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The lautenwerck (also spelled lautenwerk), alternatively called lute-harpsichord (lute-clavier)/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 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 from the eighteenth century have survived——to the present day. It has been revived since the twentieth century by harpsichord makers Willard Martin, "Keith Hill." And Steven Sorli. Two of its most prominent performers are the early music specialists Gergely Sárközy and Robert Hill.

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Performances by Martha Goldstein. Johann Sebastian Bach, Lute Suite in E minor, BWV 996.

Prelude-Presto

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Allemande

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Courante

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Sarabande

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Bourre

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Gigue

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