[LUTE] Re: The golden rose

2013-06-23 Thread Anthony Hind
I suppose, Leonard, if any effect, it would be more like loading, so possibly 
more damping than brightening. Although, it would probably be too thin to make 
an audible difference.
Just my intuition.
Regards
Anthony

Sent from my iPhone

On 23 juin 2013, at 01:13, Leonard Williams arc...@verizon.net wrote:

 How would a gilded rose affect the sound of the instrument?  Though the
 gilding would surely be thin, wouldn't that extra mass affect harmonic
 responses, the way a wire affects a string in gimped gut?
 
 Leonard
 
 
 
 On 6/22/13 7:27 AM, Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
 
  Dear David,
  You are probably right - forget the papal rose line. Though perhaps the
  rose reference is some personal link known to those around G at the
  time. But perhaps a gilded rose is likely - I'm just cautious about
  proceeding from speculation to certainty
  It does sound, tho', as if the thing had been nicked!
  regards
  Martyn
__
 
  From: David Van Edwards da...@vanedwards.co.uk
  To: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk
  Sent: Saturday, 22 June 2013, 10:30
  Subject: [LUTE] Re: The golden rose
  Dear Martyn,
  Thank you very much for the reference, it would have taken me ages to
  find starting from the beginning!!
  But apropos your ideas of The Golden Rose Lute referring to the Papal
  golden rose there are these words following the Gaultier piece quoted:
  The first part of the lesson representeth the enquiry after the lute,
  and kind promises for those that shall give any notice of it; the
  second part representeth first the trouble and hurly-burly of the
  seeking after the lute; and the conclusion is a complaint of the loss
  of the lute that can not be found. 
  Which does sound to me rather specific to an instrument.
  Of course it could be symbolic in some obscure way but the references
  to the papal golden rose you sent do not contain any idea of loss,
  rather the reverse, since the rose itself seems to refer to the
  resurrection and the blessings that follow. Any loss of those would
  rather undermine the whole edifice of Christianity!
  Best wishes,
  David
 
 Dear David,
   The piece appears in Chapter XV (f.69-87) of the MS 'Concerning
the art
   of setting Lessons uppon the Lute'.
   I'm not sure if you'll find anything to elaborate on what
precisely was
   meant by the 'golden rose' lute (ie an actual gilded rose or
possibly
   some other association), since it says nothing about the 'Golden
Rose
   Lute' itself but merely precedes the relevant piece with the
   words: 'The loss of the golden rose lute; a lesson of Old
Gaultier upon
   the goat's tuning'
   Incidentally, you may find Dart's modern transcription (which is
   accurate as far as I can see) easier to read; it appeared in the
1958
   Galpin Soc journal.
   regards
   Martyn
 
__
   From: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk
   To: Lute Dmth lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
   Sent: Friday, 21 June 2013, 16:37
   Subject: [LUTE] Re: The golden rose
 - Forwarded Message -
 From: Martyn Hodgson [1]hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk
 To: David Van Edwards [2]da...@vanedwards.co.uk
 Cc: 'LuteNet list' [3]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
 Sent: Friday, 21 June 2013, 8:16
 Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: The golden rose
 Dear David,
 I was under the, perhaps wholly mistaken, impression that 'The
loss
   of
 the golden rose lute' found in the Burwell MS was some other
 association rather then the actual gilding of the lute rose.
For
 example it could be linked to the papal rose of the name, see
 [1][4]http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06629a.htm
 or
 [2][5]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rose
 Or maybe other associations from antiquity. Just a
 thought...
 regards
 Martyn
 
__
 From: David Van Edwards [6]da...@vanedwards.co.uk
 To: Luca Manassero [7]l...@manassero.net
 Cc: 'LuteNet list' [8]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
 Sent: Thursday, 20 June 2013, 20:13
 Subject: [LUTE] Re: The golden rose
 Dear Luca,
 Yes there are 8 surviving lutes that I know of with gilded
roses.
 1. The 16th century lute by Wolfgang Wolf
 currently in Fuessen Museum has a gilded rose.
 Impossible to say if it is original as it has
 certainly been roughly gilded since then.
 2.Lute by Jakob Langenwalder [Fuessen 1627] in Kremsmuenster,
 Benediktinerstift
 3.Lute by Georg Greiff [Fuessen 1590] in
 Darmstadt, Hessisches Landesmuseum Kg 67: 103
 (Orig M.I. 29)
 4. 

[LUTE] Re: The golden rose

2013-06-23 Thread Bernd Haegemann



I think with a thickness of 1/9000 mm of the gold foil  there is not
much mass added when the rose is gilded..

Am 23.06.2013 01:13, schrieb Leonard Williams:

 How would a gilded rose affect the sound of the instrument?  Though the
 gilding would surely be thin, wouldn't that extra mass affect harmonic
 responses, the way a wire affects a string in gimped gut?

 Leonard



 On 6/22/13 7:27 AM, Martyn Hodgsonhodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk   wrote:


Dear David,
You are probably right - forget the papal rose line. Though perhaps the
rose reference is some personal link known to those around G at the
time. But perhaps a gilded rose is likely - I'm just cautious about
proceeding from speculation to certainty
It does sound, tho', as if the thing had been nicked!
regards
Martyn
  __

From: David Van Edwardsda...@vanedwards.co.uk
To: Martyn Hodgsonhodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk
Sent: Saturday, 22 June 2013, 10:30
Subject: [LUTE] Re: The golden rose
Dear Martyn,
Thank you very much for the reference, it would have taken me ages to
find starting from the beginning!!
But apropos your ideas of The Golden Rose Lute referring to the Papal
golden rose there are these words following the Gaultier piece quoted:
The first part of the lesson representeth the enquiry after the lute,
and kind promises for those that shall give any notice of it; the
second part representeth first the trouble and hurly-burly of the
seeking after the lute; and the conclusion is a complaint of the loss
of the lute that can not be found. 
Which does sound to me rather specific to an instrument.
Of course it could be symbolic in some obscure way but the references
to the papal golden rose you sent do not contain any idea of loss,
rather the reverse, since the rose itself seems to refer to the
resurrection and the blessings that follow. Any loss of those would
rather undermine the whole edifice of Christianity!
Best wishes,
David

   Dear David,
 The piece appears in Chapter XV (f.69-87) of the MS 'Concerning
  the art
 of setting Lessons uppon the Lute'.
 I'm not sure if you'll find anything to elaborate on what
  precisely was
 meant by the 'golden rose' lute (ie an actual gilded rose or
  possibly
 some other association), since it says nothing about the 'Golden
  Rose
 Lute' itself but merely precedes the relevant piece with the
 words: 'The loss of the golden rose lute; a lesson of Old
  Gaultier upon
 the goat's tuning'
 Incidentally, you may find Dart's modern transcription (which is
 accurate as far as I can see) easier to read; it appeared in the
  1958
 Galpin Soc journal.
 regards
 Martyn

  __
 From: Martyn Hodgsonhodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk
 To: Lute Dmthlute@cs.dartmouth.edu
 Sent: Friday, 21 June 2013, 16:37
 Subject: [LUTE] Re: The golden rose
   - Forwarded Message -
   From: Martyn Hodgson[1]hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk
   To: David Van Edwards[2]da...@vanedwards.co.uk
   Cc: 'LuteNet list'[3]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
   Sent: Friday, 21 June 2013, 8:16
   Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: The golden rose
   Dear David,
   I was under the, perhaps wholly mistaken, impression that 'The
  loss
 of
   the golden rose lute' found in the Burwell MS was some other
   association rather then the actual gilding of the lute rose.
  For
   example it could be linked to the papal rose of the name, see
   [1][4]http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06629a.htm
   or
   [2][5]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rose
   Or maybe other associations from antiquity. Just a
   thought...
   regards
   Martyn

  __
   From: David Van Edwards[6]da...@vanedwards.co.uk
   To: Luca Manassero[7]l...@manassero.net
   Cc: 'LuteNet list'[8]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
   Sent: Thursday, 20 June 2013, 20:13
   Subject: [LUTE] Re: The golden rose
   Dear Luca,
   Yes there are 8 surviving lutes that I know of with gilded
  roses.
   1. The 16th century lute by Wolfgang Wolf
   currently in Fuessen Museum has a gilded rose.
   Impossible to say if it is original as it has
   certainly been roughly gilded since then.
   2.Lute by Jakob Langenwalder [Fuessen 1627] in Kremsmuenster,
   Benediktinerstift
   3.Lute by Georg Greiff [Fuessen 1590] in
   Darmstadt, Hessisches Landesmuseum Kg 67: 103
   

[LUTE] Re: The golden rose

2013-06-23 Thread R. Mattes
On Sun, 23 Jun 2013 09:17:31 +0200, Anthony Hind wrote
 I suppose, Leonard, if any effect, it would be more like loading, so
 possibly more damping than brightening. Although, it would probably
 be too thin to make an audible difference. Just my intuition.
 Regards Anthony

While the mass of the gold is neglectable, depending on the
gilding technique used, the application of a mixture of
hide glue, plaster and chalk used in traditional gilding
might stiffen the rose. But that depends on whether the
roses where polished or not.

 Cheers, Ralf Mattes



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[LUTE] Re: The golden rose

2013-06-23 Thread Christopher Wilke
   Golden rose is likely a simple metaphor meaning, the lute with the
   perfect sound. Today we (in America at least) refer to a radio
   announcer with a deep, resonant voice as having a golden throat.
   Obviously we don't mean it literally. Similar metaphors exist in olden
   time. St. John Chrysostom, famed for his preaching, literally means
   John Golden Mouth. (A thread will now open on this list that will
   endeavor to speculate on the beneficial effects that gilding has on the
   physiology of the mouth and larynx, providing supporting evidence that
   we do, in fact, mean it literally.)
   Although we are continually hoping to find it, the search for the
   Platonic Ideal of Lutes is ultimately futile, therefore lost before
   it has begun.

   Chris

   Dr. Christopher Wilke
   D.M.A. Eastman School of Music
   Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer
   www.christopherwilke.com
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   From: R. Mattes r...@mh-freiburg.de
   To: Anthony Hind agno3ph...@yahoo.com; Leonard Williams
   arc...@verizon.net
   Cc: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
   Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 4:52 AM
   Subject: [LUTE] Re: The golden rose
   On Sun, 23 Jun 2013 09:17:31 +0200, Anthony Hind wrote
I suppose, Leonard, if any effect, it would be more like loading, so
possibly more damping than brightening. Although, it would probably
be too thin to make an audible difference. Just my intuition.
Regards Anthony
   While the mass of the gold is neglectable, depending on the
   gilding technique used, the application of a mixture of
   hide glue, plaster and chalk used in traditional gilding
   might stiffen the rose. But that depends on whether the
   roses where polished or not.
   Cheers, Ralf Mattes
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[LUTE] Re: The golden rose

2013-06-23 Thread William Samson
   Footballer David Beckham is also known as 'golden balls'.  I won't
   speculate on whether is literally true or not.  Mind you, judging by
   his highish voice, there may be an element of 'loss' involved here
   too . . .

   Bill
   From: Christopher Wilke chriswi...@yahoo.com
   To: R. Mattes r...@mh-freiburg.de; Anthony Hind agno3ph...@yahoo.com;
   Leonard Williams arc...@verizon.net
   Cc: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
   Sent: Sunday, 23 June 2013, 13:57
   Subject: [LUTE] Re: The golden rose
 Golden rose is likely a simple metaphor meaning, the lute with the
 perfect sound. Today we (in America at least) refer to a radio
 announcer with a deep, resonant voice as having a golden throat.
 Obviously we don't mean it literally. Similar metaphors exist in
   olden
 time. St. John Chrysostom, famed for his preaching, literally means
 John Golden Mouth. (A thread will now open on this list that will
 endeavor to speculate on the beneficial effects that gilding has on
   the
 physiology of the mouth and larynx, providing supporting evidence
   that
 we do, in fact, mean it literally.)
 Although we are continually hoping to find it, the search for the
 Platonic Ideal of Lutes is ultimately futile, therefore lost before
 it has begun.
 Chris
 Dr. Christopher Wilke
 D.M.A. Eastman School of Music
 Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer
 www.christopherwilke.com
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 From: R. Mattes [1]r...@mh-freiburg.de
 To: Anthony Hind [2]agno3ph...@yahoo.com; Leonard Williams
 [3]arc...@verizon.net
 Cc: Lute List [4]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
 Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 4:52 AM
 Subject: [LUTE] Re: The golden rose
 On Sun, 23 Jun 2013 09:17:31 +0200, Anthony Hind wrote
  I suppose, Leonard, if any effect, it would be more like loading,
   so
  possibly more damping than brightening. Although, it would probably
  be too thin to make an audible difference. Just my intuition.
  Regards Anthony
 While the mass of the gold is neglectable, depending on the
 gilding technique used, the application of a mixture of
 hide glue, plaster and chalk used in traditional gilding
 might stiffen the rose. But that depends on whether the
 roses where polished or not.
 Cheers, Ralf Mattes
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[LUTE] Re: Lute in North America

2013-06-23 Thread cetter
On 6/21/13 7:32 AM, Brad Walton gtung.wal...@utoronto.ca wrote:

 It was interesting to read of records concerning lutes in .
 New England.  

What records are you referring to? Are there records, i.e. documents, that
mention a lute in present day New England, or in any of the British
colonies?

I was once told that lutes were mentioned in a few probate records in
colonial Mass.. But that's so vague, and I have never found any detailed
information, like a name or date, or probate record book and page number,
for such records.

Does anyone know a specific reference to documents that mention a lute in
the probate (or other) records of colonial Mass. (or any other colony)?  I'd
really like to read these records for myself.

I've been doing my own research into colonial records for a few years now
and have been on the lookout for any mention of musical instruments. I've
found a few, but nothing for any lute family instruments.

I have found records, mostly in estate inventories, of fiddles/violins,
flutes, tin trumpets, a dulcimer, citterns, a hautboy - but nothing like a
lute.

Just for fun, here's an on-line reference to two court cases involving
citterns in 1670's Maryland. If you want to read the full text of the court
cases, there's a search box in the upper right corner where you can search
on the page number or words.
http://aomol.net/01/60/html/am60p--50.html


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[LUTE] Dancing Dowland

2013-06-23 Thread Stefan Olof Lundgren
John Dowland
Seven Songs and A Galliard

Melanie Poser, Dance
Stefan Olof Lundgren, Theorbo

Complete online in HD quality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQfBPLXY9t8feature=youtu.be


The music is arrangements of John Dowlands songs as well as the famous
Galliard for two to play upon one lute. The arrangements you can find
here: www.luteonline.se.

The titles:

Come Again
My Lord Chamberline His Galliard 5.35
Flow my teares 7.53
Wilt thou unkind thus reave me 12.31
Fine knacks for ladies 17.10
I saw my lady weepe 20.08
Come heavy sleepe 23,43
In darknesse let me dwell 28.12
Hellish jarring sounds 32.48


Stefan about the music

The arrangements have different degrees of complexity. Come and Sleepe
shows two extrems: in Come, the lutesong by Dowland can only be recognized
for a short while in the opening and at the end of the piece. In between,
it's more like a written down free improvisation. In Sleepe, on the other
hand, the lutesong is intabulated with almost no changes.
Between these extremes you will find more or less farreaching variations
over the original lutesongs by John Dowland. One can say that every new
verse get a new accompaniment. For example: Unkind and Ladies.

In Darkness and Hellish Jarring Sounds both extrems mentioned earlier
can be heard. In Darkness, a strict intabulation of the whole song, of
course including the idiomatic theorbostyle. However, in Hellish Jarring
Sounds the suggestive title inspired the re-composer to more or less
hellish jarring sounds but still not leaving the original lyric and form.


Melanie about the dances

For these eight pieces there was no choerografy confirmed. It was the
nature, trees, and the sea, and wind and once a seagull to provide the
movemens of dance or sometimes only gestures.

Come: A dance to show how beautiful the woods could be. The trees teach how
to move, epecially a big root with its knobby arms and fingers.

Galliard: Just listen to the sounds of the roots. Do they come from
themselves or do they come from the lute. Or is the lute a transformation of
the roots?

Teares: The plants drink from the tears of the sky. Just relax and enjoy the
precious raindrops.

Unkind: Its a dialouge between movements and a seagull and the wind from the
sea.

Ladies: The finest knacks you ever can see are those that bejewel the
flowers on a madow.

Weepe: If you are sad and you are a weeping lady, just go into a summer
forest, the swaying trees in the sun spend solace.

Sleepe: Dead trees and scythed forest make sad. There is a griever between
the dead woods.

Darkness: A person in a coffin escapes from its grave. There are some
invisible pursuer, but the person escapes through the hole of a hedge wich
is the border into the land of the living.



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[LUTE] Summary intavolations 32

2013-06-23 Thread Anton Höger

Hi,

there are new Lute Intavolations on IMSLP

Enjoy them 
Anton


for 3 Lutes - Unisono

Pallavicino, Benedetto  Occhi leggiadri e belli 
http://imslp.org/wiki/II_primo_libro_de_madrigali_a_sei_voci_(Pallavicino,_Benedetto)
Woodson, LeonardIn Nomine I 
http://imslp.org/wiki/In_Nomine_I_a5_(Woodson,_Leonard)




for 2 Lutes - Unisono

Coelho, Manuel RodriguesSusanne un jour III 
http://imslp.org/wiki/Susanne_un_jour_III_(Coelho,_Manuel_Rodrigues)


for 4 Lutes - Unisono
Pallavicino, Benedetto  Viva sempre scolpita
http://imslp.org/wiki/Madrigali_a_5_voci,_Libro_8_(Pallavicino,_Benedetto)#IMSLP285759
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[LUTE] Re: Lute in North America

2013-06-23 Thread Arthur Ness
   William Brewster, a minister and elder of the Separatist Church of
   England came to America on the Mayflower and his baggage included many
   books, as well as a lute (or two?) and Richard Alison's *The Psalmes of
   David in Metre* (1599). He lived for many years with other exiles in
   Leiden, a center of lute music in Holland (where fellow preacher Adrian
   Smout of the Thysius Lute Book lived as a student).  By the way, Alison
   is a lutenist-composer whose harmonically intense works deserve
   attention.  The solo works are available in an edition by John H.
   Robinson with fresh biographical notes by Bob Spencer.  Publ. Lute
   Society (UK).



   There is a very extensive list of musical instruments in New England in
   Colonial Society of Massachusetts, publ., *Music in Colonial
   Massachusetts, 1630-1820* 2 vols. (Boston 1980/1985), about 1200
   pages.  The census is drawn from probate and annual tax records of the
   day. (Some are  reproduced in facsimile.)  Personal property was
   inventoried annually and taxes assessed on that property.  I recall as
   a child of a similar practice in the county where I lived.



   By far the most popular instrument was cittern, more popular than
   harpsichord or flute or violin. Perhaps this is a euphemism for English
   guitar. Citterns were often stored with the linens.  A practice
   observed in England. Of plucked instruments,  I count 24 citterns, 2
   lutes, 2 gittorne and 2 guittawur.   And 20 viols. Often cittern
   owners also owned viols for consort performances.



   There is similar book on colonial music in Virginia, but I have never
   seen it.  In a small county museum in Virginia (?) is said to be
   Thomas Jefferson's lute, but someone who examined it says it is an
   English guitar. His daughter and a granddaughter played English
   guitar. The Green Mountain Boy Ethan Allen's bride Fanny  took an
   English guitar on their honeymoon.



   Arthur

   - Original Message -
   From: cetter [1]cet...@centurylink.net
   To: Brad Walton [2]gtung.wal...@utoronto.ca; Lute List
   [3]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
   Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 12:01 PM
   Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute in North America

On 6/21/13 7:32 AM, Brad Walton [4]gtung.wal...@utoronto.ca
   wrote:
   
It was interesting to read of records concerning lutes in .
New England.
   
What records are you referring to? Are there records, i.e. documents,
   that
mention a lute in present day New England, or in any of the British
colonies?
   
I was once told that lutes were mentioned in a few probate records in
colonial Mass.. But that's so vague, and I have never found any
   detailed
information, like a name or date, or probate record book and page
   number,
for such records.
   
Does anyone know a specific reference to documents that mention a
   lute in
the probate (or other) records of colonial Mass. (or any other
   colony)?  I'd
really like to read these records for myself.
   
I've been doing my own research into colonial records for a few years
   now
and have been on the lookout for any mention of musical instruments.
   I've
found a few, but nothing for any lute family instruments.
   
I have found records, mostly in estate inventories, of
   fiddles/violins,
flutes, tin trumpets, a dulcimer, citterns, a hautboy - but nothing
   like a
lute.
   
Just for fun, here's an on-line reference to two court cases
   involving
citterns in 1670's Maryland. If you want to read the full text of the
   court
cases, there's a search box in the upper right corner where you can
   search
on the page number or words.
[5]http://aomol.net/01/60/html/am60p--50.html
   
   
C.Etter
   
   
   
   
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[LUTE] Re: Lute in North America

2013-06-23 Thread Sean Smith

Further to the cittern, you might try to access any work done by David 
Hildebrand. He lectures and and performs on it (as it relates to the colonial 
period) mostly around the east coast and particularly Maryland.

Sean

On Jun 23, 2013, at 1:34 PM, Arthur Ness wrote:

  William Brewster, a minister and elder of the Separatist Church of
  England came to America on the Mayflower and his baggage included many
  books, as well as a lute (or two?) and Richard Alison's *The Psalmes of
  David in Metre* (1599). He lived for many years with other exiles in
  Leiden, a center of lute music in Holland (where fellow preacher Adrian
  Smout of the Thysius Lute Book lived as a student).  By the way, Alison
  is a lutenist-composer whose harmonically intense works deserve
  attention.  The solo works are available in an edition by John H.
  Robinson with fresh biographical notes by Bob Spencer.  Publ. Lute
  Society (UK).



  There is a very extensive list of musical instruments in New England in
  Colonial Society of Massachusetts, publ., *Music in Colonial
  Massachusetts, 1630-1820* 2 vols. (Boston 1980/1985), about 1200
  pages.  The census is drawn from probate and annual tax records of the
  day. (Some are  reproduced in facsimile.)  Personal property was
  inventoried annually and taxes assessed on that property.  I recall as
  a child of a similar practice in the county where I lived.



  By far the most popular instrument was cittern, more popular than
  harpsichord or flute or violin. Perhaps this is a euphemism for English
  guitar. Citterns were often stored with the linens.  A practice
  observed in England. Of plucked instruments,  I count 24 citterns, 2
  lutes, 2 gittorne and 2 guittawur.   And 20 viols. Often cittern
  owners also owned viols for consort performances.



  There is similar book on colonial music in Virginia, but I have never
  seen it.  In a small county museum in Virginia (?) is said to be
  Thomas Jefferson's lute, but someone who examined it says it is an
  English guitar. His daughter and a granddaughter played English
  guitar. The Green Mountain Boy Ethan Allen's bride Fanny  took an
  English guitar on their honeymoon.



  Arthur

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  [3]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
  Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 12:01 PM
  Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute in North America

 On 6/21/13 7:32 AM, Brad Walton [4]gtung.wal...@utoronto.ca
  wrote:
 
 It was interesting to read of records concerning lutes in .
 New England.
 
 What records are you referring to? Are there records, i.e. documents,
  that
 mention a lute in present day New England, or in any of the British
 colonies?
 
 I was once told that lutes were mentioned in a few probate records in
 colonial Mass.. But that's so vague, and I have never found any
  detailed
 information, like a name or date, or probate record book and page
  number,
 for such records.
 
 Does anyone know a specific reference to documents that mention a
  lute in
 the probate (or other) records of colonial Mass. (or any other
  colony)?  I'd
 really like to read these records for myself.
 
 I've been doing my own research into colonial records for a few years
  now
 and have been on the lookout for any mention of musical instruments.
  I've
 found a few, but nothing for any lute family instruments.
 
 I have found records, mostly in estate inventories, of
  fiddles/violins,
 flutes, tin trumpets, a dulcimer, citterns, a hautboy - but nothing
  like a
 lute.
 
 Just for fun, here's an on-line reference to two court cases
  involving
 citterns in 1670's Maryland. If you want to read the full text of the
  court
 cases, there's a search box in the upper right corner where you can
  search
 on the page number or words.
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