Bernard Brauchli clavichord
Fretted clavichord based on Austrian or South German instruments, from the second half of the 17th century. It was entirely hand-made in 1975 by Peter Kukelka, the former instrument restorer of the Kunsthistorisches Museum of Vienna. Its range is short octave C/ E-c””. It is fretted in the following way: c-c#; – d; eb-e; f-f#; g-g#; a; bb-b. This instrument is tuned in the mean-tone system.
Released 1977 by Titanic Records Ti-10
Recording Engineer: Ralph Dopmeyer
Jacket: alpha-betsy
Photograph of Bernard Brauchli: Lou Jones
Cover Painting: Young Woman Playing a Clavichord ca. 1575 from the workshop of Jan Sanders Van Hemessen with permission from the Worcester Art Museum

As the clavichord is a very quiet instrument, and as this record has been recorded at a high volume to obtain a good signal to noise ratio, it should be played therefore at a considerably lower volume than the average record.

Side A
00:00 Anonymous Estampie London, Brit Mus., add. 28550 (ca. 1320)
05:01 Anonymous Estampie (Retrové) ibid.
10:03 C. Paumann (1410-1473) Mit ganczem Willen wunsch ich dir Fundamentum Organisandi (M. Berlin, Staatsbibliothek Ms. 40613) (1452)
13:10 Anonymous Quant ien congneu à ma pensée
Mus. ms. 2987 d. Staatsbibliothek München (ca. 1550)
14:51 H. Newsidler (1508-1563) Der Zeuner tantz Ein neues Lautenbuchlein (1540)
15:46 H. Weck (1495-1536) Tancz der schwarcz knab Organ Tablature of J. Kotter (1513ff.)
18:41 J. Kotter (1485-1541) Fantasia in Ut ibid.
20:31 Chr. Löffelholtz von Kolberg (1552-1619) Es het ein Baur sein freylein verlohren
Tabulaturbuch (1585)

Side B
22:37 Anonymous My Lady Careys Dompe Ms. R. App. 58, British Museum (ca. 1530)
26:17 Anonymous The short mesure off My Lady Wynkfylds Rownde ibid.
27:40 W. Byrd (1543-1623) Pavan: The Earle of Salisbury Parthenia (1611)
29:58 Attaingnant (14 ..-1453) Basse dance (Saint Roch) Quatorze Gaillardes (1531)
31:38 Attaingnant Gaillarde ibid.
32:33 Attaingnant Branle Gay de Poitou ibid.
33:43 J.A. Dalza Pavana alia Venetiana Intabulatura de Lauto, Petrucci (1508)
36:20 A. Gardane (1509-1569) Lodesana Gagliarda Intabolatura nova (1551)
37:18 A. Gardane Gamba Gagliarda ibid.
38:31 L. Milan (15 .. -1561) Pavana Libra de Musica (1536)
40:14 L. Milan Pavana ibid.
41:33 A. de Cabezon (1510-1566) Himno a 3 Ms. Mus. nu . 242 Bibl. Univ. Coimbra
43:19 A. Valente La Romanesca con 5 Mutanze Intavolatura de cimbalo (Naples 1576)

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