[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Galant definition

2010-10-23 Thread Dale Young
Froberger? Downstairs then left. - Original Message - From: "Roman Turovsky" To: ; "G. Crona" ; "Christopher Wilke" ; "Dale Young" Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 10:03 PM Subject: Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Galant definition All self-expressi

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Galant definition

2010-10-23 Thread Roman Turovsky
- Original Message - From: "Christopher Wilke" To: ; "G. Crona" Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 11:07 AM Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Galant definition Yes, there is definitely something to it and it has always been part of music history. The ancient Greeks be

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Galant definition

2010-10-23 Thread Dale Young
23, 2010 11:07 AM Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Galant definition Yes, there is definitely something to it and it has always been part of music history. The ancient Greeks believed that the various modes could incite anger, lust, insanity, etc. In the renaissance, Bernardino Cirillo called upon c

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Galant definition

2010-10-23 Thread Dale Young
More etymology than definition: Toward the end of the "Pre-Galant" era (a.k.a. "Baroque" era), dance pieces were added to the standard list of the Dance Suite movements ( Allemand, Courant, Saraband, Gigue) such as the Menuet (and Trio), the Polonaise (very important later), Anglois, Scherzo, e

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Galant definition

2010-10-23 Thread Jerzy Zak
xtreme cases of use of Minor - Mayor can definitely >> trigger feelings of sadnes and joy respectively in me, so >> there has to be something in the Affekt theory... >> >> G. >> - Original Message - From: "Christopher Wilke" >> >> To: ;

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Galant definition

2010-10-23 Thread Christopher Wilke
itarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com --- On Sat, 10/23/10, G. Crona wrote: > From: G. Crona > Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Galant definition > To: baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Date: Saturday, October 23, 2010, 4:34 AM > PS. At the same time I have to say > that extreme cases

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Galant definition

2010-10-23 Thread G. Crona
uot; Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 3:30 AM Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Galant definition Are you speaking of Affekt? Mattheson goes into great detail about the moods associated with each key, but I don't believe that this is really more a part of the baroque aesthetic and not typ

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Galant definition

2010-10-23 Thread G. Crona
Yes thanks Chris, Affekt it was! And even today, "affektiert" (affected) has negative connotations in germanic languages (artificial, simulated). G. - Original Message - From: "Christopher Wilke" To: ; "G. Crona" Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 3:30

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Galant definition

2010-10-22 Thread Christopher Wilke
t; f. ex. indian music claims to do? (The correct term eludes > me, I really should read Farstads book! :) > > G. > - Original Message - From: "Christopher Wilke" > > To: ; > "G. Crona" > Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 4:16 PM > Subjec

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Galant definition

2010-10-22 Thread Dale Young
Here, Let me try. "Galant" is the term people who lived in the period from roughly 1720 on to 1790 ( Telemann through Mozart) used to describe certain traits, attitudes, and manners, associated with the cultured nobility, according to Robert O. Gjerdingen in his book, Music in the Galant

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Galant definition

2010-10-22 Thread G. Crona
Message - From: "Christopher Wilke" To: ; "G. Crona" Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 4:16 PM Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Galant definition Farstad's book is the best source for this music in reference to the lute. It includes exhaustive lists of composers, p

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Galant definition

2010-10-22 Thread G. Crona
I believe the standard work to be: http://openlibrary.org/works/OL7827880W/German_galant_lute_music_in_the_18th_century haven't read it myself unfortunately... G. - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 3:23 PM Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Galant definition Co