Dear Alexander, By all means.
--- Alexander Batov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi�: > Dear Antonio, > > Thanks very much for your reply. > > Wouldn't you be against of committing this answer of > yours to the lute-list > as I'm sure other listeners would be interested to > know what you think. And > so, in turn, I can give my answer to it there too. > (I'm not insisting though > if you think you'd rather not to). > > Unfortunately I haven't got the issue of The Lute > that you mentioned but > I've ordered it and hope it will be with me in a > couple of days. > > Best regards, > Alexander > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Antonio Corona" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Alexander Batov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 5:48 AM > Subject: Re: Complete copy of the 6-course vihuela > by Belchior Dias > > > > Dear Alexander, > > > > I looked with attention at the information on the > > website you mention. I'm afraid that it fails to > > convince me about the Dias instrument having had > six > > courses and, sadly, speculation cannot substitute > > evidence. > > As for my reasons to consider a five-course > instrument > > as a guitar in the hispanic environment of the > > sixteenth century, and therefore the five-course > Dias > > instrument as a guitar, see "The Vihuela and the > > Guitar in Sixteenth-Century Spain: a critical > > appraisal of some of the existing evidence", The > Lute, > > vol. XXX, 1990, pp 3-24. > > > > Best regards, > > Antonio > > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Informaci�n de Estados Unidos y Am�rica Latina, en Yahoo! Noticias. Vis�tanos en http://noticias.espanol.yahoo.com
