I don't think someone like Bach made "tiny" mistakes of this sort. I played BWV 995 years ago, at my final Diploma, setting the 13th course as a G and it worked, and I read from staff. Weyrauch is easier, but makes some changes I don't think Bach would have much appreciated.
Donatella http://web.tiscali.it/awebd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Schall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Howard Posner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Michael Stitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Miles Dempster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lute Net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 10:51 AM Subject: Re: MORE THAN 14 course German theorbo? > The piece in question (BWV 995) is the only one (apart from the short > prelude BWV 999) clearly dedicated to the Lute. > The rest could have been to the Lautenwerk (which would have a low g) > but this one most likely really was rearranged for the lute. > > The compromise - as I already said - would be that Big B. made that tiny > little mistake regarding the range of the lute. > > Best wishes > Thomas > > Am Die, 2004-01-06 um 02.09 schrieb Howard Posner: > > > Michael Stitt at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > Thanks for this Thomas. Assuming Bach either misunderstood the lowest tuning > > > of the Baroque lute (which I very much doubt) not being an Gg but rather a Aa, > > > or was in contact with such a 14 course instrument. > > > > I think it makes more sense to assume that he had a low G on his lautenwerk. > > -- > Thomas Schall > Niederhofheimer Weg 3 > D-65843 Sulzbach > 06196/74519 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.lautenist.de / www.tslaute.de/weiss > > -- __________________________________________________________________ Tiscali ADSL SENZA CANONE: Attivazione GRATIS, contributo adesione GRATIS, modem GRATIS, 50 ore di navigazione GRATIS. ABBONARTI TI COSTA SOLO UN CLICK! http://point.tiscali.it/adsl/index.shtml
