Almost exactly the same reason that Lord Herbert of Cherbury gave!
"my learning of Musicke was for this end that I might entertaine my
selfe at home and together refresh my mynde after my studyes
to which I was exceedingly inclined, and that I might not neede
the company of younge men in whome I observed in those
tymes much ill example and debauch."
He of the Herbert of Cherbury lute book, shortly
to be published in facsimile by the Lute Society.
David
At 19:17 -0400 30/7/19, Christopher Stetson wrote:
"To avoid having to travel in bad company to find entertainment, he
learned to play the lute so he could pass the time alone, when he
couldn't find other friends."
Pretty much sums it up.
Best, and keep playing,
Chris.
On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 3:27 PM <[1][email protected]> wrote:
Not necessarily built in New France, but used in New France in
17th-18th C. I'm looking for reported lute activity in the New World
colonial era.
jeff
From: Tristan von Neumann
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 12:34 PM
To: [2][email protected]
Subject: [LUTE] Re: New World lute/theorbo, etc.
Just to make sure I understood this:
You mean lutes built in New France, not imported instruments?
:)
T*
On 30.07.19 19:31, [3][email protected] wrote:
> A questionɬ¢¢¬¨"mostly likely for
luters north of the borderɬ¢¢¬¨"
>
> Do we have any documentary evidence (letters, wills, inventories,
etc.) of lutes or theorboes in New France (Canada and Western US) in
16th-17th -18thcenturies? Are there any surviving instruments from
the period in Canadian museums or collections?
>
> A number of years ago, historian colleague showed me a reference
to a theorbo in the French Caribbean in a (I think) late 17th-c
text. Iɬ¢¢¬¨¢¬¢ve misplaced the reference and am trying to dig it up
again. (If anyone out there knows this source, Iɬ¢¢¬¨¢¬¢d appreciate
your jogging my memory.)
>
> There are, of course, references to the guitar in 16th-c Spanish
and French colonies but I donɬ¢¢¬¨¢¬¢t
recall ever seeing lutes listed
in any of those documents.
>
> Regionally, a local historian shared with me a reference to a
guitar in the early 19th-c will/inventory of a French settler in
Ste. Genevieve MO. I donɬ¢¢¬¨¢¬¢t think there is any description of
the instrument, so no telling if it was a French baroque guitar, a
European transitional guitar or a New World instrument.
>
> Thanks in advance for any pertinent ideas or suggestions.
>
> See ya,
>
> jeff
>
>
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