This is interesting. I'm heartened, in light of our recent discussion
that seemed to show the near lack of women composers in the past, that
2 of the 4 composers selected for this project were women.
I'm not really a fan of "contemporary" music, but I found 2 of the
compositions worthy of the time to listen to. While all 4 used the
"modern" way of making sounds using "extended techniques" on the
instrument, I found "RunSten....and Varin said" and "Bakers Dozen" to
have melodic and harmonic interest. Perhaps its true that some of this
could be thought of as similar to modern guitar music, but then
considering that there aren't many models of modern lute music, that
seems like a reasonable place to start for a composer who doesn't play
lute.
Thanks for posting this link. I found it very interesting to explore.
Suzanne
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> Hey, you hordes of contemporary lute music fans. Have a look at
The
> Lute Project at [1]http://www.abc.net.au/classic/lute/default.htm
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>
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> The Australian ABC broadcasting company commissioned four
composers to
> write works for lute or theorbo, which were performed live by
Tommie
> Andersson at last year's Aurora Festival. The site has videos of
the
> concert plus interviews with the composers. Well worth a look.
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> 1. http://www.abc.net.au/classic/lute/default.htm
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