Sometimes, in the hand of a master, a little anachronism helps -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkJZOxqB-qk
On 09/06/2017 11:11 AM, Ron Andrico wrote:
I should add a comment to my previous remarks. We have seen several
other period productions aired by BBC and their affiliates where the
attention to detail is remarkable. This is particularly true in
Victorian era productions where parlor music is featured with singers
using a natural voice are accompanied by (sometimes barely tuned)
period pianos. The result convincing. But when directors have a
choice between getting the costumes right down to the wrinkles and tiny
buttons or using authentic music, we know which choice they'll make.
RA
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Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 5:24 PM
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Subject: [LUTE] Re: Wolf Hall
>Movies mess up the music and/or historical facts nearly all the
time...
I wonder why that is? - on behalf of Tristan von Neumann
In my experience, film directors and, more specifically, the large
herds of their minions are always, always, always more concerned
with
images, dialogue, actions, and sounds that they think will sell to
the
average viewer. In Hollywoodland, so-called authenticity comes
across
as nothing more than pedantic, which is OK for a 15 second clip now
and
again. And it's just a plain fact that music directors have very
little interest in any music they did not discover for themselves.
That's why you hear Mozart in Tudor film dramatizations, and
screaming
power chords setting the tone for Louis XIV.
Besides, it's common knowledge that in order to get your music into
film, you have to be very well connected. It rarely matters whether
the music is appropriate - or even good.
RA
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