The cetera in Corsica didn't just come out of nowhere and does have a long history prior to the 1970s. The earliest music I know of is the Stefano Allegrini ms of 1720, but there are others who know more about this than I do.
One thought does come to mind, though - the cittern family of instruments seems to have lived among high art, popular culture and points in between throughout its history. I don't understand why there needs to be a distinction between folk and classical, except perhaps concerning the quality of workmanship and materials used, but even here I'd be surprised if it were all black and white. I'm not saying there isn't a difference in the music cultivated in these various strata, I'm just saying that the cittern is found pretty much throughout this spectrum. Doc On Dec 5, 2006, at 5:13 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In einer eMail vom 05.12.2006 16:21:34 Westeurop=E4ische Normalzeit > schreibt > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > >> seems the instrument in question may in fact be based on some kind of >> Corsican folk cetera revived in the 1970's, > > Well it seems I was absolutely right. > Luca's instrument and tuning have no historical background. > This is no surprise considering the lutes he uses. > > As far as the music goes one of the pieces (bagpipes) is based on a > keyboard > piece by William Byrd, We used another part of this piece on our CD. > > best wishes > Mark Wheeler > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
