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| Composer : | Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685 - 1750) | ||||||
| Instrumentation : | Harp1 other version | ||||||
| Style : | Baroque | ||||||
| Arranger : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL (1960 - ) | ||||||
| Publisher : | MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL | ||||||
| Copyright : | Public Domain | ||||||
| Added by magataganm, 28 Jul 2012 Nobody knows exactly what instrument J. S. Bach had in mind when composing (and, in some cases, arranging) his many pieces now considered to be for lute; indeed, some of these works are all but unplayable on any known variety of Baroque lute, and it may well be that in these cases he was writing for a peculiar device known as the Lautenwerk--a kind of harpsichord mechanism designed to approximate the timbre of the lute. A surviving manuscript of the Lute Suite in E minor, BWV 996, Bach's earliest work for lute (probably composed in Weimar sometime between 1707 and 1717, perhaps earlier), actually bears the inscription "Aufs Lautenwerk," though the words appear to have been written by another hand. In the end, the question is probably moot: both Lautenwerk and Baroque lute are, sadly, all but extinct, and today one almost always hears the E minor Suite, like all Bach's "lute" works, played on guitar (we must remember that Bach himself was never possessed of the relatively modern notion of absolutely specific instrumentation--his own arrangements of solo violin and cello works for lute prove this, and he would almost certainly not object to hearing the works on another instrument). The E minor Lute Suite is laid out in the traditional Froberger keyboard suite model, to whose four basic dance movements--allemande, courante, sarabande, and gigue--Bach has added a florid Passaggio (a particular variety of prelude whose origins are to be found in the improvised introductions to Baroque organ toccatas) and a lively Bourrée. The Allemande is of the traditional kind, steady in rhythm and serious in tone. In this movement, BWV 996's possible keyboard genesis can be seen and heard in the hand-against-hand style of the two voices. Of special beauty is the mix of minor and major scales at the final cadence of the dance's second half. Although this piece was originally written for period instruments (possibly the Lute), I arranged it for Concert (Pedal) Harp. Source / Web : | | Sheet central : | Suite pour luth en Mi mineur (68 sheet music) | | |||
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