----- Original Message -----
From: Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 12:49 pm
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Vivaldi

> > heard over an orchestra (you can't play as hard)
> And that is the overriding consideration.

..And whatever Vivaldi had in mind when naming "leuto" is still open to debate. 
 It quite likely wasn't an Italianate archlute at all as the lute works were 
dedicated to a noble in Bohemia and, in one case, a visit from the Elector of 
Saxony.

Eugene



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