Frank Nordberg wrote:
I got a reply from Britta Peterson at the Stockholm Stadmuseum. The
reason why she was unable to answer right away turned out to be that
the musueum don't actually own the cittern. They have it for a long
time from another museum (the Swedish Historical Museum) and was
(did Rob mentions this instrument sometime?)
I don't think so...which doesn't mean I didn't...can't remember what I
had for breakfast this morning...getting old...
Rob (I think)
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A very interesting thread. Just expressing a few doubts here!
The Moravian Archives in Betlehem, PA. They have a c. 1750 book with
chorales in tablature for that tuning and also a lute-cittern from the
same time period. Andrew Rutherford posted a message about it on this
group about a
Stuart Walsh wrote:
A very interesting thread. Just expressing a few doubts here!
Indeed. Hope everybody agrees, cause this may go on for a while. ;-)
It would be really interesting to see some scans of the chorales form
the Moravian Archives.
Me too. That would be really helpful.
Frank Nordberg wrote:
Starting yet another thread on this topic... ;-)
I've had a closer look at Bellman's cittern and also re-read Michel's
article on the Hamburger citrinchen and here is what I've found so far:
1. Tuning
The Moravian GCEGBE tuning Andrew Rutherford asked about, is
