Anthony,
--- Anthony Hind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That is a fair point. However, at least some
> of Weiss, I
> believe, was composed on 11c lute, and some of it I
> think was later
> transposed for 13c lute.
Yes, this is definately true. Lindberg makes this
point with "L'infidele," saying that he suspects that
the piece was originally written with 11 courses in
mind even though it exists in 13-course versions in
both London and Dresden. Weiss certainly began his
career on the 11-course. And much of the French
baroque style and repertoire stayed current for a
while. There's 11-course music next to Hagen in
Augsberg. And Kellner - fairly late - is for
11-courses. However, we often have this vague idea of
history being made up of things that happened "a long
time ago." Consider that Weiss wasn't even born for
nearly a _hundred_ years after this Rauwolf was made!
As much as a like the recording, this repertoire
doesn't strike me as the starting point for the
instrument. Its a bit like discovering an original,
un-converted Stradivarius and recording an all-Brahms
CD with it. Or doing Hans Werner Henze on a Stauffer.
Well, yes... I suppose you can... but...
Having said all that, I'll say again that I
really like the Lindberg recording and understand why
it is what it is.
Chris
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