On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 2:14 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > After reviewing some lute iconography, it seems that the renaissance lute was > played by more men than women (especially inebriated-looking Dutch guys), but > it seems that the majority of theorbo players are women. Possible reasons?
Women playing theorbo would accompany their own singing, I would imagine. David - tends to fall over, trying to hold a theorbo when drunk, but can manage holding a lute as an inebriated Dutch guy -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [email protected] www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
