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Title: The orchestra and its instruments
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Singleton, Esther, d. 1930
Subjects: Orchestra Musical instruments
Publisher: New York : The Symphony society of New York
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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ll manuscript — single-line partsof madrigals, ballets and canzonets. But there areone or two printed books, such as Mr. Anthony Mun-days Banquet 0/ Dainty Conceits, published in 1588,and some later things, such as Mr. Peter PhilipssMadrigals that came out four years ago. Here iseven a proof-copy of Mr. Morleys new five-part Ballets.Clearly the owner of this room is an advanced thinker.That locked case opposite, of stamped Spanish leather,evidently contains his favorite gamba.1 However, we must not loiter any longer in thisroom. We had better make our way into the corridor,go down the staircase, and walk through the great gal-lery that runs the whole length of the building. Weare now in the East Wing, where apparently the musi-cians have their quarters. In the main room thelogs are blazing; and on the table are scraps of Iute-tablature altered and re-altered, with odds and endsof minnikins — the thin top-strings of the lute. Therehas evidently been a rehearsal here. 1 See page 55.
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THEORBO MADE IN PADUA IN 1629 THE ORCHESTRA 137 Near the fireplace are the Iutenists boxes. Wenotice on them French and Italian, as well as English,names. If we open any of the boxes we shall findinside them some very lovely instruments. Theirvaulted bodies are built up of strips of pine and cedar,and there are exquisite purflings and ornaments ofebony, ivory and silver. In front is at least onebeautifully carved and inlaid rose; while the necksare all fretted, semitone by semitone. Each lute hastwelve strings of catgut tuned in six unison-pairs. Butif we touch two or three lutes in succession, we shallsee that all players do not adopt the same tuning. Theaverage Iutenist seems to prefer for his six pairs ofstrings a system of fourths joined by a third in themiddle. The instruments are made in three chief sizes,but the tenor-lute, or theorbo, from Padua,1 appears tobe a favorite. If we take up one of these lutes andpass our hands across its strings, we shall becomeaware of a delicious

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