The Pachelbel's suite is in the Wayne's archives.
RT


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From: "Steve Burd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 12:43 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Inquiry ...


>I have an old LP that was a favorite of mine in the 70's, by Walter Gerwig, 
>on the "Nonesuch" label, entitled, "Baroque Lute" ... on one side is the 
>Bach BWV 995, and on the other, two suites, one in c minor by Buxtehude, 
>and the other in f# minor, by Pachelbel ... both are complete in four 
>movements, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, and Gigue ... either piece is 
>about ten minutes long, total ... the liner notes suggest Gerwig himself 
>intabulated the Buxtehude from a "recently discovered" group of keyboard 
>suites, ( I believe Gerwig died in 1966 ... ) and speculate the piece may 
>have been written for the clavichord ... Gerwig's presentation of his own 
>workup of a keyboard piece is defended on the grounds it was common 
>practice for lutenists to do so in Buxtehude's own time ... the provenance 
>of the Pachelbel isn't discussed ... I do find a couple references to "Lute 
>Suite in f# minor" by Pachelbel when I search on the web ... apparently, 
>Goran Sollscher has recorded a piece b!
> y the same title, on an eleven - string guitar, on a CD entitled, 
> "Eleven - String Baroque" ... I've not heard that, so I don't know 
> empirically whether it's the same piece recorded earlier by Gerwig, but it 
> seems likely ... I'm trying to discover whether either piece is available 
> out there somewhere in print, ideally in tablature ... in a contemporary 
> manuscript available in a facsimile edition or on microfilm, in a 
> scholarly journal, in a published edition, something Gerwig might have 
> left behind, or elsewhere ... other than the guitar version of the 
> Pachelbel referenced above, I'm not aware that either piece has been 
> recorded on baroque lute since Gerwig, and if either has, I'd be 
> interested to know that as well ... any insight will be appreciated ... 
> Steve Burd ...
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