Sorry for the delayed response. Alain was particularly interested in the sonata for viola and lute.
[1]https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht?PPN=PPN882226 452&PHYSID=PHYS_0001&DMDID=&view=overview-toc There is a modern edition from ca. 1930 and I expect to have a copy before too long. I can share it. As for the manuscript, the viola part is written in the alto clef. The mark on the left like a "3" marks off middle c. Thus the first notes are G above middle C, and in meas. 12 the parts are exchanged and the lute has the G melody. I'll get back to Mr. Sciurus and Friedrich Wilhelm Rust. --AJ N -----Original Message----- From: Alain Veylit <al...@musickshandmade.com> To: Lute List <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Wed, Feb 13, 2019 1:07 pm Subject: [LUTE] Re: F.W.Rust 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 [2]https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht?PPN=PPN882226 452&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 To get on or off this list see list information at [3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht?PPN=PPN882226452&PHYSID=PHYS_0001&DMDID=&view=overview-toc 2. https://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/werkansicht?PPN=PPN882226452&PHYSID=PHYS_0001&DMDID= 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
