I wrote to Bernardu Pazzoni at the Corsican museum. The earliest reference to the cittern in Corsica that he's found dates 1696. Corsica was under Genovese rule in those days.
He suggests this book for more information: Les Musiques de Corse, instruments, chants et danses by Antoine Massoni. Available from: Librairie Alain Piazzola 1, rue Ste Lucie 20000 Ajaccio (Corse) France Doc To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
