Dear Stephan,
the term A-Lute seems to be misleading this time because it suggests a
absolute pitch.
Actually my position is that the common lutes were smaller in the first
half of the 16th century than they were at the end of the 16th century.
The pitch doesn't play any role regarding the given topic but the size of
the lute (in relation to x,y and at least z - my pertly statement was made
assuming smaller lutes would tend to be in higher pitch). I would suggest
iconographic evidence for smaller lutes at that time and evidences derived
from the repertoire.
By the way: Praetorius is
* much later than FdM and
* not the only source suggesting A-Lutes.
I don't have it at hand at the moment but (for instance) I have italian
song collections (first half of the 16th century) requireing an A-Lute.
This proves nothing except that there must have been A-Lutes but again I am
hazardous and postulate that it's very likely that no edition would have
been made if there wouldn't be a market.
Best wishes
Thomas
"Stephan Olbertz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> am 16.02.2005 01:13:55
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Dear Thomas,
you wrote:
> Probably larger instruments did
> exist, yes, but it's not wrong to asume he would have played the most
common
> instrument of his time, too.
While it is often said that A-Lutes were common in 16th century Germany
(wherever that was) it's news to me that this should have been the case in
Italy also. As far as I know the most often cited (only?) source for an
A-lute-mainstream is Praetorius, and I'm sure you know about the pitch
discussion concerning his book. So where does your evidence come from?
Regards,
Stephan
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