Here's the sonata with viola d'alto. Perhaps you've seen it already. [1]http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0001F7EC00000000 There are other pieces by Rust that use viola d'amore. There's a dissertation on Rust that includes a works list. By Rudolf Czach. 1927. []^[DEL: :DEL] Rebecca Hunt, the music librarian at the Boston Public Library sent the following: RH: "It turns out there are four sonatas for piano or lute with violin by Wilhelm Rust in the collection: 1. Sonate, Erste (G-dur) fur Pianoforte order Laute mit Violine 2. Sonate, Zweite (D-moll) fur Pianoforte order Laute mit Violine 3. Sonate, Dritte (C-dur) fur Pianoforte order Laute mit Violine 4. Sonate, Vierte (B-dur) fur Pianoforte order Laute mit Violine"
RH: "Unfortunately, these items are currently inaccessible while staff prepare collections that will be impacted by upcoming renovation to Special Collections spaces at the Central Library, which includes Music material. Please feel free to check back in with us later next year and I'll be happy to update you on progress." AJN: These are the edition published in Hamburg by Hugo Pohl in 1892 (if I remember correctly). Rather elegantly done. There was also a song with lute accompaniment. When I was in Germany I tried several times to obtain a copy on ILL, and was unsuccessful. I started to believe the reference might have been to a lost 1792 edition (which would fit nicely with Rust's activity in Dessau.) Imagine my delight when I discovered the edition in the BPL. It must be the sole surviving copy. And now it's inaccessible.<sigh> I wonder how it compares with the print used by Andi from Bremen. I've seen the score for the clavicordio sonata with imitation of timpani, etc., but don't remember where or when. It certainly looked like 20th-century music. I'll get to Sciurus shortly. It's a common pseudonym used for scolars with the family name Eichhorn. I noted a professor at the U. of Königsberg who used it. Arthur. -----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 [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. http://resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/SBB0001F7EC00000000 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
