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Die Laute in Europa 2 the Lute in Europe 2 Andreas Schlegel & Joachim Lüdtke Die Laute in Europa 2 Lauten, Gitarren, Mandolinen und Cistern The Lute in Europe 2 Lutes, Guitars, Mandolins, and Citterns Mitarbeiter: Pedro Caldeira Cabral: Guitarra Portuguesa Peter Forrester: Cittern Carlos Gonzalez: Vihuela de mano Lorenz Mühlemann: Schweizer Halszithern Pepe Rey: Bandurria Renzo Salvador: Baroque guitar Kenneth Sparr: Swedish lute Michael Treder: Lautenmusik der Habsburger Lande Roman Turovsky: Torban Contents A gallery of instruments 8 Which Instrument do you mean? 24 SYSTEMATIC SECTION Howdoes the lute work? 30 The hard work of redaiming old, lost knowledge 34 Lute building as the expression of an epoch's values 36 An example: The so-called "Presbyter lute" 38 Music and proportion 42 Commata- The System's bugs 46 Pythagorean and meantone tuning 48 Meantone and equal temperament 54 The crunch: The System offretting 58 Tablature - The notation of lute, guitar, and cittern 66 The interdependency of string material, string length and pitch 76 Developments in string making 80 ... and their consequences for lute building 86 The specification oftunings 92 HISTORICAL SECTION How to deal with history 94 Individual Instrument types The descant instruments ofthe lute familyand the mandolin 98 Colascione, Gallichon, Mandora 7 72 The Vihuela de mano (Carlos Gonzalez) 7 76 Renaissance and Baroque guitar (Renzo Salvador) 128 TheBandurria (Pepe Rey) 736 The Cittern family to 1700 (Peter Forrester) 744 The Cittern from the 18th Century to our days (Lorenz Mühlemann & Andreas Schlegel) .... 158 The fluorishing ofthe Halszither in Switzerland 764 Halszithers in Germany 764 The history of the Guitarra Portuguesa (Pedro Caldeira Cabral) 7 66 The Svenskiuta (Swedish lute or Swedish theorbo) (Kenneth Sparr) 7 76 The Torban (Roman Turovsky) 782 The History C. 1200- The early spring of the lute in Europe 788 7450 - The end of the Middle Ages and the rise of domestic lute playing 200 Around 1500 - The rise of the lute 208 1580- From Renaissance to Baroque 228 1640 - Flowering in France 260 Lute music of the Habsburg territories (Michael Treder & Andreas Schlegel) 288 1710- Flowering of the aristocratic lute 300 1760- Cittern, Mandora and Guitar 372 The Guitar, 1810 to the present day 332 Rediscovery of the lute in the 19'h and early 20th Century 347 The lute-An Instrument of the Early Music movement 347 The construction ofthe lute 360 The parts ofthe modern dassical guitar 363 Nomendature of instruments 364 Notes 382 Index of names 437 Acknowledgements I Copyright 447.
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