Henk this is not a reply to your question, sorry but it goes in the
same direction as this quote :
Le 18 sept. 07 à 21:00, henk a écrit :
> I agree with Arto: lute playing could not have been so quiet in the
> 16th and
> 17th centuries...let alone in the baroque area. I like Sterling's
> humor very
> much, because he could be right..?
I was just answering an off-list question about Jacob Heringman and
Hoppy's playing, when I made a significant? typing slip, as follows:
"Well, as I said Jacob's playing was both extremely clear and loud.
He seems to use his whole body position to obtain this. I have always
believed that with the right technique lute playing could be louder
(Jacob proved this possible even with gut strings); but years ago my
first teacher always went for an even softer approach than that of
Hoppy. Nevertheless, I have always felt that descriptions of
Frencesco implied that he could go from very quiet to loud, from the
subtleness of a Hoppy to the projection of a Jacob Heringman.
However, Hoppy is also superb on stage. He does manage to concentrate
the audience on the small space of his mute. He seems to create a
circle of silence from which he can whisper to you." ( on French
keyboards, "l " and "m " are just next to each other).
In fact, in terms of projection, I would think that Jacob could
accompany a small group of dancers, in a fairly large room without
too much problem, but Hoppy I am not so sure; and yet Hoppy can play
dance music beautifully (very subtle rhythmic and timing
differences), as his Attaignant record attests, and he certainly
makes your feet feel like dancing. While Jacob uses his projection to
bring out the more cerebral twists and turns of complex polyphony.
I may be wrong, but I can't see Jacob actually accompanying dancers,
at all. Dance music is not all loudness, I feel.
Regards
Anthony
>
> But could anyone refer to my original question about the use of
> magnesium?
>
> Henk
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sterling price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Arto Wikla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <baroque-
> [email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 8:40 PM
> Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Quietness of playing (was: magnesium)
>
>
>> Well first of all he plays over the rose. And he stops
>> the basses so fast that one can't hear them.
>> Sterling
>>
>>
>> --- Arto Wikla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tuesday 18 September 2007 15:21, henk wrote:
>>>> .[..] I went to a concert [...] given by Hopkinson
>>>> Smith [...]. Although I was sitting in the third
>>> row I
>>>> could almost hear nothing of what he was playing
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> I have the same experience of nearly silence in
>>> Hopkinson Smith's
>>> concert. That time it was a renaissance lute. As
>>> beautiful as it may
>>> be, lute playing could not have been so quiet in the
>>> 16th and 17th
>>> centuries...
>>>
>>> Opinions of that?
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
>>> Arto
>>>
>>>
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