> On Aug 9, 2018, at 7:34 PM, Tristan von Neumann <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Lasso was *not* a serious composer.
Does this mean he never wrote a closet raga? > He composed the announcement music for the "Gümpelsbrunn Nose Dance" (an > early teaser trailer for an event...), but the festival is probably legendary > because no town named Gümpelsbrunn is known. :) > > Also, he wrote a letter to his Patron, the Duke of Bavaria, which would today > read something like this: > "Hey, Boss, I arrived in Munich. Thanks for the stockings. We sat around and > made fun of everybody, including you." > > ..and for the closing words: > "Okay Boss, now it's time to visit the Netherlands of my wife. I haven't > f****d in a while." > > No kidding. This is the guy. > > Also remember his hilarious Matona mia cara, where a German landsknecht tries > to sing a cool song for his girl but in very bad Italian. > The final stanza also uses the F-Word. This hardly makes a case for his not being serious, but there’s lots of other evidence: Like those hilarious Penitential Psalms. And the zany Lagrime di San Pietro. And the four highly risque “Passion” (you know what he means…) settings. And the goofy Lamentations Don’t forget the 100 Magnificats. Not a serious bone in his body. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
