----- Original Message ----- From: Arthur Ness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, August 13, 2005 12:57 pm Subject: [LUTE] Re: OT: Mozart for guitar
> That is the painting that Howard mentioned. Pierre Jelyotte (or > Jeliotte) was a singer at the Paris opera (d.1782). The painting > done in 1766 depicts the ten-year-old Mozart at the harpsichord > with Jelyotte tuning a large guitar. Yes. I missed the reference earlier. > We just don't have any > record of Mozart having written for guitar, or (inVienna) more > likely mandora. My exact point. > > You probably know the two songs with mandoline accompaniment. > They are quite lovely. Yes. I (and most other clasical mandolinists of the world) play them...and sometimes on a period instrument. Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
