I have no problem at all in giving my opinion in public: I give it a 5! The music seems to me to be a skillful adaptation of music that was, after all, supposed to have some movement and beat to it. As to the dancing, it's not it's not bad dancing by anybody's standard (that I know of, anyway). I'm not shocked...
David R 4, 2006, at 4:04 PM, Arto Wikla wrote: > > Dear lutenists, > > I do not want to set light to make a fight, but I would like to make > an artistic, aesthetic poll. Everybody is right and everybody is > wrong, > as always in aesthetic questions. > > So how would you set the aesthetic quality of the (parts) of > Bourgeois Gentilhomme setup by Jean Marie Bigard, pointed us by > Roman: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crgelhKxz34&eurl > > Let the scale be: 1=horrible, 2=..., ..., 5=great. > > You can answer to the list or privately to me - I promise to keep > the secret! In a week or so I'll publish the results. > > I already have one 5 (me) and one 1. To me those dances and the music > (with the drumming) represents modern Frech style of making these > things. But in very much in the same spirit Lully and Moliere made > their play in their days. To me that really works! > > If you write some explanations in private, my possible quotes will > also be anonymous. But then to the poll: Please vote! :-) > > All the best, > > Arto > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
