Hi again, everyone! > MS Barbe has 19 pieces in F#m, 10 pieces in E minor, and 6 pieces in Bm. > Four sharps in d minor tuning would be challenging. When I saw H. Smith > play BWV 1006a in California some years ago, he stated that he had > transposed it to F major. I am not aware of any 17th century French sources > with pieces in E major.
Kohaut and Falckenhagen composed lute concertos in E-major, if I remember correctly. Falckenhagen also composed a solo sonata in E-major. Jakob Lindberg and Lutz Kirchhof have recorded BWV 1006a in E-major, but most lutenists of course transpose it to F-major. >> Danny, >> >> Good question. The French baroque lutenists do use F# minor a lot.... >> Gaultiers, Gallot, deVissee, DuBut, Emond, Pinel, de St.Luc, and Mouton use >> it a great deal. Also, for the Germans, leSage de Richee (is he German?) >> and Bittner use this tuning as well. Weiss did compose some earlier F# >> minor pieces, I think in Vienna. It was known as the "goat's tuning", and >> it was well utilized. There are many recordings of this key, namely French >> baroque lute recordings by Hoppy (his V & D Gaultier, Mouton, Gallot >> recordings). The extant piece by Pachelbel is in F# minor as well >> (recorded by Bailes). Toyohiko's French recordings are loaded with F# >> minor pieces. >> >> B minor is a different subject. Bittner opens his book with a suite in B >> minor, but I know of no others, with exception to the 1st violin Partita by >> JS Bach. Although it is not lute music, many have done it on lute. Most >> have transcribed it to a minor, however. >> >> So you are correct about B minor, but F# minor is very common, and a >> favorite tuning of many. >> >> Take care, Danny. >> >> ed >> >> PS - does anyone know of other pieces in B minor? http://www.clivetitmuss.com/lutebook_details.asp?Id=8#1 mvh Are Vidar Boye Hansen To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
