AJN (boston) schrieb: >The lute books seem to have been for personal use, Pater (later Abbot) >Herman Kniebandl, for example. But there are sacred pieces in two of the >books from Gruessau (Mss 2009?? and 2011 now in Warsaw). I imagine the use >of secular music in the monasteries may have been "local option." > > Possibly, but I�m not sure about that, the Hobach pieces in W2005 also are sacred pieces. At least in 2008+2009, which are copied from one another, there are some sacred pieces.
>The magnificent mountainside Monastery at Melk maintained an orchestra in >the 18th cen. which played for visitors from a hidden room. (e.g., the >emperor stayed at Melk while travelling). (The sounds issued through a >circle-shaped window above the banquet hall. Otherwise secular music was >apparently prohibited the monks, with one exception. Every year the monks >were bleed, and for a few days thereafter the orchestra was permitted to >play minuets while the monks recuperated.. > >But the question is an interesting one. That is, secular music in sacred >places. As well as sacred music in secular places. Now about Johann >Michael Sciurius aka? Eich�rnchen? Is that a valid German family name? > > > Eichh�rnchen is no common German family name, but Eichhorn is - ?a big Eichh�rnchen? Best Markus >AJN. ><><> > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
