On Sat, 17 Mar 2007, Roman Turovsky wrote: > > On Sat, 17 Mar 2007, Roman Turovsky wrote: > > > > > > This is fun! :-) > > > > So violone is a big viola, as chitarrone is a big (ancient Greek) > > > > cithara, > > > Actually not. Chitarrone is a big CHITARRA ITALIANA. > > > > Are you sure? References? > > > > Arto > Yes. Sure enough. Renato Meucci. > http://users.unimi.it/mozart/meuccia.htm
Interesting! My reference is the PhD dissertation on Kevin Mason (The Chitarrone and ts Repertoirein Early seventeeth-Century Italy, Sant Luis, Missouri, May 1983). [page 15-16:] "... instruments were not only suitable musical accompaniment for Peri, but also appropriate symbols of Arion. This symbolism provides basis for the origins of the instrument called_chitarrone_. The favorite musical instrument of ancient Greek poets was the kithara (It. cithara), and according to Vincenzo Galilei, writing in 1581, any poet who accompanied himself on the kithara was _citharedo_. When certain late sixteenth-century Italian musicians, including Galilei, strove to recreate what they believed to be Greek musical declamation, they naturally wanted a suitable modern counterpart to the kithara for accompanying their singing." And there is more on page 16... All the To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
