Well done, Arto!
RT
----- Original Message -----
From: "wikla" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 3:54 PM
Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] My 1st arr to 11-courseRe: baroque Euro-pop! ;-)
Dear baroque lutenists,
I am new to the d-minor tuning, as you perhaps know, and I made my first
try to arrange something to that. First I must say that this tuning seems
to fit _excellently_ to the music of the times this tuning was
flourishing!
And BTW, the same feel I had years ago about the renaissance tuning
fitting
so well to the 16th century music. It is funny, how the right strings and
frets seem to happen to be just there, where needed!
Well, anyhow, I chose to arrange the Prelude of "Te Deum" by Marc-Antoine
Charpentier (actually not even all of the Prelude - only the rondo part).
That piece is certainly the most known piece of French baroque in Europe,
because it is the theme music of EBU (European Broadcasting Union). And
that means that already from 1960's all the EBU broadcasts have started by
that piece: especially the Eurovision Song Contests, but also many sport
events etc. So it is kind of "Euro-pop" known practically to every
European... And I suppose that most, who know the piece, do not have any
idea it is French baroque music...
You can find links to my tab and (a couple of) example playing (and more)
in my page
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/11_courseLute/
Or if you prefer direct links:
written:
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/11_courseLute/CharpTeDePre.pdf
played: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEuoLItMIGQ
http://www.vimeo.com/9288049
And by "example playing" I do not mean perfect playing! I intention is
just
to show that it is possible to play my arrangement... ;-)
All the best,
Arto
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