Instrumental Ensemble Practice in the 17th century France

Here is my article:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/842034?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
(For the first time, you can even read it for free on the website!)

And 5 interesting words from it:


Dilettante  - a person who play the musical instruments or paints as an amateur, without any theoretical preparing.
In the past there were many dilettantes who played the musical instruments for fun.
Recently, being dilettante turned out to be a dishonour.
Transverse flute - a type of wooden flute used mainly in the Baroque era.
It is not popular to play the transverse flute nowadays.
You can find transverse flutes in the museums of history of instruments.
Spinet - an instrument, used mainly in the 17th century, as a smaller version of harpsichord.
If I had been born in the 17th century, I would have probably played the spinet.
I find spinet as one of the most interesting music instruments.
Polyphonic - about a musical composition: written in a way that every voice has an independent melodic line.
Polyphonic music of the 16th century is regarded as the finest way of composing in the hisory of music.
Every singer knows how difficult the polyphonic music is to sing.
Provenance - an origin of sth, the place where sth arrived.
Very often a provenance  of the piee is not known.
Discovering a provenance of the source can be crucial in the research.