Thank you for that, RT. Joseph Mayes
> From: Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:20:12 -0400 > To: Lute Net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Vihuela vs guitar > > I have an opinion on that as well, but that would hurt a lot of feelings out > there. So I'll abstain. > RT > ______________ > Roman M. Turovsky > http://polyhymnion.org/swv > >> Dear Roman, >> There may be some truth in what you say, but it doesn't explain why >> the guitar flourished, and the lute didn't. Both instruments are a >> bit on the quiet side for large concert halls. >> Best wishes, >> Stewart McCoy. >> >> >>>> And my question included the possibilty >>>> that the preservation of the "lute third" location might have >> doomed the >>>> lute for the more modern play (like 19th C.). >>> No, the sociology of music (i.e. concert hall) was responsible for >> lute's >>> demise. >> >>> RT > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
