Stuart,
Thanks for these, I found them interesting. I was wondering if you
could say a little bit about why you're interested in
modern/contemporary (whatever you want to call it) music for the lute?
Its nice that there are some pieces out there, and its even better for
the rest of us that folks like you record them for us to hear and sample
a little bit. But not so many people are in to that sort of music, so I
was just wondering if you could comment a bit. Thanks.
Suzanne
On 1/15/2011 3:28 PM, Stuart Walsh wrote:
Christian Vasseur wrote some lute pieces about twenty years ago. They
are not in an 'advanced' atonal idiom. There is a fair amount of
humour, mischief or whimsy in some of the pieces and the player often
has to make some final decisions about how to play the music.
Here's a stab at three:
1) This is "La vida es un ciervo herida" for lute or vihuela and a
reference to Gongora. It is marked, lento. Luis de Gongora is a
Spanish poet (1561-1627) and the line translates as: Life is wounded
stag. (Life is a wounded stag in whom the fast-stuck arrows function as
wings.) Well...
[1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoy3_9ntp94
2) This is "Yann Queffetleant's Jig" There is a Breton guitar player
with that name but this is surely not a jig (?)
[2]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1pf3CDTAIc
and
3) Untitled. No tempo indications.. The player is left to get on with
it, presumably.
[3]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZUjcZ-osaA
Very interesting, characterful pieces.
Stuart
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References
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoy3_9ntp94
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1pf3CDTAIc
3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZUjcZ-osaA
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