Ha! That does sound interesting? Do you have a lute setting of "Norwegian Wood" you can share?
Dick Sent from my iPhone On Jun 21, 2014, at 8:29 AM, Christopher Wilke <chriswi...@cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote: > 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 > > -------------------------------------------- > On Sat, 6/21/14, Edward C. Yong <edward.y...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Subject: [LUTE] Appropriateness of play list > To: "Lute List" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > 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 > edward.y...@gmail.com > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
