Edward,
Keep in mind that the food is probably about as authentically Italian as a
taco. (I'm guessing. If they do serve actual regional Italian cuisine, the food
is going to be the star, not the music.) Your audience will most likely get
more of a kick out of hearing "Norwegian Wood" on the lute than Francesco.
Chris
Dr. Christopher Wilke D.M.A.
Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer
www.christopherwilke.com
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On Sat, 6/21/14, Edward C. Yong <[email protected]> wrote:
Subject: [LUTE] Appropriateness of play list
To: "Lute List" <[email protected]>
Date: Saturday, June 21, 2014, 1:03 AM
Hi fellow lutenetters!
So I've been asked to do an Italian restaurant gig in July,
two sets of thirty minutes each.
Should I bother selecting Italian music appropriate for a
specific time period - e.g. dances from Negri and Caroso? Or
should I just play through '58 Very Easy Pieces for
Renaissance Lute'?
Does anyone else get into these struggles for
'authenticity'? I doubt anyone would even notice if I played
an all-English repertoire of Greensleeves, Packington's
Pound, and Fortune my Foe on repeat, but I'd like to be a
bit better than that.
Edward Chrysogonus Yong
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