Very interesting Davide, thank you.
I see there's a copy of the book for sale - but at 150 Euros a bit too
much for me to buy for passing interest!
Does the illustration depict a lute with an extended upper peghead? -
or is it just a lute with a single pegbox (either bent back or in line
as some 18thC Italian made lutes and some mandoras)?
regards
Martyn
On Friday, 12 July 2019, 10:30:09 BST, Davide Rebuffa
<davide.rebu...@fastwebnet.it> wrote:
Dear Martyn,
I wrote something about it in my book on the lute history (IL LIUTO,
L'Epos, Palermo, 2012, p 260):
"A lute, very similar to that shown in Dalla Casa's portrait - and not
by chance preserved in Bologna (Civic Medieval Museum) - is shown in
the "Table of exhibition illustrated in the provinces of Emilia,
Bologna, 1888" ("Tavola de l'Esposizione illustrata nelle province
dell'Emilia, in Bologna, 1888"). The instrument, (inv. 1755) is
classified in the catalogue edited by John Henry van der Meer as a
tenor lute from the second half of the 16th century. It bears inside a
scroll manuscript, almost certainly false, which reads: Hans Frei in
Colonia / 1597. The soundboard, which is dating from the sixteenth
century but coming from another lute, is not contemporary with the
bowl, which also dates from the sixteenth century. It has a gilded rose
and gold decorations of winged animals.Van Der Meer argues that neck
and pegbox date back to a 19th century alteration, but could rather be
an example of "French archlute" dating from the 18th century, such as
the one owned by!
Dalla Casa and likely built by Fontanelli."
Best regards,
Davide
> Il giorno 12 lug 2019, alle ore 08:47, Martyn Hodgson
<[1]hodgsonmar...@cs.dartmouth.edu> ha scritto:
>
> It is reported (in a CD liner) that there is an arciliuto in the
> collection of the Conservatorio di Musica in Bologna which may be
the
> very instrument played by Fillipo Dalla Casa.
>
> I've looked on the conservatoire's website but can find nothing. I'd
be
> grateful for any information about this elusive instrument.
>
> MH
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