Indeed. He now concertizes playing Vivaldi's lute works on archlute. Eugene
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of howard posner Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:30 AM To: lute list Subject: [LUTE] Re: Vivaldi solo lute On Jun 4, 2014, at 7:50 AM, Braig, Eugene <[email protected]> wrote: > On O'Dette's recording of the Vivaldi works with the Parley of Instruments > (1986, Hyperion CDA66160), he speculated the works to designate "mandolino" > to be intended for the five or six course mandolino (i.e., > [g]-b-e'-a'-d''-g'') played with a plectrum and the Bohemian "leuto" works to > be for the same instrument played with the fingers. Within a few years after making that recording, Paul no longer thought that the Vivaldi works were for a treble instrument. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
