I have to agree. And myriad organological relationships with different facet, functions, and potentially involving diverse inspiration/influence don't always led themselves to clear distinction at all other than basic description of vibrating mechanism.
Eugene -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 3:35 PM To: Monica Hall Cc: WALSH STUART; Lutelist Subject: [LUTE] Re: Chitarrone Monica, it is in human nature to yearn for clear distinctions between things. It just doesn't work that way in real life. RT On 10/17/2012 3:29 PM, Monica Hall wrote: > Well - what is the difference between a lute and a gittern/mandore. > When is a lute not a lute? Chitarrone as I understand it is a large > member of the lute family i.e. it has a lute shaped body. It depends > what you mean by separate traditions....... > > Monica...getting more confused by the minute. > >> Diego, unfortunately I cannot read Italian. Are you in agreement with >> Meucci? >> Monica, the only things I know about Meucci's article are from you. As >> I understand it, Meucci isn't saying that the chitarrone is a large >> lute. The lute has its own, separate, traditions. The chitarrone (he >> is saying, I think) is a large (massive!) gittern (or >> gittern/mandore). >> Stuart >> >> On 17 October 2012 18:34, Diego Cantalupi <[1][email protected]> wrote: >> >> If you can read Italian, you can find my dissertation about >> Chitarrone here: >> [2]http://www.diegocantalupi.it/tesi.pdf >> The first chapter is about ethimology. >> Diego >> >> > >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> >> [3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> -- >> >> References >> >> 1. mailto:[email protected] >> 2. http://www.diegocantalupi.it/tesi.pdf >> 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> > >
