Received: from SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA16950; Sun, 11 Oct 98 19:31:30 EDT Received: from xkey.com by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA17070; Sun, 11 Oct 98 19:31:26 EDT Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by xkey.com id QAA17219 for minstrel-outgoing; Sun, 11 Oct 1998 16:24:25 -0700 Received: (from smtp@localhost) by xkey.com id QAA17212 for ; Sun, 11 Oct 1998 16:24:24 -0700 Received: from wcuvax1.wcu.edu(152.30.1.2) by xkey.com via smtp (V1.3) id sma017206; Sun Oct 11 16:24:23 1998 Received: from WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU by WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU (PMDF V5.1-9 #24282) id <01J2UTA7D7F4939OOC@WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU> for minstrel@pbm.com; Sun, 11 Oct 1998 19:24:18 EST Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 19:24:18 -0500 (EST) From: mn13189@WCUVAX1.WCU.EDU Subject: Re: minstrel: guitars, aye! In-Reply-To: <01BDF527.88E54B60.lnktheriot@csi.com> To: Ken Theriot Cc: "'minstrel@pbm.com'" Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-minstrel@rt.com Precedence: bulk On Sun, 11 Oct 1998, Ken Theriot wrote: > The British Isles bias towards plucked instruments is strong, and I would > be surprised indeed to see a period Scotsman playing a guitar (so go right Well, you might. . . In France! There is much evidence of Scottish minstrles who could afford it and had the desire to climb the social ladder who went to France to learn the French musical styles that were so popular inteh Scottish courts in teh 15th century. Oh, and I referred in an earlier post to _A History of Music in Scotland_ by a George Farmer. The author is actually *Henry* George Farmer. I apologize. Aye, Eogan ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send email to majordomo@pbm.com containing the words "unsubscribe minstrel". If you are subscribed to the digest version, say "unsubscribe minstrel-digest". To contact a human about problems, send mail to owner-minstrel@pbm.com