I have heard one suggestion that in order to get the book published in
Berlin in 1939, inclusion of French composers or even German composers
of questionable background (who like me are eating Matzah this week)
would not have been possible.
It is still my favorite absolute beginner Baroque book because of the
excercises and the early pieces that allow a true beginner to play
simple complete suites quickly. The Lundgren has great material but
fewer excercises and everything for 11 courses and the Satoh jumps
immediately to very difficult pieces (IMHO).
>> And Giesbert says specifically, use of middle finger for the first 4
>> courses, the thumb for the 5th to 13th courses.
>
>I have always been suspicious that this was Giebert's own invention
>which he took from guitar playing of his time (date of publication is
>1939!). His presentation would have been different, I suppose, if he
had
>made acquaintance of French baroque lute music, in which the thumb goes
>as far up as to the 1st course, whereas the 2nd finger rarely goes down
>even to the 5th course.
>
>There is no Gaultier, Gallot, Mouton, to name a few, in his method.
>Also, no Reusner, no Weiss. Instead, he presents a lot of anonymous
>pieces, blended with some music by Th. A. Arne, Count Pergen, Logy, and
>good old J. S. Bach as a musical peak of its own. For a general method
>of the baroque lute, this would be a rather distorted image of its
>music, I should say, but in 1939 it probably wasn't.
>
>> When the need arises, index and anular to be used according to
>specified dots ("..."). He
>> uses ample examples, where the anular is used throughout the book,
>> (logically, when 4 courses are chorded, but also in arpeggio
>patterns).
>
>I think those fingerings were supplied by Giesbert. You won't find them
>in his sources (Lautenbuch der Louise von Wurttemberg, after all).
>
>> I believe the book has not been translated to english, and
>> therefore only readable in that very artful german calligraphy.
>
>that would still be a worthwhile task, wouldn't it. Despite of what
>today would probably be considered non-HIP teachings, much of what
>Giesbert wrote is still interesting, IMHO.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Mathias
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