Rats...  That's all...  Just rats...  Another one peed upon.
Garry

-----Original Message----- From: Edward Martin Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 5:40 PM To: Garry Warber ; [email protected] Subject: [LUTE] Re: Double 1st string on 6 course lutes?
The depiction in the Caravaggio painting is indeed a boy.

Please see this Wiki article about the painting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lute_Player_%28Caravaggio%29

It is well foot-noted.

ed




At 02:45 PM 11/19/2011, Garry Warber wrote:
My favorite painting of all time... To my surprise, I've heard the lute player referred to as a boy. Is that correct? I've always fancied "her" as female... :-)
Garry

-----Original Message----- From: William Samson
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 2:23 PM
To: wikla ; [email protected]
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Double 1st string on 6 course lutes?

  And another (6c this time!) from Caravaggio
  [1]http://www.hermitageshop.org/store/images/large/0003150A4_3_LRG.jpg
  Bill
  From: wikla <[email protected]>
  To: [email protected]
  Sent: Saturday, 19 November 2011, 16:10
  Subject: [LUTE] Double 1st string on 6 course lutes?
  Dear collective wisdom,
  is there any evidence of using double chanterelle on 6 course lutes?
  (If memory serves, there is at least one liuto attiorbato stringed so.)
  Arto
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References

  1. http://www.hermitageshop.org/store/images/large/0003150A4_3_LRG.jpg
  2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html



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