Thank you for letting us know about your cistre site, Stuart. I _love_ your performance of the Pollet Menuet that you posted!
Not really being familiar with the instrument, I was surprised by the size of the instrument very different from my little EMS cittern kit. Even more a difference than between my baritone uke and a soprano. You listed the source of the Menuet as XI Recueil, Oeuvre XIX. M.Pollet l'ainè, Paris. I have (quickly) looked through the online Pollet sources you pointed to on BnF at http://data.bnf.fr/14846065/charles-francois-alexandre-victor_pollet/ but have not found that volume. Might there be another online source for that source? Thank you again for your sharing your musical explorations! Rocky On Oct 21, 2015, at 5:08 AM, WALSH STUART <[email protected]> wrote: > I've updated a little website on the 'cistre ou guitharre allemande' (and I'm > continuing to work on it). > > I've changed the content in some ways and there are now more examples of the > music and there are some recordings. > > The instrument was popular in France in the 1770s and 1780s and the French > seem to have shown as much interest in this instrument as the English have of > the English guitar - none whatsoever! > > http://www.tuningsinthirds.com/cythre/ > > I'd like to know of any major flaws, misunderstandings, useful links etc > > > Stuart > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
