Revitalizing the pre-classical genre with the Early Music Society of the Islands The theorbo, at first sight, is an impossible instrument. It looks like a kind of otherworldly sitar—large-bodied with an extraordinarily long neck and 14 strings—playable only by a ten-foot space creature with tentacles for hands. Introduced in 1580 to be the “perfect accompaniment… Continue reading What’s Old is New Again
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Simon Ogden 