To amplify on the response by Grzegorz, the Lautenweltadressbuch lists 27 historical lutes in Leipzig and a total of 22 in three different public collections in Munich. In Vienna there are 27 in the Kunsthistorisches Museum and in Nürnberg 27 or 28. Of course many of the historical instruments are fragmentary or in poor condition, so they are not on display. Contact the museums in advance to find out which of their instruments are on display and ask whether you might have access to others that are not. Don't forget to spend some time enjoying Prague itself. It is an outstandingly beautiful city! Daniel
---------- Original Message ---------- From: "Grzegorz Joachimiak" <[email protected]> To: theoj89294 <[email protected]> Cc: lute List <[email protected]> Subject: [LUTE] Odp: lutes near Prague? Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:44:45 +0100 Hi, I think that besides the collection of musical instruments in the Germanisches National Museum in Nurnberg there is also very interesting collection in Leipzig Grassimuseum. There are e.g. lutes and even the lute case with the initial of *JSW / 1732* (Johann Sigismund Weiss) and apart from lutes there is also famous red piano by B. Cristofori. http://mfm.uni-leipzig.de Have fun! GJ Dnia 13-01-2012 o godz. 19:17 [email protected] napisa�(a): > I am looking to attend a conference in Prague an a few months. I am > thinking of taking the train over to see the lute collection in > Nuremberg. > Are there any historical lutes to be seen in Prague or nearby (other > than Vienna)? thanks, trj > > > > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- Grzegorz Joachimiak Department of Musicology University of Wroc�aw http://www.muzykologia.uni.wroc.pl --
