Can one get sheet music for the trios?

Dick Brook

> On May 16, 2018, at 6:04 AM, Markus Lutz <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Dear Roland,
> probably you missed the mail of Stephan Olbertz, who posted to the lute list 
> only:
> 
> "Think of the galant lute trio like a piano trio... You get the idea"
> 
> That really is the point:
> In that times lute trio meant lute, violin (or flute) and basso, very often 
> in a way, that the two added instruments play the melody and the bass of the 
> lute part, but in later times
> - and that for sure is the case with Kropfgans - with different voices for 
> violin and lute, and also the bass often plays a extended line (sometimes 
> even another voice: Philipp Martin(o), Daube etc.)
> 
> I don't think we have testimonies of a trio of 3 lutes at that time, though 
> such music probably existed (e.g. v. Radolt used 3 differently tuned lutes in 
> one of his ensemble works)!
> 
> The works of Kropfgans are mentioned in Gerber 1st edition 1792, vol. 1, 759f:
> Kropfgans (Johann) geb. 14.10.1708 - nach 1769:
> "Von seinen Kompositionen sind nur 3 Lautensolos zu Nürnberg gestochen 
> worden. In Mspt. hingegen hat man von ihm 36 Solos, 6 Duos für 2 Lauten, 32 
> Trios für Laute, Violin und Violonzell, 1 Quartett für Laute, Fr. Viol. und 
> Violonz. Auch hat er einige Hillerische Operetten auf die Laute gesetzt."
> 
> i.e.
> - 3 Solos had been published in Nürnberg by Haffner
> In manuscript we have:
> - 36 Solos
> - 6 Duos
> - 32 Trios for lute, violin and cello
> - 1 Quartett for lute, flute, violine and cello
> - Operetts by Hiller set to the lute
> 
> Best regards
> Markus
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Am 16.05.2018 um 03:03 schrieb Roland Hayes:
>> Apologies. I meant trio for lute violin and cello. r
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of 
>> Markus Lutz <[email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 15, 2018 7:11:22 PM
>> *To:* [email protected]; Roland Hayes
>> *Subject:* [LUTE] Re: Johann Kropfgans
>> In one of the lexika of the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th
>> century there is a remark, that Johann Kropfgans wrote 32 lute trios,
>> but I cannot say at the moment, in which one it is written.
>> We only have some complete trios in Brusseles and in Berlin.
>> In Brusseles there probably are some even written by himself.
>> Best regards
>> Markus
>> Am 15.05.2018 um 23:43 schrieb Arthur Ness:
>>>      Hi Stephen,
>>>      You got it ! ! !
>>>      ----------------------------------------------------
>>>      12 Trios lute, violin âcello in B-Br Ms II 4088.  Also the Pichler
>>>      piece in Ms II 4087 (viii) according to Tim Crawford.
>>>      Meyer, Christian. "Les Manuscrits De Luth Du Fonds Fétis (Bruxelles,
>>>      Bibliothèque Royale Albert Ier, Mss II 4086-4089)." Revue Belge De
>>>      Musicologie / Belgisch Tijdschrift Voor Muziekwetenschap, vol. 50,
>>>      1996, pp. 197â216. JSTOR, JSTOR, [1]www.jstor.org/stable/3687046.
>>>      Also listed with complete titles in Boetticher's RISM VII inventory,
>>>      pp. 62-4. These were from the Fétis collection and may have been
>>>      acquired from the Breitkopf auction of 1832 (can't find my notes). The
>>>      catalogue is extremely rare, but is about 1 ½ inches thick.***
>>>      Breitkopf decided to empty their warehouse of outmoded music.  What a
>>>      treasure!!  Unique copies of some of the Bach lute pieces were among
>>>      the offering.
>>>      Stephan Olbertz, "An Unknown Lute Piece in a Keyboard Manuscript with
>>>      Works by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach," JLSA 44 (2012): 1-22.
>>>      ***Copy in the University Library, Amsterdam (NO Longer in the
>>>      Amsterdam public library).
>>>      Enjoy, Roland!
>>>       Arthur Ness
>>>      [email protected]
>>>      -----Original Message-----
>>>      From: Stephan Olbertz <[email protected]>
>>>      To: 'Lute Net' <[email protected]>
>>>      Sent: Tue, May 15, 2018 4:24 pm
>>>      Subject: [LUTE] Re: Johann Kropfgans
>>>      Think of the galant lute trio like a piano trio... You get the idea ;-)
>>>      Best
>>>      Stephan
>>>      -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>>>      Von: lute-[2][email protected] 
>>> [[3]mailto:[email protected]]
>>>      Im Auftrag von Stewart McCoy
>>>      Gesendet: Dienstag, 15. Mai 2018 21:05
>>>      An: Lute Net
>>>      Betreff: [LUTE] Johann Kropfgans
>>>      Dear Roland,
>>>      Iââ¬â¢m afraid I donââ¬â¢t know about these trios by Johann
>>>      Kropfgans, but I
>>>      would very much like to know more about them. I see from a quick search
>>>      on the internet that Kropfgans wrote chamber music for the lute, violin
>>>      and cello, including one in C minor, but I see no evidence of lute
>>>      trios. It is possible that Lutz Kirchhof made his own lute trio
>>>      arrangements from those chamber music pieces, but Iââ¬â¢m only
>>>      guessing.
>>>      Hopefully youââ¬â¢ll be able to find out more.
>>>      Best wishes,
>>>      Stewart.
>>>      From: [1]Roland Hayes
>>>      Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 7:10 PM
>>>      To: [2]Wayne ; [3]Stewart McCoy
>>>      Cc: [4]lute net
>>>      Subject: Johann Kropfgans
>>>      He wrote 32 lute trios? What are the sources? I just heard one in c
>>>      minor w/ Lutz Kerchoff. Outstanding!! r
>>>      --
>>>      References
>>>      1. [4]mailto:[email protected]
>>>      2. [5]mailto:[email protected]
>>>      3. [6]mailto:[email protected]
>>>      4. [7]mailto:[email protected]
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>>> References
>>>      1. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3687046
>>>      2. mailto:[email protected]
>>>      3. mailto:[email protected]?
>>>      4. mailto:[email protected]?
>>>      5. mailto:[email protected]?
>>>      6. mailto:[email protected]?
>>>      7. mailto:[email protected]?
>>>      8. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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