I have asked for music for lute and recorder in the past. And some people have
very kindly sent arrangements that they have made or collected from others.
There must be ready-to-go lute and recorder pieces somewhere online.
Sometimes in the arrangements (made by enthusiasts today), the lute has
I remember reading a conjecture that the stump might have been a
bandora/orpharion sort of instrument along with the penorcon.
On 18 December 2018, at 22:51, Ron Andrico wrote:
In terms of physical appearance, the stump was like a cittern with
additional basses (theorbized).
RA
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/short/dickens-steamships-and-guitars-popular-music-in-the-age-of-dickens/
On 5 November 2018, at 17:22, Leonard Williams wrote:
I know this isn't exactly lutistic, but perhaps someone has some info
to share:
In Dickens' "Dombey & Son" (1848), a young man
My knowledge of instrument making is limited but lute and vihuela construction
are somewhat different. Obviously the body shape is different but a lute has a
very thin soundboard with a fairly complicated barring system. According to
Alfonso Marin the vihuela has just two bars and a thicker
I play wire-strung instruments with the same technique as lute or early guitar.
I mean lightly built, lightly strung instruments (English guitar, bandora etc)
not modern heavily built instruments strung with the sort of wire that Batman's
Joker uses to bring down airliners.
On 6 July 2018, at
