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From: Martyn Hodgson <hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk>
To: Stephan Olbertz <stephan.olbe...@web.de>
Sent: Thursday, 18 July 2013, 9:02
Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Markus Passion by Bach
There is no evidence that Bach had the gallichon/mandora in mind for
this. The names were very well known at the time for specific
instruments and widely used to distinguish them from the (Dm) lute
proper.
Any use of the gallichon/mandora in this context is a modern invention
- presumably to overcome perceived technical difficulties. But if we
look at the extant Bach 'lute' works, there are many similar (if not
more severe) comparable technical hurdles yet this has not led to these
to being identified as gallichon/mandora works.
MH
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From: Stephan Olbertz <stephan.olbe...@web.de>
To: lute List <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 19:13
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Markus Passion by Bach
Dear JAP:rg,
the MP is a reconstruction after the Trauerode, the lute parts of which
are possibly for Gallichones (in B?).
Viele GrA 1/4AYe
Stephan
Am 17.07.2013, 15:43 Uhr, schrieb Hilbert JAP:rg
<[1]hilbert.jo...@t-online.de>:
> Dear all,
>
> I was invited to play the continuo part of some arias of Bachs
Markus-Passion. Two lutes are requested, but that's all of the
information I have got. Does anybody know witch is the right lute type
to choose? Seams to be E or D keys the most time, so I would preferably
go for theorbo in A aEUR| but maybe Bach intension was more a gallicon.
Any other experiences or things one should know about this fragment?
>
> Thanks for any help,
> JAP:rg
>
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Stephan Olbertz
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