Christopher Morrongiello performs “Lachrimae” (ca. 1590s) by John Dowland (1563–1626), Cambridge University Library manuscript DD.2.11. Filmed in the Chapel from Le Château de la Bastie d’Urfé at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Featured Instrument:
Attributed to Wendelin Tieffenbrucker (German, active 1570–1610). Lute, late 16th century. Padua, Italy. Yew, spruce, ebony, maple. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Freedman, by exchange, 1989 (1989.13)
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Recorded April 15, 2015
Credits
Production support was provided by The Augustine Foundation.
A production of the Digital Media Department
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Producer and Director: Christopher Noey
Editor: Kate Farrell
Camera: Kate Farrell and Jessica Glass
Lighting: Ned Hallick
Sound Recording and Post-Production Audio: Marlan Barry
Production Coordinator: Stephanie Wuertz
Production Assistants: Sarah Cowan, Maureen Coyle
Organized by the Department of Musical Instruments
J. Kenneth Moore, Frederick P. Rose Curator in Charge
Jayson Kerr Dobney, Associate Curator and Administrator
Bradley Strauchen-Scherer, Associate Curator
Susana Caldeira, Associate Conservator
Tim Caster, Principal Departmental Technician
Marian Eines, Associate for Administration
Pamela Summey, Assistant for Administration
