Frank Nordberg
Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:54:56 -0700
Rob MacKillop wrote:
They told me that Wagner had a machine installed at the side of the stage specially for this 'lute' part - a keyboard of sorts which played the part very loudly. A lautenclavier??? They were probably taking the piss... Anyone live near Bayreuth?
I don't live near anything or anywhere civilized. ;-) I did find this though: http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/wandervogel/m-6.html No idea how good the source is but it seems fairly credible.According to Stephan Olbertz, the "Stahlharfe" was something Wagner came up with afterwards. Maybe he found out that the onstage lute wasn't loud enough or perhaps he couldn't find a singer able to accompany himself.
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