Oh - right! I forgot to mention Eduardo Fal�. Cecilia has a crinkly letter of him framed in her living room <g>. I also attended some classes with Merlin - I know it's dangerous to suggest music of a player and composer who is probably not of the highest quality but anyhow I think his CD could give a good starter into the folk music of argentina. The form of the folk music (dances) is rather strict in his works and actually I have enjoyed playing his versions of Piazolla - very musically set and formable on a guitar. Also M.D.Pujol was meant just as an example of a young generation of great composers from south america - and I just mentioned argentina. If you take a look at other countries you'll find many more great musicians. Actually I think at least at the moment there is the most creative power in music coming from south america!
But this becomes more and more off topic and I think we should leave this discussion. Best wishes Thomas Am Die, 2004-06-15 um 21.49 schrieb Ariel Abramovich: > > > > > I was playing music from argentina a while ago on the guitar > when I was pupil at the conservatory. My teacher was (and is) > married to an argentinian with good connections to the "folk" > scene there. So I had the pleasure to get a good and > comprehensive introduction into this music. It is really far > away from simple music and rather folk art like *real* > flamenco (not that kind you will usually hear being played on > the radio). > Those who are still play guitar should try their fingers on > the music of Maximo Diego Pujol (often based on tango nuevo, > chacareras, Milongas etc. my friends made a very recommendable > recording: Maximo Diego Pujol: Tiempo del Hombre, Jutta > Wenzlaff&Thomas Bittermann, Cecilia Nieva Bittermann, no > ordering number found - if someone's interested I'll forward a > mail adress). > I think some early recordings of Atahualpa Yupanqui are still > (or again) available which are worth to listen to. > For those who rather like the more popular side of argentinian > (guitar) music I would like to adress to Jos� Luis Merlin > whose compositions are easier accessible and may give a simple > introduction into the complex topic: Jos� Luis Merlin: > Atardecer en las Cuesta Blanca (Obras de Piazolla, Yupanqui y > Merlin), Shamrock Records 1029-2. Somewhere I have Merlin's > email adress but I am not sure if it's still valid. > > Best wishes > Thomas > > Argentinean music is a totally different thing. > Yupanqui is probably the best thing to look at, if you want to > get into it. > Eduardo Fal�, is also great. > Maximo D P has some nice things, but there're many many > excellent musicians. > Well, I studied a life ago with Merl�n. His compositions > aren't really representative of Argentinean music, to be > honest, although some of them are fine. -- Thomas Schall Niederhofheimer Weg 3 D-65843 Sulzbach 06196/74519 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.lautenist.de / www.tslaute.de/weiss --
