On Nov 30, 2007, at 12:17 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Piazzolla worked for most of his life as an outsider > on both sides of the fence. He received death threats > from the hardcore traditional tango fans who wanted no > change to the genre as they perceived it. He studied > "serious" composition with the by then > arch-conservative Nadia Boulanger. During his life he > was certainly no force at all in serious music - no > one who wanted to be recognized in academia would dare > write in Piazzolla's style. There is no Piazolla > "school" the way there is a colorist school, > postmodern school, etc. Besides, his music has only > really taken off in popularity since his death. He is, nevertheless, a "cultural force." > I know there are plenty who would disagree with me, > but personally I often find his music pretty bland. I thought that also about Piazzolla, but now I think maybe it was the performances that were bland. I've heard totally meaningless Piazzolla renditions by guitarists who have great technical skill, but are obviously ignorant of Tango. "Cultural force." remember? The problem, at least around here, is that classical guitarists who understand Tango are not exactly thick on the ground. > The rhythms are nice, but I find the harmonies rather > predictable and dull in the scheme of things. The > music seems rather cliche-driven "Cultural force." remember? > But really, shouldn't we be talking about what kind of > lute to use when playing the Cinco Piezas? ;-) Uh, they play our music, we don't play theirs. Or do we...? ;-) ;-) ;-) David R [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
