Klarinet Archive - Posting 000544.txt from 1999/07

From: "Steve Goldman" <sjgoldman@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] 1600's Clarinet
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 11:01:58 -0400

Rachael,

The chalumeau in one of it's various forms would have been used at the time
(15th-16th C). It was very much a folk instrument (a shepherd's pipe,
actually), so I would put on your best peasant rags for the event.

Steve Goldman,
Glenview, IL

sjgoldman@-----.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rachael [mailto:davidor@-----.il]
> Sent: Sunday, July 18, 1999 4:45 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] 1600's Clarinet
>
>
> Does anyone know what the precursor was to the 1600's period
> clarinet? I've
> been invited to play at a Rennansaince fair, and I want to be somewhat
> authentic.
>
> thanks,
>
> Rachael Orbach
> davidor@-----.il
> http://sites.netscape.net/rachaelorbach/homepage

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