Hmm--are those same directors trying to get extra mileage out of their
Rheingold anvils? <lol>
Aaron J. Rabushka
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark D Lew" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 10:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: dynamic range for musical anvils?
On Apr 25, 2010, at 6:37 PM, Aaron Rabushka wrote:
Is anyone acquainted with the musical use of anvils, and their possible
dynamic range? Every instance I can thing of is loud, and I noticed that
Wagner does not give any dynamic's for Mime's hammering in Siegfried. Is
anyone here familiar with any quiet uses of them?
Can I take this opportunity to vent a pet peeve about the anvil chorus in
Verdi's Trovatore?
The scene features a troop of gypsies. Among the things gypsies were
known for in that historical context is jewelry. The anvils they carry
would be the small jewelers' anvils one uses for crafting jewelry.
And yet, in so many productions they are shown with dozens of big forging
anvils, banging on them with giant mallets.
Gypsies are also known for being nomadic. Does it never occur to the
director how absurd it is to thing they'd be lugging around those 100-
pound monsters in a nomadic lifestyle?
mdl
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