there were organs in England in the middle ages.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doctor Oakroot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 2:43 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Castiglione and the lute > Were keyboards popular enough for that translation to have made sense > then? (Did keyboards event exist in 1528? - I don't know much keyboard > history) > >>> In Castiglione's Il Cortegiano (1528), there is a passage where he >>> states >>> that suitable instruments for the courtier are: >>> "all fretted instruments...because they produce perfect >>> consonances...," >>> but I have also seen the passage translated as: >>> "all keyed instruments..." >>> Finally, there is a translation of >>> "all keyboard instruments..." >> >> tasto is both key and fret. >> -- >> Best, >> >> Mathias >> >> http://de.geocities.com/mathiasroesel >> http://mathiasroesel.livejournal.com >> -- >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> > > > -- > http://DoctorOakroot.com - Rough-edged songs on homemade GIT-tars. > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/405 - Release Date: 01.08.2006 > >
