Lautenwerck: The Long Lost Baroque Instrument

Lautenwerck: The Long Lost Baroque Instrument

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Lautenwerck, Ghost Detective, Antarctic Forest

Episode: Lautenwerck, Ghost Detective, Antarctic Forest

  • Aug 1, 2022 6:00 am
  • 16:22 mins

Most of us are familiar with instruments like pianos and organs. Some of us might even know about harpsichords. But not many of us have probably heard of a lautenwerck. That’s because no lautenwercks—also called a lute-harpsichord—survived the 19th century. Classical keyboardist and member of the Baroque ensemble REBEL, Dongsok Shin, is trying to raise the profile of the lautenwerck. (Segment produced by Cecilia Foster)