Dear Howard,
Thank you for this latest. But nobody has ever denied that the
gallichon was sometimes in use during this period.
Rather it is your assertion that they were in 'common' use and
'generally' employed which was very doubtful. And, of course, since
Kuhnau (unsuccessfully) asked for the instrument they clearly weren't
as common in his church as you suppose.
regards
Martyn
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From: howard posner <[email protected]>
To: Martyn Hodgson <[email protected]>
Cc: Lute Dmth <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, 22 July 2013, 11:45
Subject: Re: [LUTE] Markus Passion by Bach
On Jul 22, 2013, at 2:51 AM, Martyn Hodgson
<[1][email protected]> wrote:
I note that you now have the reference I sent you about Kuhnau's
request for gallichon being refused by the authorities: would you
kindly pass the information onto the other people you consulted
who
also were not aware of this - I thought it common knowledge and
I'm
sorry that you were inadvertently misled.
I wasn't misled. I didn't say I believed them. Or you, necessarily,
for that matter. But I will check the article you cited on my next
trip to the library.
But it also emphasises that there was probably not, as you suggest
'a long tradition of gallichon-playing in the Leipzig church music
Bach supervised.'.
Not really. Kuhnau used gallichons before his 1704 request, and likely
went on using them after. Indeed, Dreyfuss notes an engraving from
about 1710 showing a gallichon in the Thomas-Kirche.
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