Sounds like someone was at Bloomington's first Midwest HG convention! :^) How was it, Judith? I've looked on fondly from far away, thanks to Tom Lozano's kind FYI's. Vlad
On 25 Apr 2012, at 12:36, Judith Lindenau wrote: > 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. -- 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.
