Does naming a piece after a fit sailor (at least in the 19th century there seems to be mention in literature of female sailors/fishermen (fisherwomen?), eg: Dickens), sailor/merchant wife (or daughter) seem all that far fetched? Surely music was all about sex, drugs and rolled chords already back then.
On 11 March 2017 at 10:30, adS <rainer.aus-dem-spr...@gmx.de> wrote: > On 11.03.2017 07:10, jslute wrote: >> >> >> There's an English country dance from around the same time called "The >> Female Sailor," and Vallet seems to have some English connections. >> Jim Stimson > > > I have "discovered" this already - this dance was written by Marais in 1706 > :( > > Rainer > > There is another Mariniere by Campra which doesn't help, either. > > PS > Is it real that difficult to press reply instead of "reply to all"? > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
