I agree with Howard If there is a free (or quite inexpensive) tiorbino around I would like to put in a request.
Dick Brook > On Nov 19, 2019, at 3:26 AM, howard posner <howardpos...@ca.rr.com> wrote: > >> On Nov 17, 2019, at 8:47 AM, yuval.dvo...@posteo.de wrote: >> >> I was offered a Tiorbino, and I'm wondering what one can do with it (except >> of playing Bellerofonte-Castaldi): Are there any proofs that it was used for >> playing solo instead of a big theorbo or for playing continuo? > > Probably no “proofs,” but maybe you’re asking the wrong question. > > The question I would ask is, “If I owned a tiorbino in 1642, what would I do > with it?" > > Or for present purposes it might be better asked, “If the tiorbino wasn’t > used for playing solo theorbo music and wasn’t used for continuo, why would > anyone pay good money for one?” Even Bellerofonte Castaldi would have thought > it pointless to have an instrument that was useful only for a few duets. > > I have no idea how many tiorbinos existed in the 17th century, but the idea > that someone would have one and not use it for continuo or solo music makes > no sense. Anyone who owned a tiorbino would have played solo music and > continuo on it, because the alternative was keeping it in a closet 362 days > out of the year. > > It’s not clear to me what you mean by “I was offered a tiorbino,” but if > someone wants to give it to you and you decide you don’t want it, give that > person my email address and say I’d be happy to take it. > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
