On 3/25/07, John Howell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hmmm. What "Amadeus" did was to make Mozart look like an idiot!!
Not my take on that movie at all, but hey, it that wasn't the take of the Academy Awards, given that Amadeus won Oscars for best picture, best actor, best adapted screenplay, best costume design, best art/set direction, best sound, best makeup. Nah, but what would *those* guys know about a good movie.
Nice to see that anachronism is alive and well in French film making, in spite of the sumptuous costuming.
Eh, I'm sure we'll survive just fine.
Speak for yourself. 50 years ago I had LPs of Vivaldi in my collection at college, some of which I still own. Telemann, no; never heard of the dude! What is STILL missing in Vivaldi scholarship, of course, is the operas and choral music on which he lavished so much care and creativity. Nobody even knew they existed 50 years ago, but the concertos, absolutely!
I'm sure there were Vivaldi concerto's on 78s during the 1930s or 1940s (maybe even earlier); despite your nasty attitude, if you bother to re-read what I posted, I said Vivaldi was hardly known to the general listening public. The Four Seasons wasn't recorded until the late 1940s. Lord, imagine a time where there was ONLY one recording of the Four Seasons. ;) I see such movies as Amadeus and the new features about Vivaldi as entertainment pieces that bring a level of humanity of some rather abstract historical. If these movies help promote an understanding of classical music, or gets one more person to become involved in the arts or learn something about our cultural past, I'm all for it, even if such dramas aren't quite up to snuff with your view of things. Have a great weekend, Kim Patrick Clow New York City, New York _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
