> From: ron fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:03:24 -0700 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CITTERN] Cabral's summary > > It''s even better that Pedro Caldeira Cabral presented a more recent > summary of his evidence on this forum. The summary I presented were from > his older writings. > > Ron Fernandez >
Ron; your summary of Mr. Cabral's work included the one relevant bit of info and evidence we've gotten so far, this one . . . > d) The next chapter Cabral entitles the Portuguese Guitarra. The first > instrument shown is the 12 string instrument with 12 wooden pegs made in > 1764 by Joaquim Pedro dos Reis. I have seen this instrument at the City > Museum in Lisbon. This instrument is distinct from the contemporary > English guitars which have 10 strings and also in the peg head design. > The pegs come through the head like a modern flamenco guitar, not from > the sides like English guittars which have wooden pegs (such the John > Preston Guittar shown in the book). If the date of this instrument is > correct (and many believe it is), then it predates the Silva Leite book > by 30 years. Also, it show that there was a 12 string Portuguese > tradition from at least the last third of the 18th century. Cabral > refers to this instrument as the cítara popular (popular cittern)-- it > seems that the term guitarra comes later Roger To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
