How interesting! It was the same for me. After hearing Presley and a
few other things, like "Sh-boom, sh-boom", I decided to give up on
popular music altogether. Then I heard a girl school choir rehearsing
madrigals, and it was the most beautiful thing I had ever heard. I got
hold of "Music
It is my impression that there are quite a few outstanding young players who
will continue the tradition of great lute playing. Names that immediately come
to mind are Lukas Henning and Bor Zuljan. We should ask the teachers at the
Schola in Basels what they think of young players. - Further,
That's not speaking of Thomas Dunford, an incredible lutenist whose got
several recordings out. But what I've witnessed since the 1960's is
incredible: we do not need to worry about the lute & theorbo
anymore--many very fine players throughout the world, including
Hopkinson Smith
Even though Basel Schola is a turning point in lute teaching, it is certainly
not the only one ! Bor Zuljan, for one, didn’t study there and yet he is
undoubtedly in the lead regarding lute playing ! Young Dunford never completed
his curriculum there, etc etc...
Lukas Henning was probably one
I am a young amateur lute player (just 21), so I guess I am a part of
the next generation of players. I think the lute will continue to be
played for the foreseeable future, since there's always someone strange
enough to fall in love with the lute's music and sound, but it's sad to
Howard is right about the graying of audiences and it's been talked
about for years here in the US. I think one problem is that early music
is the poor step-sister of "classical music" - a category that was
solidified (along with ethnic, folk etc.) back when record stores
started. It seems to
> On Aug 27, 2020, at 8:58 AM, Is Milse Póg wrote:
>
> I am a young amateur lute player (just 21), so I guess I am a part of
> the next generation of players. I think the lute will continue to be
> played for the foreseeable future, since there's always someone strange
> enough to fall
For me, it was Elvis Presley's "You Ain't Nuthin But a Hound Dog" when
I was 7 years old that convinced me that I never wanted to listen to
pop music ever again. Fortunately, growing up in Philadelphia, there
was a great classical music FM station, and the Philadelphia Orchestra
If you had asked the question about the future of the lute in the late
1590s, the answer would have been "More voices!", not the style brisé,
which is pretty much the exact opposite of thick polyphony ... Which is
why I always dreaded the typical well honed HR question: "Where do you
see
I certainly second Le Roi Danse. Can even spot a theorbo in the corner
of the continuo section: [1]https://youtu.be/ZqMIUoeubLI
And of course, the teen comedy "Fun Size" featured my 11 course lute
played by Ana Gasteyer!! (don't bother tracking it down. It was a lame
vehicle for
+++A good Early Music movie has yet to be made...
A few come to mind:
Amadeus (1984)
Tous les matins du monde (1991)
Farinelli 1994
Le roi danse (2000)
There are more!
:)
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There are some positive signs—a few thoughts:
1. Although it is a frequently expressed concern, I believe the audience for
classical music has always been “graying” (at least as life expectancy has
increased). Perhaps the reasons include greater availability of leisure time
of that age group,
To my friends on the Graying Lute List:
Due to a two-century long and world-wide shortage of lute players, we
can now get into heaven for free!
Smile,
George
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The Lute will have a future.
It's just too beautiful.
I'm working on it by playing in the park.
A friend of mine wants to get a lute now.
As for films:
I wonder why they are missing out on opportunities.
Best lute film I have seen in recent years: "Bill"
It's about
I beg to differ - see Tous les matins du monde
On 8/27/20 2:41 PM, tristanvonneum...@gmx.de wrote:
him.
A good Early Music movie has yet to be made...
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Hi, all.
My $0.02. The lute died for a reason, and that reason hasn't really
changed: it is not an instrument for modern concert halls. In addition,
it isn't part of the "Classical Canon," being long dead when the early
German musicologists did their thing. Which means it is, and will
There have been numerous comments about the graying of lute
enthusiasts. My personal experience may give us a little hope. I
grew up in a very high Anglican church with William Byrd and other such
composers. By the time I was ten early music was almost all of my
music. When
NOT spoof. I actually wrote this.
Chris
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