Dear Anton Hoger,
I sent you a private email trying to be helpful and was therefore a bit
surprised to find you didn't reply to me but instead fired off a touchy
general response! And I really don't know what you mean by
'insinuations' - insinuations of what? Believe it, or not, I was simply
trying to helpfully suggest that you might save yourself a lot of time
and effort if you read pieces directly from the staff notation and also
learned figured bass rather than always having to employ an
intermediate stage of written intabulation.
Now you raise the matter, generally I do think that most reasonably
competent players should be encouraged to make their own
arrangements/transcriptions in their own style and, as I say, to be
able to play reasonably fluently from staff notation without always
having to rely on a modern intabulation made by a third party.
Similarly, I think it good for lute players to be encouraged to become
fluent in Italian tablature without needing to rely on transcriptions
into the French system. The reliance on other peoples' arrangements and
transcriptions can, in my view, be restrictive and effectively close
much of the enormous wealth of music from all ages. I also believe
that the process of making ones own arrangements/transcriptions is
thoroughly enjoyable one (and really not 'rocket science') and is a
personally creative way for individuals to discover original music and
repertoire new to them. And, I might add, to create something which
ideally matches their individual technical capabilities, instrument(s)
and musical tastes.
MH
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From: jean-michel Catherinot <[email protected]>
To: Bruno Cognyl -Fournier <[email protected]>; Anton HAP:ger
<[email protected]>; List Lutelist <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, 3 August 2016, 13:35
Subject: [LUTE] Re: insinuations
I agree Bruno...
Le Mercredi 3 aoA>>t 2016 13h25, Bruno Cognyl -Fournier
<[1][email protected]> a A(c)crit :
Anton
let me say that I admire your work very much. Of course playing
ftom
notation is always good to be able to do and something I have
taught
to
the few students I have had in 40 years, however one can usually do
that on one or two sets of tunings..playing in trios and quartets
with
g, a, c , and d lutes become more tricky for the average guy. your
work is fantastic and allows players to be exposed to more than
just
lute repertoire. I will be retiring ftom my job in a few years and
intend on teaching lute to beginners . your material will be of
great
use.
one wish..set some medieval pieces especially the trecento
stuff...
regards
Bruno Cognyl-Fournier
Montreal
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-------- Original message --------
From: Anton Hoeger
Date:2016-08-03 03:24 (GMT-05:00)
To: List Lutelist
Subject: [LUTE] insinuations
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Martin Hogson wrote:
>
> Dear Anton Hoger,
>
> Have you ever considered learning to play from figured bass? This
would save you much mundane work making these unnecessary
transcriptions/arrangements.
>
> MH
>
> Ja natuerlich! Aber was haben meine Renaissance Intabulations mit
Dimunitions mit einem figured bass zu tun?
> Das eine hat doch mit dem anderen nichts zu tun.
> Ich habe bisher nur sehr wenig Fruehbarocke Generalbassstuecke
bearbeitet. Ausserdem waeren doch genau diese Ausarbeitungen fuer
den
Interpreten interessant. Als Anregung, Alternativen oder sogar als
fertige Ausfuehrun..
> Meine 100000 downloads und Tausend Danksagungen zeigen ein
anderes
Bild, als Dein ...making these unnecessary transcriptions!!!
> Bitte unterlasse doch diese Unverschaemtheiten, wenn Du keine
Ahnung
hast.
>
> Anton
>
> Yes of course! But how do you bring my Renaissance Intabulations
with
Dimunitions in relation with a figured bass?
> These one has nothing to do with the other one!
> On the other side I have so far only very few Earlybaroque
figured
Bass edited pieces. Exactly this Arrangements may be interesting
for
the interprets. As a suggestion or such ways.
> My 100000 downloads and thousand credits show a different image
than
Your: ...making these unnecessary transcriptions!.........
> Please stop these insinuations, if you have no idea.
>
>
> Anton
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