which reminds me on my feelings towards Beethoven's piano sonatas. I couldn't stand them any more ... but then I've heard a concert when they were played on a Hammerklavier - so delicate! I loved it ...
The same to Chopin on an old piano instead of the modern Steinways it's usually played. It's like a new world - and I like it. I'm not sure BTW that the old composers would have enjoyed modern instruments. They have had different listening habits and the modern instruments would have felt like visiting a Heavy Metal concert when used to lute music. Thomas Am Dienstag, 12. Juli 2011, 17.09:12 schrieb Martyn Hodgson: > Indeed David, and precisely the point I made which launched this round > of mails. Once we move away from considerations of historical evidence > we quickly get into the realms of mere personal assertion to fit an > individual's own preferences which may, or may not, be related to what > the Old Ones expected. > > The idea that, to take one composer at random, JS Bach would have > preferred a modern Bechstein grand is, of course, not new and this sort > of case was used from the earliest days of the revival of interest in > his music in the mid 19th century. Whether or not he would have done is > something we'll never know - what we do know reasonably well are the > sorts of keyboard instruments he would actually have come across. > > Martyn > --- On Tue, 12/7/11, David van Ooijen <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: David van Ooijen <[email protected]> > Subject: [LUTE] Re: What's the point to 'historical sound' > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, 12 July, 2011, 15:13 > > On 12 July 2011 04:15, <[1][email protected]> wrote: > > I think that, if the old masters had possessed effects, they would > > have used them. > .. and would have written different music which would have utilised > these effects. Which is the whole point about HIP: using the means the > old had at their disposal to create a sound that could have been in > their ears when they wre writing their music. > David > -- > ******************************* > David van Ooijen > [2][email protected] > www.davidvanooijen.nl > ******************************* > To get on or off this list see list information at > [3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. http://uk.mc263.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected] > 2. http://uk.mc263.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected] > 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- Thomas Schall Doerflistrasse 2 CH-6078 Lungern +41 41 678 00 79 [email protected] --
