Dear Lex, I don't think Kapsperger qualifies as an arisocratic amateur since he was (along with Frescobaldi) the highest paid musician at Cardinal Barbarini's court in Rome. Castaldi on the other hand certainly was an aristocratic amateur...
While creating a full family tree of lute-type instruments might be unfeasible, it might be interesting to come up with a list of all the different instruments which were refered to as "chitarrone" historically. I think it would be quite a long list. The "theorbo" list would be even longer! All the best, Sam On 18 October 2012 10:13, Lex van Sante <[1][email protected]> wrote: I agree and BTW Milan and Kapsberger to name but a few also could be categorized as aristocratic amateurs, couldn't they? Op 18 okt 2012, om 10:03 heeft Martyn Hodgson het volgende geschreven: > > Dear Denys, > > Thank you for this - I think it well reflects many peoples' views. > Indeed, it is remarkable that, even after 36 years, much of what Bob > wrote is still widely agreed upon today. > > Martyn > --- On Wed, 17/10/12, Denys Stephens <[2][email protected]> wrote: > > From: Denys Stephens <[3][email protected]> > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Chitarrone > To: "'lute net'" <[4][email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, 17 October, 2012, 20:32 > > Dear Roman, > I fully respect your freedom of speech, but I find it sad to > see Robert Spencer referred to in that way. His article was > written 36 years ago, and represented a significant contribution > to the subject at the time. It's hardly surprising that > things have moved on since then, but notwithstanding that, his > outstanding contribution to the world of lute music is > remembered with gratitude and respect by many. > Best wishes, > Denys > -----Original Message----- > From: [1][5][email protected] > [mailto:[2][6][email protected]] On Behalf > Of Roman Turovsky > Sent: 17 October 2012 13:56 > To: R. Mattes > Cc: Monica Hall; Lutelist > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Chitarrone > Thanks for this! > The bottom line is that the Italians had lutes of less than 6 courses > in > "guitar" tuning (with whatever names), > the bass variety thereof eventually evolved into chitarrone, in the > perspicacious opinion of Renato Meucci. > I agree with Meucci, as his opinion is intelligently conceived, > well-informed, and doesn't sound like Bob Spencer's > aristocratic amateurism. > RT > To get on or off this list see list information at > [3][7]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. [8]http://us.mc817.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected] h.edu > 2. [9]http://us.mc817.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected] h.edu > 3. [10]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > -- Sam Chapman Oetlingerstrasse 65 4057 Basel (0041) 79 530 39 91 -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. mailto:[email protected] 3. mailto:[email protected] 4. mailto:[email protected] 5. mailto:[email protected] 6. mailto:[email protected] 7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 8. http://us.mc817.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected] 9. http://us.mc817.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected] 10. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
