Martyn Hodgson wrote (Tuesday, June 07, 2005 1:39 PM):
Further to this, I forgot to mention that I do so agree with you that was
clearly a continuum of instruments between the 'classical' 16thC vihuela
(whatever that was - will we ever know in view of the irritating lack of
Spanish iconography)
: Royal College Dias
Rob,
Thank you for this. I do, however, think you misunderstand the debate: it
is not about criticism or attempting to impose any uniformity; it is merely
scholarly questioning and suggesting other possibilities which may, or may
not, have some validity. Much less is it about
Dear Rob and Martyn,
Yes, I agree. This vihuela list has not been argumentative, but in the
past there has been some heated discussion of appropriate instrumentation
for vihuelas.
One could compare this to lutes. I have heard some fantastic lutes,
that were not exact replicas of an
Dear all,
I fully support Ed's view, which is the view of a practioner (is there such a
word in english?).
I also understand Martyn's point. While it's of no importance for a player if
the instrument is historically correct (if the repertoire is appropriatly
reproduceable on it). On the other
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From: Martyn Hodgson
To: Alexander Batov ; Lute Net ; Vihuela Net
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: Royal College Dias
Thanks fr yr thougt provoking paper Alexander. You asked for comments:
Firstly, congrats on marshalling new information and perpectives. I was
particularly
I am not a maker or an organologist, so...
It appears to be a unsatisfactory situation for all concerned. There are
quite a number of images of what we assume are vihuelas - and no two of them
are the same in all relevant details. We also have a few surviving
instruments which we assume are
Thanks fr yr thougt provoking paper Alexander. You asked for comments:
Firstly, congrats on marshalling new information and perpectives. I was
particularly struck with the Daret painting when you introduced to me some
months ago and I agree that the Diaz MAY have been built as a 6 course
