a worth contributor to the list contacted me privately to say that "feelings" is actually a braziian song called "dime" and takes on a different character when played in a "... HIP manner and placed in the context of Jobim and Charlie Byrd."
couldn't agree more with him about the latter but not so sure about the stringency of HIP. taken as one of many influences it's wonderful but as an end in and of itself it's just plain dull (imho). sting's success with his dowland recordings suggests that any artist who acknowledges HIP but not be burdened with it - takes something other than a concensus view of it - can bring new life to the material. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > All, > > With the possible exception of jazz, classical > music is confronted with a uniquely problematic > practice right now that prevents it from becoming a > successful commercial item: its made up of the same > _exact_ stuff over and over. To use Pachelbel as an > example - outside of specialists, who knows any > other > piece of music by JP other than the infamous > "Variations Over a Ground Bass in D Major?" Yet > there > is a whole body of work by this guy including organ > works, choral music, etc. Why is it that we don't > hear more? There are a number of complex issues > such > as audience expectations and promotional issues, but > the core responsibility lies with the fact that > performers themselves just don't play JP's other > stuff > very often. > Look at pop music (I use it in a very broad > sense > of "not classical") on the other hand. Covers exist > but most acts are always presenting _new_ music. > (This music is, of course, not new stylistically - > it > consistently follows rather narrow formulae.) If > our > genre is going to survive, classical musicians need > to > at least delve into some of the great unknown > repertoire out there more often. > Discovering neglected gems was the operative > philosophy of the Early Music movement when it first > began, but now we too have largely ossified into > predictable patterns of the same pieces by the same > composers again and again. Just look to see how > many > different recordings of Dowland are out there. Now > look to see how many recordings of the music of, > say, > Buddy Holly, you'll find by people other than Buddy > Holly himself. Undoubtedly you'll find folks > recording a Holly song here or there, but when its > done it is rather like an added spice that makes up > the meal of one's career built on other, previously > unheard, songs. > Yes, all of this concentration on a few items > was > at the urging of record companies who saw that it > was > easier to package, market, and sell classical albums > to the consumer if they were classified by > recognizable-name composers and "greatest hit" > repertoire. That was in the past. But now - look > at > the serious trouble that record companies are in > today > because of this narrow corporate mindset! > Performers > need to lead the charge into other modes. > Here, I'm mainly talking about what already > exists > in the back-catalog. I haven't even mentioned the > utterly unholy option of performers championing > newly > composed music. > > > Chris > > > > --- David Rastall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ho! Ho! > > > > Here comes the voice of the big elitist: the > worst > > possible thing > > for classical music is for it to become > popularized. > > In the world of > > pop culture, to loosely paraphrase Oscar Wilde, > the > > only thing worse > > for classical music than *not* being talked about > is > > for it to *be* > > talked about. ;-) > > > > David R > > > > > > > > On Jan 20, 2007, at 9:54 AM, Daniel Shoskes wrote: > > > > > > > > On Jan 20, 2007, at 9:39 AM, EUGENE BRAIG IV > > wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> > > >> lushly lifeless interpretation of Pachelbel's > > Canon directly into > > >> their brains. > > > > > > With the Canon's new fame?? > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information > at > > > > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > www.rastallmusic.com > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss an email again! > Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail > arrives. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ > > > ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
