The article suggesting that the D minor Toccata (BWV
565) was written for solo violin was unconvincing when I
read it some time ago. It appeared in Early Music 9
(1981): 330-7.
Since then there has been a suggestion that it is for
ONE lute. See Eric Lewin Altschuler, Were Bach's
Toccata and
Arthur Ness schrieb:
muster, imo. Didn't lutenists come to Bach in pairs?
Strecker Sciurius? Weiss Kropfgans?
Hello Arthur,
I know of the source for the visit of Weiss and Kropfgans in 1739.
It is in a letter of a nephew of J.S.Bach.
Where can we read from the visit of Strecker
Arthur Ness schrieb:
That would be Elizabeth Stricker (not Strecker),
lutenist in Coethen.
Wife of JSB's precdecessor. I didn';t mean to suggest a
visit to Leipzig.
I see. Haven´t heard of her before. It is interesting that among the
professional lutenists there had been some female
[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Toccata and Fugue in d minor (BWV 565) on baroque lute?-
Original Message -
From: Arthur Ness
To: jim abraham ; baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 5:24 AM
Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Toccata and Fugue in d minor (BWV 565) on
I did a transcription for baroque lute. It works quite
well, better than the 'guitar' version.
Sterling Price
Interesting. Anyway, it's in d minor, so would it
be easily transcribed for
the d minor baroque lute? Are there any such
transcriptions?
Jim
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