In case this may be of interest to you, Stuart:
I just chanced yesterday on a piece by Tobias Hume for a treble viol
tuned as a bandora - it's in the First part of Ayres, item 108: Deep
throughts revived, "A lesson for the lyra viol with two treble viols,
or two basses with one treble, tuned as the bandora".
There is also a tuning in the Manchester lyra viol book of the 1660s
'lyra way bandora sette' but it looks the same as only the top four
courses of the bandora. (and probably with a top D)
There is definitely some sort of connection with viols and
bandoras...the baroque baryton
Granted "tuned as the bandora" might only refer to the intervals
between courses, not pitch ...
BTW, does anyone know of a better quality PDF copy of that book besides
the one on IMLSP, that has a lot of see through...?
Alain
On 11/19/19 5:57 AM, WALSH STUART wrote:
What is the current thinking on Ian Harwood's closing remarks on the
bandora in New Grove?
"...the technique required in the solo music is considerable,
involving some extreme stretches for the left hand. It seems likely
that such music would have been played on the smaller, high-pitched
instruments, as much of it is virtually unplayable on bandoras of the
sizes described and measured by Praetorius and Talbot."
Harwood argues for the existence of a smaller bandora with a top course
at D rather than A.
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