On Thursday 27 January 2005 11:35, Ed Durbrow wrote: > >I've never heard about archilute with wound basses (forgive my ignorance > > if it is a common practice). If such thing exists, then, man, you will > > have a "grand piano" sound!!lol > > In _The Performance of the Basso Continuo in Italian Baroque Music_ > UMI Research Press Ann Arbor Michigan by Tharald Borgir, it is stated > that the archlute increased in popularity after about 1680 because of > the introduction of wound strings which it louder and, as it was > more agile than the theorbo, more practical for continuo. > > cheers, Interesting information. Does he give any evidence for this opinion? And does he think this is the only reason for the growing popularity of the archlute or are there any other reasons mentioned in this book? taco walstra
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