..in 'Whisper of the heart' - an animated film by the wonderful
Studio Ghibli (directed by Hayao Miyazaki's protege Yoshifumi Kondo).
(Plot summary: teenage girl who dreams of becoming a writer meets
teenage boy who dreams of becoming a luthier - they fall in love!)
A 6 course lute appears -
From the Guardian (UK) 13 October:
..if you want a good laugh at the expense of the early-music
movement, there is on YouTube an excellent early film of Arnold
Dolmetsch playing the clavichord while Mabel Dolmetsch dances in an
early style...
The YouTube clip this refers to actually shows
The episode of Dr Who broadcast on Saturday 07 April:
Dr Who goes back to 1599, the story starts with a young, serenading
lutenist devoured by three witch-like aliens.
Actually he deserves it - he appears to be playing some one-finger
barre chords and has no right hand technique at all...
