Dear friends, In the Supplement to LUTE NEWS 99 there is a second part of Bach Suite bwv1006a intabulated by Wilfred Foxe. It is presented here in a key of D major, quite unusually. In the Critical Commentary Wilfred Foxe explains:
"The tonality of the original suite is E major, and this has been transposed by a major second to D major. The Weiss Sonata 18 in D Major provides a useful structural example since the work makes use of the diatessaron above the diapente for a work with a high tessitura. In other of Weiss's sonatas with a high tessitura, such as Le fameaux corsaire -- Sonata 22 in F Major, the diatessaron is not employed. The fact that the same exists in BWV 1006a is the principal reason for adopting D major in preference to F major." I understand what means "diatessaron" and "diapente" in Greek, as applied to historical music theory, but still I understand nothing from Wilfred's explanation. Can someone enlighten me on this? Jurek --- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
