Actually we do have some of them and this is one of the topics that I have dealt with in my thesis (modern and contemporary Lute music), it's a very interesting research that goes on, looking for new aspects still to be dealt with Best regards to all Silvia Inviato da iPhone
> Il giorno 15 mar 2018, alle ore 12:13, Matthew Daillie > <[email protected]> ha scritto: > >> On 15/03/2018 01:45, Ron Andrico wrote: >> I don't usually bother to respond to your sniping noises, >> >> There is no stature to be gained by treating the work of others with >> disdain while claiming a morally superior position > > Goodness Ron , those are comments that could definitely have granted you a > valuable source of introspection. The art of projection never ceases to amaze > me. > > Gilbert Isbin's email was quite belligerent in its questioning. My post was a > straightforward answer. I have nothing against lute players composing and > performing their own music, I just don't wish to be aggressively interrogated > as to why I'm not buying or playing it. > > I never said that I prefer 'old music', just that I don't see much 'new' lute > music out there to compete with the production of the great masters. We seem > to be forgetting that the lute was THE instrument of its age and that many of > the works which have come down to us are the acme of musical production. > > I cannot think of a major composer today who only writes for one instrument. > If we look at 20th century music, very often the great instrumentalists > commissioned works from contemporary distinguished composers. Maybe we need > one of today's top lutenists to do the same, just as Julian Bream > commissioned Benjamin Britten to write Nocturnal for guitar (based on > Dowland's 'Come Heavy Sleep') over 50 years ago. The filter of time has not > yet finished its job and we do not know what works will survive for > prosperity but we can look back at the 20th century and find an endless list > of great composers (Bartok, Berio, Britten, Crumb, Dutilleux, Gubaidulina, > Kurtag, Ligeti, Messiaen, Prokofiev, Rihm, Shnittke, Shostakovich, > Stravinsky, to name but a few). Maybe we need a composer of their ilk to > write for the lute before there is a real renaissance of its music. > > Then there is the captivating experience of playing music which is 500 years > old and yet speaks to us directly with ineffable force and beauty. That > fascination, in conjunction with the historical, artistic and musicological > riches which accompany our music-making, are surely the main reasons why most > of us took up the lute in the first place. > > Best, > > Matthew > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
