Lautenwerck
Illustration — Lautenwerck • Illustration — Lautenwerck The lautenwerck (also spelled lautenwerk), alternatively called lute-harpsichord (lute-clavier) or keyboard lute, is a European keyboard instrument of the Baroque period. It is similar to a harpsichord, but with gut (sometimes nylon) rather than metal strings (except for the 4-foot register on some instruments), producing a mellow tone. The instrument was favored by J. Bach, who owned two of the instruments at the time of his death, but no specimens from the eighteenth century have survived to the present day.
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Illustration — Lautenwerck • Illustration — Lautenwerck The lautenwerck (also spelled lautenwerk), alternatively called lute-harpsichord (lute-clavier) or keyboard lute, is a European keyboard instrument of the Baroque period. It is similar to a harpsichord, but with gut (sometimes nylon) rather than metal strings (except for the 4-foot register on some instruments), producing a mellow tone. The instrument was favored by J. Bach, who owned two of the instruments at the time of his death, but no specimens from the eighteenth century have survived to the present day.
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Carolingian manuscripts, Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart, Germany ( http://www.thecipher.com/cythara_9th-cent_Stuttgart-Psalter_c830_deta.jpg ) Original image, Stuttgarter Psalter - Cod.bi
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It has been revived since the twentieth century by harpsichord makers Willard Martin, Keith Hill, and Steven Sorli. Three of its most prominent performers are the early music specialists Gergely Sárközy, Wolfgang Rübsam, and Robert Hill.
Performances by Gergely Sárközy also are freely available.
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- 1.Michael Arton, dans notre traduction. The baroque Lute-harpsicord: A Forgotten Instrument. “baroquemusic.org” et “www.arton.co” : “Arton Internet Publications”.
- 2.Suzanne Gervais. A la recherche du luth-clavecin de Bach. radiofrance.fr. 2021.
- 3.Keith Hill. Keyboards. keithhillharpsichords.com.
- 4.Hans Dagobert Bruger : Johann Sebastian Bach, Compositions pour le luth. Première édition complète et revue de manière critique. Traduite et publiée pour le luth moderne à partir de sources anciennes. 1921 ; 3e édition. Éditions Julius Zwißlers (dir. Georg Kallmeyer), Wolfenbüttel 1925 ; Réimpression Éditions Karl Heinrich Möseler, Wolfenbüttel/Zurich, p. 51.
- 5.Frederick Noad : La guitare baroque (= Frederick Noad : Guitar Anthology. Volume 2). Ariel Publications, New York 1974 ; réimpression (avec CD) : Amsco Publications, New York / Sydney, , p. 37 (Bourrée).
- 6.Uta Henning traduction. The most beautiful among the claviers. Early Music. 10. 4. 1982. 10.1093/earlyj/10.4.477.
- 7.J. F. Agrigola Notes sur la Musica mechanica organoedi de Jacob Adlung (1768).
- 8.Dongsok Shin. Dongsok Shin discusses the Lautenwerck & plays J.S. Bach: Prelude, Fugue & Allegro in E-Flat BWV 998. youtube.com. 2021.
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