Angélique (instrument)

The Angelica ( from Italian, French Angélique ) is a plucked string instrument of the Baroque period with 16 or 17 strings that stands between lute, harp, and theorbo.

With the sounds, more precisely, the baroque lute, mean it has the half- pear-shaped body with a tailpiece attached to the ceiling sound (bridge) and the length ( scale length ) of the nine or ten fingerboard strings from an average of 54-70 cm. Unlike the lute that Angelica was covered with single strings.

In common with the theorbo she has the elongated neck the second pegbox, in which eight to ten of the bass strings are fixed as not to cross- drones.

Much like the harp she has a diatonic tuning: C - D - E - F - G - A - H - c - d - e - f - g - a - h - c ' - d' - e '. The range has the Angelica with the French theorbo des pièces in common, however, has the typical theorbos declining Mood: C - D - E - F - G - A - H - c - d - g - c ' - e' a - d '( re-entrant tuning).

The few surviving music for Angelica (a pressure five manuscripts ), and the few surviving instruments have the second half of the 17th and the early 18th century as the heyday of the instrument.

The indication Angelica came from England, based on a misinterpretation of her name with M. H. Fuhrmann ( Musicalischer funnel, Frankfurt / Spree 1706, p 91). It is true that interpretation as "Angel sounds " because of her lovely sound ( "Angel Lute " with James Talbot, Oxford manuscript 532, 1685-1701 ).

Music for Angelica is listed in French tablature, with the name of the bass varies depending on the author.

Received instruments include at least two from the workshop of Joachim Tielke one of Johann Christoph Fleischer a and.