--- Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi�: > > --- 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. > Not quite. BIGUELA UNIVERSAL as opposed to > ORDINARIA. Any number of courses > he sees fit, as he is a practitioner rather than a > methodologist. > RT >
Go ahead, be practical and create your own categories, as long as you don�t pretend they are based on historical fact there is no objection. _________________________________________________________ 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
