Why is Bach's music seen as natural for transcription to other instruments than the ones specified, whereas with other composers this is rarely or never done?
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Originally posted by Chaszz View PostWhy is Bach's music seen as natural for transcription to other instruments than the ones specified, whereas with other composers this is rarely or never done?'Man know thyself'
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Originally posted by Enrique View PostHe did not care as much as Berlioz?'Man know thyself'
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An aside: on the current Bach 360 broadcast (going on through March 31 on WQXR-FM 105.9 New York, and on wqxr.org), I heard yesterday a recent reconstruction of a lute-harpsichord playing Bach. This was evidently a fairly popular instrument in Bach's time, designed to soften the more metallic sound of the regular harpsichord. It has completely disappeared, none are left, so this one had to be built from whatever plans and descriptions are available. The sound was surprisingly much closer to a piano than is the sound of a clavichord, the putative ancestor of the piano. This can lead to all kinds of speculation and research into how widely this instrument was in use and how it may have influenced composition. I have a notion we'll be hearing a good deal more from and about the lute-harpsichord in coming years.See my paintings and sculptures at Saatchiart.com. In the search box, choose Artist and enter Charles Zigmund.
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