A belated thanks to Arthur for his information on F.W. Rust. I foolishly
attempted a transcription of the C Major sonata for lute and viola in
notation (see
https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht?PPN=PPN882226452&PHYSID=PHYS_0001&DMDID=).
It is quite challenging for a number of reasons: handwriting, notation
shortcuts, unclear harmonies etc. Reconstituting the lute part is
tricky. It looks to me that the bass clef has to be understood as being
one octave down from what one might expect. Without that transposition,
none of the lute's diapasons would be used... Transposing means some
tricky arpeggios for the thumb all on diapasons. (see the first staff on
the facsimile)
Any advice on this issue? I strongly lean towards transposition, even
though it does not resolve all the problems...
Alain
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