After I quoted parts of my review of "Fundamenta der Lauten-Musique
und Zugleich der Composition" someone asked if the shortcomings of
the English fascicle were such that I'd recommend against buying it.
The answer is a qualified no. It's a valuable book, offered for a
mere 15 Euros, and anyone who wants to play continuo in d minor
should have it. And as long as Mathias was being, as he put it,
"shameless," he might have offered a few words about how to order it
from the Deutsche Lautengesellschaft. I just took a quick look at
its web site, and it wasn't obvious.
The cross-referencing glitches and the occasional translation
awkwardness are annoyances, but will not prevent a native English
speaker from figuring out what's going on. But for someone whose
English skills are not good, it may be another story. So I wouldn't
recommend Fundamenta for George W. Bush.
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