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On Aug 19, 2007, at 10:17 AM, Roman Turovsky wrote: > Lauffensteiner, Wolff Jacob > (b Steyr, bap. 28 April 1676; d Munich, 26 March 1754). Austrian > lutenist. > He was the son of Wolff Jacob Lauffensteiner, towerkeeper in Steyr, > and Anna > Susanna Werfferin. By 1709 he had settled in Graz as a lutenist. > From 1712 > he was a valet and lutenist in the service of the Bavarian court, > and was in > the service of the Bavarian princes during their internment in > Graz; he > taught them the lute and other instruments. In 1715 he went with the > prince's retinue to Munich, entering the private service of the > prince, Duke > Ferdinand; as valet he accompanied his master in the field and on his > travels. In 1739, on the duke's death, he was granted a pension. > For his > services to the electoral House of Bavaria Duke Clemens August, > Archbishop > of Cologne, appointed him chamber counsellor (Hofkammerrat). > > Lauffensteiner's works include several ensemble concertos in suite or > partita form. His music as a whole is highly idiomatic for the > lute, in a > style uniting traditional French forms, textures and ornaments with a > tendency towards italianate cantabile melody over a supporting bass > line. In > this his pieces, of which over 100 movements survive, come close to > those of > S.L. Weiss, to whom his music is frequently misattributed in > manuscript > sources - a measure of its high quality in the estimation of his > contemporaries. > > WORKS > ensemble > Conc., g, lute, 2 vn, vc, B-Br II 4089 (also for solo lute > attrib. > S.L. Weiss, lost; see BrookB); conc., F, lute, vn/fl, b, US-NYp > Harrach 11; > 2 concs., B, F, P-Wu Rps.mus.37 (lute pt only); conc., F, lute, vn, > b, A-Su > M.III.25 (lute pt only) > > Sonata, A, 2 lutes (or lute, vn/va da gamba, vc), D-As Tonk. > 2=B0, inc., > ed. H. Neeman (Berlin, 1927) > > [12] Symphonie da camera, 1750, lost [mentioned in Munich court > document] > > > solo lute > Suites: 4 suites, D, b, F, A, A-G=D6 (variants of nos.1 and 2, > KR L77), > ed. in MAM, xxx (1973); suite, c, CZ-Bm A.13.269, ed. in MAM, xxx > (1973); > suite, B, D-Mbs 5362 (inc.), GB-HAdolmetsch II.B.2 (attrib. Weiss), > US-NYp > Harrach 14; 2 suites, D, B, GB-HAdolmetsch II.B.2; suite, D, Harrach > family's private collection, Vienna; suite, B, GB-Lspencer, ed. P. > Lay and > R. Spencer (Harrow, 1987) > > Suite movts: 2 menuets, bouree, D-Mbs 5362; 2 menuets, gay, > Mbs 5362; > sarabande, E, Mbs 5362; gigue, courante, menuet, A, GB-HAdolmetsch > II.B.2; 3 > preludes, d, A-Wgm 7763/92, 2 ed. in MAM, xxx (1973); menuet, d, D-KNu > 1.P.56, ed in F. Giesbert, Lautenbuch `Livre pour le lut' K=F6ln, 18. > Jahrhundert (Mainz, 1965) > > > doubtful > Bouree, B, lute, CZ-POm (attrib. Weiss, A-Su M.III.25); > Sonata =E0 5, 2 > vn, 2 va, `basso viola', lost (listed in 1710 catalogue; see > Flotzinger) > > > BIBLIOGRAPHY > BrookB > > GerberL > > E.G. Baron: Historisch-theoretische und practische Untersuchung des > Instruments der Lauten (Nuremberg, 1727/R; Eng. trans., 1976) > > H. Federhofer: `Die Grazer Stadtpfarrmatrikeln als musikgeschichtliche > Quelle', Zeitschrift des Historischen Vereines fur Steiermark, xlv > (1954), > 158-68, esp. 163 > > R. Flotzinger: `Rochus Berhandtzky und Wolff Jacob Lauffensteiner. > Zum Leben > und Schaffen zweier Lautenisten in kurbayerischen Diensten', SMw, > xxvii > (1966), 200-40 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Rastall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "lutelist Net" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 9:55 AM > Subject: [LUTE] Wolfe Jakob Lauffensteiner > > >> Dear all, >> >> Anyone know where I can find some biographical info on >> Lauffensteiner? >> >> David Rastall >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Need personalized email and website? Look no further. It's easy > with Doteasy $0 Web Hosting! Learn more at www.doteasy.com > > David Rastall [EMAIL PROTECTED] --
