Howard et al, Actually there is apparently, reading Narvey, considerable evidence that English theorbists adopted the Dm tuning despite it being a French initiative. Go figger' huh? Rob Dorsey http://RobDorsey.com
-----Original Message----- From: Howard Posner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 1:26 AM To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: Another Theorbo Question On Thursday, Oct 5, 2006, at 22:21 America/Los_Angeles, LGS-Europe wrote: >> After 1680 the tuning nuveau in Dm spread with the "Enlightenment" >> movement to include lutes and theorbos played in northern Europe. > > Don't forget the mandora, very nortern Europe, too, that stayed in old > tuning. > > David And the English theorbo. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
