Rolf Lislevand has just recorded Vivaldi's mandolin concertos on a soprano lute. The reason I have heard for this is that he could not find a baroque mandolin and meant that the musical result would not be that different.
Are On Tue, 10 Apr 2007, Edward Martin wrote: > There is a difference. The descant lute has a lute tuning, but they are > often tuned with the first course in a high d. The mandolino (that is, the > Milanese or Lombard mandolino) has the first course a 4th higher, with the > first course in g, the 2nd d, the 3rd in a, the 4th in e, the 5th in b, and > the 6th in g. > > ed > > > > > > At 04:06 PM 4/10/2007 +0000, Mathias R=F6sel wrote: >> Don't want to open a can of worms, but... -- there is little difference >> between a mandolino and a descant lute, right? I mean, it still is two >> lutes, right? > > > > Edward Martin > 2817 East 2nd Street > Duluth, Minnesota 55812 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > voice: (218) 728-1202 > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > --
