Calascione is a well- known surname in Malta.  A friend of mine of that
name once described the colaschon to me.

George



On Saturday, 19 September 2015, Andrew Makuch <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>    I spent hours trying to verify this mysterious bird, played by Musica
> Antigua of Cologne, ca l5 years ago and recorded on Archiv Production. The
> insert clearly states:"Concerto polonois..Basso continuo: violone,
> harpsichord, cholashon. On p.4 of the libretto - or insert - we read:
> Cholashon, (played by) Michael Ducker on the instrument built by Hendrik
> Hasenfuss, Cologne, after anonymous 18th century models". I tried
> Wikipedia, Google, Harvard Dictionay of Music, to no avail. Is it a joke?I
> could not access Reinhard Goebel 0f Musica Antiqua or Michael  Ducker, the
> Cholashon player. Baroque specialists - it's your field day! Andrew Makuch
> PS Davitt Moroney, please help.
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