. But as Howard said, I was thinking, why not? West Africa has been a trade partner with the Portuguese since the 15th century, and maybe you all know the depiction of a completely African Musica Alta group. http://www.scottishjournalofperformance.org/De-Oliveira-Alves_trombone-portuguese-iconography_image-3.jpg I was trying to make sense of "this is our culture". Those guys have never encountered a Renaissance lute, but they recognized the music, why? On 23.05.19 10:46, Rainer wrote:
West African origin - almost as certain as Tristan is living on the dark side of the moon. Anybody interested in the Hoftanz should have a look at the famous articles be Gombosi (a bit old) and Heartz. I am not aware of any text for the Schwarzknab, but schwarz certainly refers to the colour of the hair. Rainer PS: Andi should know more To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
