MAson sounds a bit like DAS in that passage. I am surpised he overlooked the obvious Chitarra Italiana & Co, though. RT
----- Original Message ----- From: "Arto Wikla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2007 10:00 AM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: [Viols] "cello" - Italian > 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 > > _________________________________________________________________ Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at www.doteasy.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
