I seem to recall reading that Francesco played viola da gamba as well as
lute.
Gary
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Thanks Antonio.
So, allow me to simplify things, at least for my own benefit, and forgive
me
if I over
Thanks Antonio.
So, allow me to simplify things, at least for my own benefit, and forgive me
if I over simplify. I'm just thinking out loud...
The vihuela de mano was created in Valencia and found its way to Naples
where it became popular, more popular than the lute. Some Italian makers
started
June, 2008 3:38:00 AM
Subject: Re: [LUTE] Francesco and the viola da mano
Thanks Antonio.
So, allow me to simplify things, at least for my own benefit, and forgive me
if I over simplify. I'm just thinking out loud...
The vihuela de mano was created in Valencia and found its way to Naples
where
Dear Rob,
The best source of information that I know of about the viola
da mano is Hiroyuki Minamino's article 'The Spanish plucked viola
in Renaissance Italy, 1480-1530' (Early Music, May 2004).
It doesn't say a lot about Francesco owing to the scarcity of
information, but he covers Isabella
Thanks, Denys. That sounds an ideal starting place.
I've just read this from Chris Wilson's review of the 1997 International
Symposium on Francesco:
Dinko Fabris had some intriguing new possibilities concerning Francesco's
early years. He had uncovered in church records in Barletta, near Bari
John Griffiths' book on Neapolitan Lute Music looks very informative - you
can read some of it on Google Books:
*http://tinyurl.com/5cjr6v*
These links to Google Books are not always successful.
Looks like the works of Dentice and Severino could be added to the
viola/vihuela repertoire.
Rob
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Dear all,
The celebrated maker Lorenzo Gusnasco da Pavia made quite a number of
instruments for many Italian nobles, especially for Isabella d'Este, including
several viols (whatever this may mean in late 15th-century Italy). A point of
interest here is that among her servants we find Giovanni
