Dear Ron, Thank you so much for this!
This is quite fascinating, as it rather confirms my suspicions that the instruments would have remained in use somewhere and somehow :D Edward Chrysogonus Yong [email protected] On 5 Sep, 2013, at 6:36 PM, Ron Andrico <[email protected]> wrote: > Edward: > > That would be yes. Extended lutes were not necessarily as popular then as > they are now and, according to Victor Coelho, the bulk of 17th century > Italian manuscript sources features music for 7-course lute. > > See the article. “Authority, Autonomy, and Interpretation in > Seventeenth-Century Italian Lute Music,” in Performance on Lute, Guitar, and > Vihuela: Historical Practice and Modern Interpretation, ed. Victor Coelho, > Cambridge Studies in Performance Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University > Press, 1997: 108-41 > > It looks like you can download a pdf of the article on the page that lists > Victor's publications: > > http://people.bu.edu/blues/acad_pub.html > > > RA > > > > Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 12:27:05 +0800 > > To: [email protected] > > From: [email protected] > > Subject: [LUTE] Un-Extended Lutes in the 1600s > > > > 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
