I heard these things a million times.
However even a mediocre professional could play his instrumental parts
(complaints notwithstanding).
Which we cannot say that about his "Lute Suites".
They are inappropraiate beyond all measure, and it takes a player of
inordinate
virtuosity to perform them.
RT
----- Original Message -----
From: "David van Ooijen" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 9:31 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Bach’s Lute Suites: This Myth is Busted
On 30 April 2012 15:19, Roman Turovsky <[email protected]> wrote:
JSB never played trumpet either, but he wrote for it competently.
There is sufficient grounds to assume he would have approached lute
with equal consideration he afforded any other instrument he wrote for,
given his diligence and meticulousness.
The lute is the only instrument he showed no understanding of -
because he never wrote for it.
I just love these statements. Replace trumpet by lute and lute by
tenor. and have the statement uttered by a tenor. Or cello & hobo, or
.. There is a general consensus among musicians that Bach never
really understood their instrument, because however good his music for
other instruments, it's always unplayable on their own instrument.
Visiting a coffe break of an orchestra rehearsing the Brandenburg
concertos is where we hear these most, but even a simple cantata
brings out similar opinions as above. ;-)
David
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