The article was aimed at the guitar crowd, still clinging to illusions of lute. It's tough letting go. But he put it all together very nicely, I thought.
On Apr 25, 2012, at 11:18 AM, Braig, Eugene wrote: > While I enjoyed this read, I didn't see anything particularly new here. For > example, Hopkinson Smith specifically named all the sources of Bach's > original "lute" music in the liner notes he drafted for his recording of this > music around 30 years ago. He also stated their evident non-lute provenance. > I have heard Paul O'Dette unequivocally state on more than one occasion > something like "Sorry, Bach did not write for the lute." Etc. I suspect > that anybody who is still clinging to the notion that Bach knowingly composed > lute music after having had some exposure to some reference of the source > material either really, really wants to believe so to somehow legitimize the > lute or is a fan of modern classical guitar who wants to somehow legitimize > the perceived ancestor of his/her own instrument. > > Best, > Eugene > > -----Original Message----- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf > Of t...@heartistrymusic.com > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 11:58 AM > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; Luca Manassero > Subject: [LUTE] [LUTE] Bachs Lute Suites: This Myth is Busted > > A very interesting article. I can't wait to see the responses from the rest > of the list! I am reminded that Walther Gerwig did an arrangement of Bach's > Cello Suite No.1 in G major, BWV1007. Very nice and beautifully played - in > Renaissance tuning! > Tom > -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
