--- Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi�: > >>> 16th century five- and six-course instruments > were > >>> called "vihuelas"; four-course instruments were > >> called > >>> "guitars". During the late 1570s and early 1580s > a > >>> "new" instrument was developed: the five-course > >>> instrument we call "baroque guitar", which was > >> called > >>> "guitarra espa??". > >> But didn't this appellido come from outside of > the > >> country, while locals had > >> biguela? > A proposed solution: Batov renames his instrument a > BIGUELA rather than > vihuela, so Antonio could get on with his life. As > we say in Russian "wolves > sated and sheep intact". > RT > ______________ > Roman M. Turovsky > http://polyhymnion.org/swv
Not a bad idea altogether. Batov renames his instrument a five-course viguela/vihuela/biguela (and there are further variations on the spelling), and makes it as a five course instrument and we can all get on with our lives; Roman as well. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Informaci�n de Estados Unidos y Am�rica Latina, en Yahoo! Noticias. Vis�tanos en http://noticias.espanol.yahoo.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
