Baroque Suite Sorry Dave, I did not mean to imply there was a hurdy-gurdy in the Suite, just that it shows how it should be played. There are, of course, many suites for two vielles and vielle with bass. To make it sound right it needs the ornamentation, but this is very fiddly, unlike the simplicity of folk. It was music for the bourgeoisie and aristocracy, but that's no reason why we should not enjoy it. Good to take something from the excessively rich for a change. I like to play baroque music for the expressive qualities, which are related to poetry, but I also play mediaeval, renaissance and French folk along with touches of Mozart, Sibelius, and anything else which works. Michael
-----Original Message----- From: hurdygurdy group [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 25 June 2009 13:58 To: hurdygurdy digest subscribers Subject: hurdygurdy - 5 new messages in 3 topics - digest hurdygurdy http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy?hl=en [email protected] Today's topics: * hurdy gurdy for sale. - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy/t/a2c4f5a4f4612104?hl=en * Joining again - 1 messages, 1 author http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy/t/ff69efa134f133a8?hl=en * baroque music - 3 messages, 3 authors http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy/t/f182e5116ce7de69?hl=en ============================================================================ == TOPIC: hurdy gurdy for sale. http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy/t/a2c4f5a4f4612104?hl=en ============================================================================ == == 1 of 1 == Date: Tues, Jun 23 2009 12:23 pm From: Jim Petersen It is with much sadness that I must give up a long happy relationship with my Apprentice (now the minstrel) Olympic hurdy gurdy. Very similar to the second picture at this olympic link: http://www.hurdygurdy.com/products/minstrel.htm This will include case some extra strings bits of rosin... extra tangents, extra dog. this is an incredibly sweet soft (yes you can play it indoors) sounding gurdy you will see some pictures of it in use at my website below for more information you may contact me at the email address listed on my site. thanks jim *sniff* Grey Aengus (aka Jim)http://www.greyaengus.com often in error, never in doubt ============================================================================ == TOPIC: Joining again http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy/t/ff69efa134f133a8?hl=en ============================================================================ == == 1 of 1 == Date: Wed, Jun 24 2009 7:28 am From: Jim Petersen michael... i missed this post but i really liked it. it just made me feel real good reading it... i agree no form of music can abide snobbishness. and i have always really disliked the categories we put music into. i play what i hear and like. i try to stay away from other peoples concepts of what should or should not be played on the hurdy gurdy but i am always interested in something new. i have been known to really "folk up" a classic... *L* and other tunes too come to think of it. my playing is for my enjoyment and when it touches someone that is a bonus... but then of course it isnt my sole means of income. although i can not answer your ending question i would say this. there is nothing that could take music away from me... i think it is more inside the soul... i wake up every morning with some melody running through my head i can hear it with "my minds ear" in any key or any instrument? peace... i hope you find a place to plant your vegetables.. jim Grey Aengus (aka Jim)http://www.greyaengus.com often in error, never in doubt --- On Wed, 5/27/09, Michael Muskett <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Michael Muskett <[email protected]> > Subject: [HG-new] Joining again > To: "hurdygurdy" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 8:06 PM > > Hello, everyone. I am happy to join this group again after > a lapse of > many years, seemingly because of several computer > transplants. Also I > lived in the sticks (boondocks, I think, to you) for 17 > years and out > of touch with other players. However, in that time I > learned the art > of the printer and in due course printed a hurdy-gurdy > method which my > wife (assisted by me) was working on. The computer had > developed > enormously in that time from being quite primitive to being > able to > set music. Wonderful! The rest of my time was occupied > among > vegetables, fruits and trees. > Now we live in a new(ish) town designed by a famous > American; all > fast tree-lined roads, and a shopping centre. I can't find > any music > group to join, but we have a 39 year old weekly folk club > run by Matt > Armour until his sudden death some months ago. > I seem to be a controversial figure because, as was > pointed out many > years ago by a bluegrass musician (I love it) I am a > strange creature > in that I am a classical musician with an interest in > folk. > I do not like the false separation between these forms of > music, for > they are both very varied and have close links.Neither can > Iabide > snobbishness in either direction. Music is music and the > joy of the > human spirit. > This morning I heard about a famous American lawyer (he of > the 'monkey > trial) who was audacious in asking which would you rather: > lose your > eyesight or change the colour of your skin? So I ask what > you would > give up in order to retain the pleasures of music? > My greetings to all, > Michael > > > > ============================================================================ == TOPIC: baroque music http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy/t/f182e5116ce7de69?hl=en ============================================================================ == == 1 of 3 == Date: Wed, Jun 24 2009 7:40 am From: "michael" Baroque Music If anyone is interested in playing baroque music I recommend that you listen to Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764): Le Temple de la Gloire - orchestral suites (1745) Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Jeanne Lamon (conductor). This is beautifully played and is an excellent demonstration of the style, showing off the various dance movements. According to reports the hurdy-gurdy players of the day were able to match the subtlety of violins and flutes. The suites were broadcast this morning on BBC Radio 3 and people in the UK can Listen Again for a week.. Michael == 2 of 3 == Date: Wed, Jun 24 2009 8:13 am From: Graham Whyte Michael I can't find it What was the name of the programme and the time of the broadcast ? Graham michael wrote: Baroque Music If anyone is interested in playing baroque music I recommend that you listen to Rameau, Jean-Philippe (1683-1764): Le Temple de la Gloire - orchestral suites (1745) Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Jeanne Lamon (conductor). This is beautifully played and is an excellent demonstration of the style, showing off the various dance movements. According to reports the hurdy-gurdy players of the day were able to match the subtlety of violins and flutes. The suites were broadcast this morning on BBC Radio 3 and people in the UK can Listen Again for a week.. Michael == 3 of 3 == Date: Wed, Jun 24 2009 8:24 am From: Dave Holland On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 04:13:46PM +0100, Graham Whyte wrote: > I can't find it > What was the name of the programme and the time of the broadcast ? "Through the night" at 1am today... the Rameau is the last item, at 6:29am (i.e. 5:29 in the "listen again"). http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00l8t87 I'm listening right now. I don't hear any hurdy-gurdy, but there's some virtuoso brass playing! Cheers, Dave ============================================================================ == You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. 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