Dear Richard, YES, I have a copy from the reprint Edition of Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig, 1969. Please find attached a PDF copy.
Kind regards, Bernhard -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Im Auftrag von Richard Brook Gesendet: Dienstag, 29. Mai 2018 17:15 An: Fischer BE (Aon) <fischer...@aon.at> Cc: baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Betreff: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Ferdinand Seidel Can one get the tablature? Dick Brook > On May 29, 2018, at 3:40 AM, Fischer BE (Aon) <fischer...@aon.at> wrote: > > > ------=_NextPart_001_0033_01D3F731.1378AC10 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Dear lute friends, > > > > In total, 12 menuetts composed by Mr. Ferdinand Seidel to play with > the 13-course baroque lute have been preserved in the literature. > > > > Ferdinand Seidel (born 1705 in Falkenberg / Silesia) was trained as a > violinist in Vienna by Rosetti. Later he returned to Silesia and > entered into the service of Count Zierotin who provided for further > education. In 1757, Seidel became court composer at the Archbishop > Jakob Ernst Graf Liechtenstein in Salzburg. In this position, he > changed weekly in the lead of the princely orchestra with Eberlin and > the two court composers Christelli and Leopold Mozart. At the same > time he was a capable composer and produced many symphonies, concertos and > solo pieces for the violin. > Apparently, he also was capable playing the lute. > > > > In 1757 Johan Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf (founded in 1719, Breitkopf & > Härtel became the world's oldest music publishing house) printed the > music book ââZWÃLF MENUETTEN FÃR DIE LAUTE, VON HERRN FERDINAND > SEIDEL, SAMT EINER FANTASIE VON HERRN BARON, KÃNIGL. PREUSSISCHEN > LAUTENISTENâ (Leipzig, 1757). > The title of this book continues as follow âALS EINE PROBE EINES NEUEN > DRUCKS VON MUSICALISCHEN CARACTEREN FÃR DIE LAUTEâ. > > > > Even form me as native German speaker it took some time to interprete > the sub-title the intended way: The sub-title does not imply that the > lute compositions are of valuable musical character (âmusicalischen > Caracterenâ). > In fact, the sub-title points to the achievement that Johann Gottlob > Immanuel Breitkopf significantly improved the technique for printing > of music due to the use of mechanical movable types. In the more > historic German language, the word âC(h)aracterâ is an equivalent > expression to âletterâ and âtypeâ. > > > > Accordingly, the music book served as a prime testimony that Breitkopf > succeeded in using movable types (âmusicalische Caractereâ) for > printing of tablature for the lute. > > > > I a biochemist in Vienna, Austria, I have taken the amateur challange > to produce recordings of six of the 12 menuets at home with my > primitive equipment. I play on my 13-course all-gut baroque lute. The > audios are available in my Viennalute #1 channel > https://soundcloud.com/user-32080944/sets/six-menuet-for-baroque-lute- > compos > ed-by-ferdinand-seidel-in-1757 > > > > Again, I would appriate your comments, and please: the much more > capables and professionals among you should take on this inspiration > to play Ferdinand Seidel. > > > > Ernst Bernhard, Vienna. > > > ------=_NextPart_001_0033_01D3F731.1378AC10 > Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > <html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" > xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" > xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" > xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml"; > xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40";><head><meta > http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"><meta > name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered > medium)"><style><!-- > /* Font Definitions */ > @font-face > {font-family:"Cambria Math"; > panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} > @font-face > {font-family:Calibri; > panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} > @font-face > {font-family:TimesNewRoman;} > /* Style Definitions */ > p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal > {margin:0cm; > margin-bottom:.0001pt; > font-size:11.0pt; > font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;} > a:link, span.MsoHyperlink > {mso-style-priority:99; > color:#0563C1; > text-decoration:underline;} > a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed > {mso-style-priority:99; > color:#954F72; > text-decoration:underline;} > p.MsoPlainText, li.MsoPlainText, div.MsoPlainText > {mso-style-priority:99; > mso-style-link:"Nur Text Zchn"; > margin:0cm; > margin-bottom:.0001pt; > font-size:11.0pt; > font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;} > span.NurTextZchn > {mso-style-name:"Nur Text Zchn"; > mso-style-priority:99; > mso-style-link:"Nur Text"; > font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; > mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;} > span.soundtitletitle > {mso-style-name:soundtitle__title;} > span.E-MailFormatvorlage21 > {mso-style-type:personal-compose;} > .MsoChpDefault > {mso-style-type:export-only; > font-size:10.0pt;} > @page WordSection1 > {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; > margin:70.85pt 70.85pt 2.0cm 70.85pt;} > div.WordSection1 > {page:WordSection1;} > --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> > <o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" /> > </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout > v:ext="edit"> <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" /> > </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" > vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Dear lute > friends,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p > class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=SV>In total, 12 > menuetts composed by Mr. Ferdinand Seidel to play with the 13-course baroque > lute have been preserved in the literature.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p > class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span > lang=SV><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal > style='text-align:justify'><span lang=SV>Ferdinand Seidel (born 1705 in > Falkenberg / Silesia) was trained as a violinist in Vienna by Rosetti. Later > he returned to Silesia and entered into the service of Count Zierotin who > provided for further education. In 1757, Seidel became court composer at the > Archbishop Jakob Ernst Graf Liechtenstein in Salzburg. In this position, he > changed weekly in the lead of the princely orchestra with Eberlin and the two > ! co! > urt composers Christelli and Leopold Mozart. At the same time he was a > capable composer and produced many symphonies, concertos and solo pieces for > the violin. Apparently, he also was capable playing the > lute.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal > style='text-align:justify'><span lang=SV><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p > class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=SV>In 1757 Johan > Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf (founded in 1719, Breitkopf & Härtel became > the world's oldest music publishing house) printed the music book > “„ZWÃLF MENUETTEN FÃR DIE LAUTE, VON HERRN FERDINAND SEIDEL, > SAMT EINER FANTASIE VON HERRN BARON, KÃNIGL. PREUSSISCHEN LAUTENISTEN“ > (Leipzig, 1757). The title of this book continues as follow „ALS EINE > PROBE EINES NEUEN DRUCKS VON MUSICALISCHEN CARACTEREN FÃR DIE > LAUTE“.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal > style='text-align:justify'><span lang=SV><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p > class=MsoNormal style='text-align:! justif! > y'><span lang=SV>Even form me as native German speaker it took! > some time to interprete the sub-title the intended way: The sub-title does > not imply that the lute compositions are of valuable musical character > (“musicalischen Caracteren”). In fact, the sub-title points to > the achievement that Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf significantly improved > the technique for printing of music due to the use of mechanical movable > types. In the more historic German language, the word > “C(h)aracter” is an equivalent expression to “letter” > and “type”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal > style='text-align:justify'><span lang=SV><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p > class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span lang=SV>Accordingly, the > music book served as a prime testimony that Breitkopf succeeded in using > movable types (“musicalische Caractere”) for printing of > tablature for the lute.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span > lang=SV><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal st! y! > le='text-align:justify'><span lang=SV>I a biochemist in Vienna, Austria, I > have taken the amateur challange to produce recordings of six of the 12 > menuets at home with my primitive equipment. I play on my 13-course all-gut > baroque lute. The audios are available in my Viennalute #1 channel <a > href="https://soundcloud.com/user-32080944/sets/six-menuet-for-baroque-lute-composed-by-ferdinand-seidel-in-1757";>https://soundcloud.com/user-32080944/sets/six-menuet-for-baroque-lute-composed-by-ferdinand-seidel-in-1757</a> > </span><span lang=SV > style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRoman'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p > class=MsoPlainText><span lang=SV > style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRoman'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p > class=MsoPlainText><span lang=SV > style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:TimesNewRoman'>Again, I would appriate > your comments, and please: the much more capables and professionals among you > should take on this inspiration to play Ferdinand Seidel.<o:p></o:p></s! p! > an></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=SV style='font-size:12.0pt;font! > -family:TimesNewRoman'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p > class=MsoPlainText>Ernst Bernhard, > Vienna.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html> > ------=_NextPart_001_0033_01D3F731.1378AC10-- > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
