Michael, the scene is on YouTube. The fingering not synching drives me crazy in that movie.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ9xqBsROBQ
On 2/1/08, Michael Bocchicchio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does anyone remember the instrument used in the movie > "All the Mornings of the World" to accompany the two > girls singing "Un Jeune Fillette"? The liner notes on > the disc say R. Lislevand- theorbo. > It has been some years since I saw the movie, but I > remember marveling at this instrument having a very > short neck extension and strangely attached/placed > upper peg box. At the time, I summed it up to an > unfamiliar French variation of the English theorbo, or > a pure Hollywood style movie prop. > If It is a prop, it's a little puzzling as to why, > with Jordi Sovall as music director, a fictional > instrument would be written into the screen play. Does > a historical example of such an instrument exist? > Could it be a historically plausible instrument > bridging the transition from bass lute to theorbo? Can > anyone shed some light on this subject? > MB > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > --
