"Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > That was not the only lute-donkey relationship on record. Let's not forget > this: > http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm144.html
Beautiful, didn't know it. Any idea how come this steady connection between donkeys and lutes? -- Best, Mathias > > the memory of what a lute might be, is especially vivid in the town > > where I live because of a famous tale bearing the town's name in it, > > that you will possibly know. The town is Bremen, and I'm speaking of the > > Bremen Town Musicians (Bremer Stadtmusikanten), i. e. a donkey, a dog, a > > cat and a cock. Remember the instrument that the donkey plays? Yepp, > > correct, that's it. >B) > > > > In its established form, the tale was collected by Bros. Grimm, at a > > time when what are now considered HIP lutes were no more played. > > Instead, those ineffable, *coughs*, wandervogels were what people had in > > minds when they said "lute", because those were widely played. > > -- > > Best wishes, > > > > Mathias > > > > "Luca Manassero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > >> Hi Mathias, > >> > >> I love this anwer... > >> > >> Last year I went to the Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice with my > >> lute and group of boys asked me what I had in my case with that strange > >> shape. I said: "A renaissance lute". After a second I heard one of that > >> group whispering to somebody else "must be a wind instrument..." > >> I often experience that in Italy, especially in the so-called "art > >> cities" (Città d'arte) you lute pictures in every church, LOTS of them. > >> But nobody knwos what a lute is, anymore. In Germany, maybe thanks to > >> your Wandervoegel, if somedody asks you what you carry in your case and > >> you happen to answer "a lute", well, most of the time people knows. > >> > >> So sometimes it's better to let a "not so precise" simulation of an > >> instrument to survive, instead of being correctly purist, but have 100 > >> people in the whole country informed the lute... > >> > >> Ciao, > >> > >> Luca > >> > >> > >> Mathias Rösel on 28-10-2007 14:21 wrote: > >> > "Joshua E. Horn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > >> > > >> >> How common are six string lutes like this one?: > >> >> > >> >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/Kay/lute12.jpg > >> >> > >> > > >> > Most members of the HIP community do not consider that instrument a > >> > lute. I'm notorious enough to dissent, so may I put it short. > >> > Yes, that kind of lute is widespread outside the HIP comm, e. g. where > >> > I > >> > live (Germany), and it is often heard in public at reenactment > >> > occasions > >> > and revival-medieval market places. There are even theorboed types > >> > (four > >> > or six extra bass strings), but not as widespread as the 6str type. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
