Dear Alain and Andi, I'll get back to this topic in due course. It has been so may years ago, that I have to find and resurrect my notes. I'll get around to Mr. Sciurus at that time.
Friedrich Wilhelm Rust's grandson, Thomaskantor Wilhelm Rust (d. 1892), was indeed involved with spurious versions of his works, mainly piano sonatasâââfrom what I can tell. According to the grandson, "Here the fancy, now free, now severe, takes its flight and reaches heights never touched before, [as] . . . the poetic ideas in their profound pregnancy, burst forth under the influence of egregious events in the life of the composer." When the controversy was raised around 1914 d'Indy published the elder musician's sonatas, rather modest pieces in scope. One might say the reworkings demonstrate a "missing link" between Haydn and, not Beethoven, but Liszt (!!!). The originals are best suited for a novice player with little experience, other than a few lessons with, say, J. S. Bach (!!!). Wilhelm probably little knew how close his grandfather was to old Bach. He, himself was very close in his own way, since he was a major editor in the Bach Gesellschaft Ausgabe, and edited a whopping 26 volumes. You are doubtlessly correct when you suggest that lute pieces would hardly be appropriate for such "improvement." That was the problem I faced when I first became involved with the Rust sonatas. There were many references to the godson's edition, supposedly published in Hamburg: H. Pohle/Bremen: Schweers & Haake, 1892. German ILL services are excellent, but I never found a copy. I could only concluded that the references might refer to a lost print. Little did I know. When I returned home I found a copy in the Boston Public Library! But I haven't compared its readings with other sources, although that appears to be what Andi has doneâand more! There were several other prominent lutenists still active at the time. All were gone by 1815: J. A. F. Weiss (a son of SLW), Johann Reichardt (d. 1815) and Christian Gottlieb Scheidler (d. 1814). Arthur []^[DEL: :DEL] []^[DEL: :DEL] -----Original Message----- From: Alain Veylit <[email protected]> To: Arthur Ness <[email protected]>; lute.corner <[email protected]>; lute <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Jan 4, 2019 9:43 pm Subject: [LUTE] Re: Rust Thanks Arthur, I am very curious about Mr Scurius / Squirrel: how does he fit in the story? The idea behind the Wilhem Rust "deception" was to make Friedrich Rust appear to be the missing link between Mozart and Beethoven, which lute music would not necessarily or obviously support ... Rust also committed a Sonata per il Clavicordio all imitazione de Timpani del Salterio e del Liuto that sounds intriguing. His compositions for tangent piano, nail violin and in imitation of the salterio don't seem particularly romantic to me - may be closer to mid-20th century post-modern experiments integrating type-writers and car horns... Was he the last renowned composer to compose sonatas for the lute ? On 1/4/19 4:50 PM, Arthur Ness wrote: Hi, Alain and Andi, This is involved. It even goes back to Bach in the case of both like-named father and grandson. I found several references to an edition of three or four Rust sonatas for lute and violin, publ. 1892. I sent ILL's galore when I was in Germany. ILL service is super in Germany, but I got no results. No one had such a print. Perhaps a mistaken date. 1798 would fit perfectly for the father. So, could it be a lost print from 1798? I also examined the manuscripts in Berlin and noticed some blue crayon editorial marks. And recall the sonata with viola. Can't recall if it was printed. The print also had a song with lute accompaniment, and a note (I think) that it was sung when the patrons went gondola rowing around the palace. D'Indy was the guy who spilled the beans. "Der Fall Rust" was the modest title of the article. (Sounds so well with English word Fall<g>) Of yes, a lutenist named Sciurius (Mr. Squirell) was also involved. His manuscript is in Berlin also (cover: C. A. A. Pr d'A / 1740). Later, Alain and Andi --Arthur. -- To get on or off this list see list information at [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
