I am appreciative of your "Birth of Venus" analogy. Last weekend I was able to participate in an excellent workshop with Dr. Robert Green on Baroque music for the hurdy gurdy. Above all, I was reminded of the meticulous attention to detail which is requisite to playing music of the era--not only the ornamentation and the other 'condiments', but also details of instrument maintenance--cottoning, dog design and strings.
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 1:13 PM, michael <[email protected]>wrote: > ** ** > * *Following Doreen’s interest in baroque music I am looking afresh at > the French songs and dances from the operas arranged for two hurdy-gurdies. > I find they are not as simple as they appear at first sight. This presents > an interesting challenge, and one not to be shirked. French baroque music > is not played as it is written but uses an unique musical shorthand > indicating many forms of rhythmic and stylistic variation. These musical > condiments, as we may call them, are essential in performance and without > them the music is dull, and lacks both vigour and expression. **** * The > term baroque means ‘highly decorated’ and is applied to art and > architecture as well as music. The word is pronounced as it is written in > German: barock. As in Barock Obama. * * During the 18th century this > repertoire was played in the many European courts which followed French > fashion: Germany, Russia, Italy, Sweden…The music is as highly mannered > and intricate as are the dances it accompanies.* * On first looking at > these short tunes some thought is required to bring them to life and I find > it a constant wonder how the latent patterns on a page of music can be > coaxed, through the medium of a musical instrument, into the most lively > dance music! It is as though a painting has come to life; as though Venus > herself has stepped from her shell onto the shore and dances on the strand*. > * > > *Wikipedia: Birth of Venus**** > > ** ** > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "hurdygurdy" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy > > The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at > http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from > new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -- Judith Lindenau www.judithlindenau.com Consulting and Personal Coaching Management blog: http://www.realtown.com/Judith2/blog -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster.
