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News, events and fun facts from around the early music world!

Corno da tirarsi
VideosPortrait, oil on canvas of Gottfried Reiche (1667–1734) by Elias Gottlob Haussmann (1695–1774), 1727
Bach specified an instrument he called the "tromba o corno da tirarsi" for the elaborate brass line in three of his cantatas: the only…

Cats & Lutes
FunShoutout to artist Nathan Nun, for his beautiful cats & lutes artwork!
Read an interview here.

Fanned frets, circa 1590
FunA 'new' innovation for electric guitars, the fanned fret concept actually dates back to the 1590s!
Read more about the wire-strung bandora and orpharion from the Lute Society of America and Early Music Muse (with videos). And for a electric…


