Benjamin--
Interesting, I've been ruminating on the same question. Based on both
repertoire iconography, it does seem that the double-headed lute
could answer for a wide range of 17th century tunings solo works, as
well as be entirely suited for 17th c. chamber continuo...at
When I think of 12 course lutes, I think of the ones described by Mace, with
two peg
boxes. But the lute Baron is holding looks like a regular
11 course lute with an extra course, right?
That's right.
Seems like there were two types of 12 course lutes.
As regards surviving lutes, I'm only
But on the other hand, it does seem plausible to me that builders
experimented with adding one extra course to 11 course lutes, before
they came up with the bass rider. Maybe Baron played one such
experimental instrument?
Are
On 2014-05-18 18:07, Mathias Rösel wrote:
When I think of 12
But on the other hand, it does seem plausible to me that builders
experimented with
adding one extra course to 11 course lutes, before they came up with the bass
rider.
Maybe Baron played one such experimental instrument?
Can't see why one should assume that. The lute he holds on the
There was a painting showing a 12c lute with a single peg box in the
Schaezlerpalais in Augsburg, where the lectures of the recent German lute
society meeting were located. I forgot the painter, though...
Stephan
Am 18.05.2014, 20:38 Uhr, schrieb Mathias Rösel mathias.roe...@t-online.de:
I used to have one. There is a lot of repertoire for it, though arguably none
of it 'big' repertoire. There is a little bit in the Wemyss ms, Panmure 4, and
there is a large number of German pieces - Reusner, for example: the printed
pieces in his books are for eleven courses, but the
Rob,
On Sat, 5/17/14, Rob MacKillop robmackil...@gmail.com wrote:
Many German mss (including Weiss) have music which
uses just twelve courses, enough to make me wonder if there
was in Germany a 12c instrument in currency.
Baron is pictured with a
Well, there we go :-) I'd forgotten about the Baron. Thanks, Chris.
No need to think of the instrument as an almost 13c or overgrown 11c.
If Baron had one, is it out of the realms of possibility that Weiss had one?
The London manuscript (if I remember correctly) has a number of sonatas
On 17.05.2014 22:56, Christopher Wilke wrote:
Rob,
On Sat, 5/17/14, Rob MacKillop robmackil...@gmail.com wrote:
Many German mss (including Weiss) have music which
uses just twelve courses, enough to make me wonder if there
was in Germany a 12c
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From: Bernd Haegemann b...@symbol4.de
Well, I wouldn't buy a twelve pointer to play that boring stuff :-)
So IYV Baron=Boring?
G.
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When I think of 12 course lutes, I think of the ones described by Mace,
with two peg boxes. But the lute Baron is holding looks like a regular
11 course lute with an extra course, right? Seems like there were two
types of 12 course lutes.
Are
On 2014-05-17 20:01, Rob MacKillop wrote:
I used
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