Aurelio Brandolini was short of words. His remarks on Petroboni's lute playing resemble the description of an Indian sitar player: 'See how his hand moves over the lute (...) Now it storms to the top, then down again (...) it seems like fly over thousands of hands, as if thousands of lutes are sounding '. Petroboni was one of the greatest lute players around 1500. Unfortunately not a shred of music
… paper has survived. This is not surprising, because Petroboni improvised. Like a raga player, so to speak. It should be noted here that Petroboni did not improvise about ragas, of course, but about instrumental and vocal music that was popular at the time. Rare examples of this type of repertoire for two lutes include Ottaviano Petrucci's Six Duos for Lute. These duos were first released on CD in a performance by Karl-Ernst Schröder and Crawford Young. An interesting CD, but not only because of this premiere. With these duos as an example, the lutenists try to revive the tradition for lute duo by improvising over music by Heinrich Isaac, Josquin Desprez and others. Common uses for this are three-part examples, in which one lute plays the two low voices, while the superius loses himself in dizzying dexterity. (HJ) Common uses for this are three-part examples, in which one lute plays the two low voices, while the superius loses himself in dizzying dexterity. (HJ) Common uses for this are three-part examples, in which one lute plays the two low voices, while the superius loses himself in dizzying dexterity. (HJ)more