Hi all! I was musing on the development of the lute in Italy in the transitional period between the Renaissance and Baroque, and wondering how long un-extended lutes continued to be played and in use.
Would it be correct to say that the theorboed lute or liuto attiorbato with double courses all the way down the diapasons was the normal solo lute in the later period? Is it likely that anyone still had an old 6-10 course instrument, and would have used it in this period, perhaps even to make up massed numbers on such occasions as the 1589 Medici wedding or suchlike? Is there any evidence of un-giraffed lutes continuing in use in this period? Would it be plausible that in a chamber setting, someone might use an old 7-8 course to accompany some Caccini? I'm accompanying some singers later this month and the repertoire stretches from Sermisy and Arcadelt to Monteverdi and Caccini. Ideally I'd use my little 7-course for the madrigals and my archlute for the later stuff, and obviously transport-wise it'd be easier to use my 7-course for everything, but don't want to fall foul of the early music police... Edward ======== τούτο ηλεκτρονικόν ταχυδρομείον εκ είΦωνου εμεύ επέμφθη. Hæ litteræ electronicæ ab iPhono missæ sunt. 此電子郵件發送于自吾iPhone。 This e-mail was sent from my iPhone. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
