Ok! let's go from the worst to the best. Our friend Per Kjetil made marvelous transcriptions for the 8-string guitar and recorded them. Maybe he's still on the list and permits to put an example piece on the net. Hi Per Kjetil! Are you there? It's really good work but still I am missing something ....
BTW: His thesis is well worth reading and gives a good overview over the lute in the galant period. Best wishes Thomas Am Mittwoch, 6. April 2005 17:44 schrieb Markus Lutz: > Hello, > I'm really not sure if the guitar isn't able to play Weiss. > Of course you'll have to change the bass lines and maybe other things too, > but I think if someone takes care of the music and it's idiom, there is no > problem. Schneeweiss doesn't count as any proof, as he really plays what he > wants to play. He kind of improvises on themes of Weiss - it has to do > nothing at all with baroque music. > > But I know of some guitarist that really care about the music and might get > some good results.. There is one CD by David Tannenbaum with Weiss - I > don't know it -, and I am in contact with a German guitarist who has found > Weiss and wants to record three suites of it. Even one of the most > difficult late ones in d minor. > I hope to hear him end of April and then can tell more. > > Best > Markus > > On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 10:22:21 -0600, Michael Thames wrote: > > MT> >Better not! I don't think Weiss works well on a guitar. It's >too > idiomatic MT> >to the lute. There is a peculiar series of recordings by a > >certain MT> >Schneeweiss > MT> > (http://www.sozialprojekte.de/klassische-musik/artist-Kurt+Schneewei%DF) > MT> >who recorded much music of Weiss on guitar >("modified") .. > MT> > MT> >Thomas > MT> > MT> Thomas, I totally agree. However there are a few things that fit > well on MT> the guitar, it seems though these are only fragments of > different sonatas. MT> I think the solution for guitarist, who insist on > assimilating Weiss into MT> the guitar repertoire at all costs, should > perhaps look into the possibility MT> of a 13 string guitar. If us > lutenist's can go from 6 to 13 courses, is MT> this too much to ask of > guitarist's? > MT> I think that if a virtuoso guitarist where to just specialize in > this MT> repertoire he would have a career waiting. > MT> Michael Thames > MT> www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com > MT> ----- Original Message ----- > MT> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > MT> To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > MT> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 1:10 AM > MT> Subject: Weiss on guitar (was: Willams Concert) > MT> > MT> > MT> > > MT> > > MT> > > MT> > > MT> > > MT> > Better not! I don't think Weiss works well on a guitar. It's too > idiomatic MT> > to the lute. There is a peculiar series of recordings by a > certain MT> > Schneeweiss > MT> > > (http://www.sozialprojekte.de/klassische-musik/artist-Kurt+Schneewei%DF) > MT> > who recorded much music of Weiss on guitar ("modified") .. > MT> > > MT> > Thomas > MT> > > MT> > > MT> > > MT> > > MT> > "Michael Thames" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> am 05.04.2005 01:07:13 > MT> > > MT> > An: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Lute net" > MT> > <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > MT> > Kopie: > MT> > > MT> > Thema: Re: Willams Concert > MT> > > MT> > Similarly marketed out of proportion, I suppose.... > MT> > RT > MT> > It's called supply and demand. > MT> > Michael Thames > MT> > www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com > MT> > ----- Original Message ----- > MT> > From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > MT> > To: "Michael Thames" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lute net" > MT> > <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > MT> > Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 3:45 PM > MT> > Subject: Re: Willams Concert > MT> > > MT> > > MT> > > > I catch JW on the radio once in a while. To this day I cannot > figure MT> > out > MT> > > > what's the big deal about this dude.... > MT> > > > RT > MT> > > > He's a legend, kind of like the Who. > MT> > > > Michael Thames > MT> > > > www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com > MT> > > Similarly marketed out of proportion, I suppose.... > MT> > > RT > MT> > > > MT> > > -- > MT> > > http://polyhymnion.org/torban > MT> > > > MT> > > > MT> > > > MT> > > > MT> > > > > MT> > > > > MT> > > >>> I here John Williams once again delivered the goods last night > in MT> > San > MT> > > >>> Francisco. Opening with six of his own pieces, with an, on the > end MT> of > MT> > > >>> your seat, flawless rendition of the Chaconne. At 64 that's > amazing. MT> > Two > MT> > > >>> sold out concerts at Herbst theater, anyone catch that one? > MT> > > >> I catch JW on the radio once in a while. 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