Doc Rossi wrote: > 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. >
This is completely new to me. Any sources I could follow up? Like Mark, I thought the Corsican cittern was a relatively recent phenomenon. > 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 >> >> > > > >
