Dear all, With the assistance of my lovely wife I had a look at some more Kochanowski (16th century Polish poet), whoe really must have loved the lute, because it appears in many of his poems. Some time ago we read about a funny proverb concerning Bakfark, lute, and whether size does matter.
Here is a short and direct mentioning of Bakfark: O Bekwarku By lutnia mowic umala Tak by nam w glos powiedziala: "Wszyscy inszy w dudy grajcie, Mnie Bekwarkowi niechajcie!" (I try to translate:) To Bakfark Could a lute speak, she would say loudly: Play bagpipes, you all, and give me only to Bakfark! As it seems, the lute must have had not only a practico-musical but also a symbolic power at that time, standing for the ideal work of poetry. So J.A. Morsztyn gave the title "LUTNIA" (Lute) to his collection of poems, and the 16th century poet Kaspar Miaskowski called his hymn of praise on Kochanowski LUTNIA JANA KOCHANOWSKIEGO WIELKIEGO POETY POLSKIEGO The Lute of the Great Polish Poet J.K. best wishes Bernd To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
