The lute-harpsichord: One of Bach's favorite keyboard instruments which is now almost impossible to hear on record - http://www.baroquemusic.org/barluth...
Feb 17, 2013
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"The lautenwerck, or lute-harpsichord (lute-clavier), was a European keyboard instrument of the Baroque period. It was similar to a harpsichord, but with gut rather than metal strings, producing a mellow tone.
The instrument was favored by J. S. Bach, who owned two of the instruments at the time of his death, but no specimens have survived to the present day. It was revived in the 20th century and two of its most prominent performers are the early music specialists Gergely Sárközy and Robert Hill." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Amira
"The luteharpsichord is the most beautiful instrument among all of the keyboard instruments after the organ. 'He separately emphasized that by using the roundish frame copying the lute, we can reach a much better sounding. If the roof is slight enough and the chording is correct, the instrument sounds as if we were listening to a lute plucking by fingers but with much greater tonal prosperity. It is because of the resonance of the interior space of the instrument, the bigger volume of the instrument and the quaver characteristics of the chords as they sweeten the sounding voice.
That's why J.N.Bach asked the best lutist to say a comparative opinion as he was playing on the luteharpsichord. The voice was completely the same as a real lute's voice." http://www.romanektihamer.hu/eng...
- Amira
"Of the few attempts to reconstruct and record a lute-harpsichord, one of the more successful is the instrument built by (...) the Hungarian instrument maker Tihamer Romanek whose father, Andras, was the very first to make lutes in Hungary." http://www.baroquemusic.org/barluth... // J.S. Bach Partita BWV 1006a played by Robert Hill Lute Harpsichord http://www.youtube.com/watch... // J.S. Bach: Suite for Lute-Harpsichord in C minor, (BWV 997) played by Robert Hill http://www.youtube.com/watch... // Weckmann Toccata E Minor by Robert Hill http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Amira
buna dokunmak istiyorum!!! I wanna touch this!
- sérdém
That is so cool!
- Spidra Webster