[LUTE] Vivaldi solo lute

2014-06-04 Thread Konstantin Shchenikov
Dear friends! I am curious abour mandore (treble lute) as solo instrument for Vivaldi concertos and trio sonatas with liuto obligato. Have anyone an experience with it? Could you point me to some research? I am especially interesting about how far it from (or how close to)

[LUTE] Re: Vivaldi solo lute

2014-06-04 Thread Braig, Eugene
Greetings Konstantin, This topic has received some discussion here in the past, at least peripherally. Searching the archives might reveal some discussion of interest. I don't think the treble mandore/mandora/mandwr/what-have-you was in very widespread use by Vivaldi's time, certainly not in

[LUTE] Re: Vivaldi solo lute

2014-06-04 Thread howard posner
On Jun 4, 2014, at 7:50 AM, Braig, Eugene brai...@osu.edu wrote: On O'Dette's recording of the Vivaldi works with the Parley of Instruments (1986, Hyperion CDA66160), he speculated the works to designate mandolino to be intended for the five or six course mandolino (i.e.,

[LUTE] Re: Vivaldi solo lute

2014-06-04 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Dear Eugene, Without wanting to re-open a debate of over 10 years ago, despite Count Wrtby's origins I'm a bit sceptical that the German/Bohemian mandora in D (the E mandora didn't really surface until later in the century) made any significant inroads into Italy in the early 18th

[LUTE] Re: Vivaldi solo lute

2014-06-04 Thread Braig, Eugene
Indeed. He now concertizes playing Vivaldi's lute works on archlute. Eugene -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of howard posner Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:30 AM To: lute list Subject: [LUTE] Re: Vivaldi solo lute On

[LUTE] Re: Vivaldi solo lute

2014-06-04 Thread Braig, Eugene
.And I also tend to agree with you in this case, Martyn (as we hashed out here in the past). However, Eric's article is published, is thus something I can cite, and seems relevant to Konstantin's original inquiry. It would be nice to see more published on this specific field. Best, Eugene

[LUTE] Re: Vivaldi solo lute

2014-06-04 Thread Ed Durbrow
You should ask Hideki Yamaya. He’s done quite a bit with it. I can’t keep all the names and instruments straight in my mind, but I think you should ask Hideki Yamaya. He’s done quite a bit with such instruments. http://www.hyamaya.com On Jun 4, 2014, at 3:51 PM, Konstantin Shchenikov