Talk by David D. Boyden illustrated by Kenneth Skeaping
(18th century violin) and Desmond Dupré (lute)
The speaker, who is Professor of Music in the University of California, questions the desirability of using a special type of bow for Bach's violin music, and demonstrates how alterations made in the last two centuries to both the violin and its bow have affected its tone. He plays the harpsichord accompaniments himself.