On Thursday, Oct 12, 2006, at 07:51 America/Los_Angeles, David Rastall wrote:
> Okay, here's what we have so far in a nutshell to account for the > demise of the lute: > > The lute died: > > 1. Because it wasn't able to maintain its primary function as an > accompaniment instrument due to the decline of continuo I don't think the decline of continuo had much to do with it. Continuo was doing fine in the second half of the 18th century; lutes weren't. H To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
