So do I. In most music written between 16-18 century one can find some kind of
schemata that was popularly used, but Bach was incredibly creative in using it.
Besides, as someone told me long time ago: there are no bad compositions,
there are only poor performances :)
As for BWV 997 and 998 you
Exactly indeed.
Eugene
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but in this case a spade is not a spade :)
JL
Wiadomość napisana przez Roman Turovsky w dniu 29 kwi 2012, o godz. 22:32:
Yes,
but -
sometimes we have to give up
On 30 April 2012 15:19, Roman Turovsky r.turov...@verizon.net wrote:
JSB never played trumpet either, but he wrote for it competently.
There is sufficient grounds to assume he would have approached lute
with equal consideration he afforded any other instrument he wrote for,
given his diligence
Dear all,
I find it odd that Bach's lute music is so contentious. By and
large, it seems that classical guitarists feel more of a need to prove
them to be works intended for lute than us luters. Is it really worth
the effort?
(I'm going to risk getting my head bitten
I love this discussion and I hope, the big master can hear it!
I fear he could say:Do You really suppose I think of Your wretched
lutes when the spirit gets hold of me?
Replace lute by violin, than this is what half a century later
Beethoven said to the violinist Schuppanzigh when
Exactly.
BTW, a recent (2009) must-read on the topic is David Ledbetters
Unaccompanied Bach (Yale University Press), which includes studies on
the violin, cello and lute/Lautenwerk works.
Regards
Stephan
Am 26.04.2012, 21:06 Uhr, schrieb Jarosław Lipski jaroslawlip...@wp.pl:
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Subject: [LUTE] Re: Bach’s Lute Suites: This Myth is Busted
Discussion is always a good thing, the problem begins when someone makes very
definite
Discussion is always a good thing, the problem begins when someone makes very
definite statements like- the evidence would be that Bach did not write any
music specifically intended for solo lute
- or -You know what I am going to say nextperhaps you should sit down
I understand that it was
I don't know how relevant the concept of urtext is in this case. Urtext or
not, there is still no evidence to tie Bach's alleged lute suites to Bach in
his hand and plenty of evidence that these are arrangements or speculation at
best. There's nothing wrong with playing that music on the lute
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