There is a quote in the biography by Rosanow about his study time in Königsberg: "Nur am Gesange, den er von ganzer Seele liebte, beteiligte er sich mit Vergnügen. Auch das Spiel auf der Laute bereitete ihm Genuß" in English: Only in singing, that he loved with heart and soul, he took part with delight. Also the playing on the lute was pleasure for him.
online in German: http://www.nthuleen.com/papers/131paper.html Markus On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 12:54:50 -0500, Roman Turovsky wrote: RT> > "Sturm und Drang" is a famous play by Klinger. RT> > The time of the "Geniekult" is today called "Sturm und Drang" - after RT> > Klinger's play. RT> > RT> > Famous plays of this period are Goethe's Goetz, Schiller's Räuber, and Lenz's RT> > Hofmeister and Soldaten. RT> > RT> > All these plays should be available online at the German Gutenberg web site. RT> > By the way, does anybody know if Lenz played the lute? He seems to be quite RT> > familiar with lute terminology. RT> Yes, we do. this has been discussed before, on the Baroque list. RT> RT RT> -- RT> http://polyhymnion.org/torban RT> RT> RT> RT> RT> To get on or off this list see list information at RT> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html RT>
