... This is a most perceptive comment and one which I wrote extensively on the bach_plucked mailing list last year. Just HOW do we lutenists and guitarists ...
michael stitt
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Apr 2, 2000 9:12 am
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... May I assume that Galbraith's treatment of BWV1001/6 is a matter of some discussion in these regards? I play these on guitar straight from the violin...
William D. Tallman
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Apr 2, 2000 10:54 am
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I must chime in here to point out Manuel Barrueco's transcriptions of BWV 1004 on his 1st Bach disc, & the more recent disc of Bach sonatas, as I believe he's...
D-KDay@...
Apr 2, 2000 2:18 pm
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Dear William, Actually, for some reason, I find Paul's recording quite satisfying. As you may be aware, he has transcribed the 2nd Partita from d moll to e...
michael stitt
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Apr 3, 2000 3:57 am
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... Somehow that transcription feels like desecration, but.... and his tempo is excruciatingly slow..... argh! The presentation of the entire solo violin...
William D. Tallman
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Apr 3, 2000 4:57 am
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Dear William, Interesting how tastes vary with issues of interpetations of music. I actually like the tempi that Paul interprets the 2nd Partita, in...
michael stitt
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Apr 3, 2000 6:33 am
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Stanley Yate's long awaited Bach cello works on classical guitar CD Vol.1 has just arrived today. I have had one session listening to it and loved it ...
michael stitt
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Apr 3, 2000 8:10 am
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... This is a good question: what is the dance tempo of a chaconne? It started out, apparently, in Latin America. First noted there at the end of the 16th...
William D. Tallman
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Apr 3, 2000 8:24 am
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... I like his slow tempo in Chaconne as well. It is one of my favorite Chaconne playing on any instruments. I think slow tempo and rich lower base notes in ...
Shuzo Yoshihara
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Apr 11, 2000 1:19 am
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Dear Shuzo, Many thanks for this. Yes I must confess I now prefer the more stately tempi of the Chaconne, but also appreciate the freedom to increase the pace...
michael stitt
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Apr 11, 2000 4:38 am
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... Can you say a little bit more about the last sentence (virtuosity at the cost of the musical expression)? I think playing some of those 32nd notes phrases...
Shuzo Yoshihara
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Apr 12, 2000 5:23 am
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... Having had my say on all this, I'll limit myself to brief comments. The last run on the Chaconne is one of those characteristic legato phrases that the...
William D. Tallman
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Apr 12, 2000 7:34 am
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Shuz, There is so much you have said here that I would like to comment on, but I will have to get back to you on! I TOTALLY concur wit you on the issue of...
michael stitt
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Apr 12, 2000 10:42 am
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How interesting that things appear at the same time. There is a discussion on whether silence is the norm and music is the exception, or enhancement, or...
Robert Stone
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Apr 12, 2000 12:14 pm
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I please to report two excellent CDs: Stanley Yate's recording of the Bach cello Suites 1-3, and Paul Galbraith's new recording of the Bach Lute Suites. Have...
michael stitt
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Apr 13, 2000 12:33 am
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... Please let me know if I'm wrong about this, but... isn't BWV995 originally written for lute and is Bach's own transcription from the 5th Cello suite? ...
Shuzo Yoshihara
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Apr 13, 2000 3:09 pm
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... Yep. You are correct. My observations were not appropriate to that work. I had another one in mind: the Sarabande from the Bm Partita, which is (slaps...
William D. Tallman
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Apr 13, 2000 10:21 pm
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... It is BWV999, but I think it applies to BWV998 prelude as well. Actually, BWV999 was the first piece I leanred on lute just a couple of months ago. I have...
Shuzo Yoshihara
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Apr 14, 2000 5:03 pm
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... Yep: this is where the romantics can get into trouble, I think. The Segovia score is probably the source of the problem, as it emphasizes these chords by...
William D. Tallman
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Apr 14, 2000 7:46 pm
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Dear Luteneers, Just an update on the Goldberg variations on Baroque lute project. I am about three quarters the way through the project and Bach's music is...
michael stitt
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Apr 21, 2000 12:52 am
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Greetings luteneers, Bach bowers, pluckers, and ivory tappers, I find myself in the dilemma of deciding what type of ornamentation to use on my theorbo-lute,...
michael stitt
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Apr 21, 2000 10:46 pm
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Dear all, I have just spent many hours painstakingly transcribing in lute tab the Bach chaconne. I did this because I'm still not the most proficient sight ...
michael stitt
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Apr 22, 2000 2:20 pm
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Dear Thomas, Yes I am aware that the g moll suite is a transcription. However, my point was that it is still in Bach's hand, thus a work for lute. I wasn't...
michael stitt
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Apr 23, 2000 4:49 am
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Dear Thomas, or anybody, I have transcribed the Bach Chaconne, but having real problems with finding an idiomatic fingering of the second bar of the apeggio...
michael stitt
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Apr 23, 2000 5:10 am
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Hi everybody, I'm new on this list, and I'm surprised and happy to read you for a while about the Chaconne. ... Yes I totally agree. But maybe some of you will...
Bruno Droux
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Apr 24, 2000 7:58 pm
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Bruno, Chaconne on electric `jazz' guitar, sounds like a great idea. Wish I had the option to listen to your MP3 file!!! Keep up the great work. BTW, you...
michael stitt
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Apr 24, 2000 8:17 pm
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Dear Steww, and others, I am contemplating raising the D an octave since in the following bar it drops to a C# in the inner voice and thus a continuity in the...
michael stitt
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Apr 24, 2000 9:21 pm
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========= Preamble ========= I had the pleasure of receiving a review copy of Paul Beier's 2nd in the Bach series of "Werks for lute", recorded on the Italian...
michael stitt
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Apr 27, 2000 7:38 am
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I have added the following to my web site: Prelude, BWV 928 by J.S. Bach from the Notebook for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. This collection of keyboard music was...
Yates-Laux
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Apr 28, 2000 11:18 pm
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Holy Cow! Can you actually play that? Agile left hand, huh? I couldn't play that with 4 agile left hands and 6 agile right hands, all with an extra digit. It's...
