[LUTE] Re: Markus Passion by Bach

2013-07-18 Thread Martyn Hodgson
- Forwarded Message - 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.

[LUTE] Re: Markus Passion by Bach

2013-07-18 Thread Stephan Olbertz
Dear Martyn, I know that there is no evidence, that's why I wrote possibly :-) We all heard Bach being played on the most astonishing instruments, with often good results. I think a gallichone is a rather close guess for Bach continuo... Best regards Stephan Am 18.07.2013, 10:02 Uhr,

[LUTE] Re: Markus Passion by Bach

2013-07-18 Thread howard posner
On Jul 18, 2013, at 1:03 AM, Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: There is no evidence that Bach had the gallichon/mandora in mind for this. There's rather stronger evidence than usual for gallichon in German church music and particularly in Leipzig, if not specifically in any