I meant serious in the sense that he had a stick up his a**.
He certainly seems like a funny guy to hang around with.
The output of Sacred music does not detract from that. :)
Am 10.08.2018 um 05:13 schrieb howard posner:
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.
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