Hello all
Here are two new interesting publications:
- Leutaro in Roma, ISBN 978-88-7575-092-3, Editoriale Artemide, Roma
Catalogue of an exhibition in Rome, Palazzo di Venezia. Topics: The
early "mandolino" (articles by Carlo Angelo Cecconi and Gerardo
Parrinello) and the "arciliuto romana" (article by Ivo Magherini and
Linda Sayce)
Cecconi says that the oldest "Neapolitan Mandoline" was built in Rome
by Ferrari in 1731...
Ivo and Lynda write that a regional instrument was invented from the
1660 instead of the theorbo: the arciliuto romana in g (without re-
entrant tuning) with a string length on the "petit jeu" of 71-73 cm
(a'= around 380-386 Hz). Suirviving instruments were built by
Martinus Harz 1665 (today in Edinburgh and Geneva - the Geneva
instrumernt is exhibited until the beginning of february in Zurich,
Museum Bellerive), Antonio Giauna 1694 (Rome), Cinzio Rotondi 1699
(Edinburgh), Hosef de Carnitis / Cinzio Rotondi 1705 (Milano), David
Techler 1725 (New York).
- Per musicam ad mundum. Historical Instrumenmts in the Collection af
the State Library of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, ISBN 978-3-935749-70-1,
available on www.thv.de or at the state library
A small, but beautiful book with the two Angéliques (Tielke and
Fleischer) and other instruments. I showed the frontview of the
Tielke Angélique in my book "The Lute in Europe" on p. 41.
Greetings from Switzerland
Andreas
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