I have heard that 'luth o cembal' was perhaps a keyboard instrument that sounded like a lute - I've even heard it suggested that it was a harpsichord strung in gut, but I very much doubt the feasibility of such an instrument - It would be a nightmare to keep in tune, as we lutenists know only too well. Sorry I don't have any sources for this information - just speculative hearsay I'm afraid. Maybe somebody has some more concrete information?
Bill From: dc <den...@free.fr> To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Wednesday, 19 October 2011, 9:27 Subject: [LUTE] BWV 998 I apologize if this subject has already been discussed here, but I'm wondering if Bach's Prelude (marked "Prelude pour la Luth o Cembal), Fugue & Allegro BWV 998 is playable as written (i.e. in E flat major, with all the low bass notes) on a type of lute Bach might have known. If so, what would the tuning (and the range) of such an instrument have been? If not, how do scholars interpret or explain "pour la Luth" on the manuscript? Thanks, Dennis To get on or off this list see list information at [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
