Yes, I'm trying to think of what music matches Tarkovsky... Arvo Pärt? Bresson's work has that same spiritual quality, but far more concisely and narratively rendered. Ockeghem? When I watch the multilayered films of Altman and Renoir I think of fugues.
Although Bergman's films are more focused on dialogue and acting, one of the things I love about them is the way music is used (that also goes for Kubrick). So much music that sounds specifically composed for a scene is just plucked from the existing literature. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 6:46 PM To: lute net Subject: RE: mesmerization Stuart, I for one am excited about Tarkovsky! - a great artist who's films are not films, but pieces of music. (I suppose he would've argued more for poetry.) "Andrei Rublev" changed my world and made me much more serious about my art. I'm also a fan of Bresson and Bergman. Chris --- Stuart LeBlanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm delighted we agree on that, but I would have > expected you to be more excited > about Andrei Tarkovsky! > > Nontheless I will sleep easily tonight, knowing that > I have done my country a > great service. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roman Turovsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 6:10 PM > To: Stuart LeBlanc; lute net > Subject: Re: mesmerization > > > > No disrespect intended Joseph, but you might read > my message again more > > carefully. > > > > If you want to know what my experience with guitar > is you can take a look at > > http://www.stuartleblanc.org/music.htm > Hey, Stuart, > You have Ozu on your hero list. You just raised my > hope in this country > 200%! > RT > > > > > > > Well, normally I would consider this as too far > out to engender a > > reply...But... > > > > Let's see if understand the point: You'er saying > that if the lute were > > to be included in every piece of music in which it > could be included, > > that that would be an enormous repertoire. I'll > have to agree. It would. > > (sort of like saying, "If the lute's repertoire > was much larger, it > > would be much larger.") > > > > The guitar does suffer from only being included in > duos with the flute, > > violin, viola, 'cello, voice, piano, string > quartet, and orchestra - to > > name but some - so I guess you're right on both > counts. (please read the > > tone as slightly bewildered sarcasm) > > > > I think you may be in dangerous territory - the > proverbial "glass house" > > - to call the guitar community incestuous. > > > > I don't know what your experience or knowledge of > the guitar is, or why > > you seem to feel the necessity of putting down one > instrument in order > > to bring up another. Can't we all just get along? > > > > The original question involved the relative size > of the repertoires - > > not some emaginary scenario where the one would be > much larger. > > > > A friend sent me an e mail after reading some of > the posts on this > > subject, to inform me that in his library of 19th > C. guitar music there > > were over 100,000 pieces. He figures he has about > half. That's just one > > century out of several that contain guitar music. > > > > Douglas Alton Smith states that there are about > 20,000 renaissance lute > > pieces and about the same number in the baroque. > (History of the Lute, > > Pg 301) > > > > This doesn.t sound like anywhere near the "much > larger rep." that I keep > > hearing about. > > > > Joseph Mayes > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: Stuart LeBlanc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sat 4/2/2005 12:15 PM > > To: lute net > > Subject: RE: mesmerization > > > > > > > > > > Well, consider this: apropos the recent discussion > of the relative sizes of > > the > > lute and guitar repertoires, what if you include > ensemble music? Given that > > you > > could include a lute in most anything involving > instruments prior to 1750, the > > guitar repertoire is comparitively tiny. > > > > This points to the often observed fact that > guitarists are unique among > > "classical musicians" in that the repertoire is > almost entirely solo, where it > > is not solo it is almost entirely some multiple of > guitars, and if this isn't > > bad enough most performances are presented by > guitar organizations for > > audiences > > of guitar players. I forget who wrote it or where > (might have been > > Soundboard), > > but I recall this situation being referred to as > "the incestuous world of the > > guitar." > > > > There certainly has been a lot of recent effort > from a few conscientious > > players > > to get good composers to write for guitar and > other instruments, but there is > > a > > pretty big gap to fill before guitarists have a > ensemble repertoire comparable > > to that of the piano trio, and which is easier to > perform than e.g. Le marteau > > sans maitre. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mayes, Joseph [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 10:16 AM > > To: Stuart LeBlanc; lute net > > Subject: RE: mesmerization > > > > > > Gosh! Stuart > > > > That's hard to argue with - unless one were to > point out that the same > > would hold true for any other (splinter)group of > musicians - say lute > > players > > > > Joseph Mayes > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: Stuart LeBlanc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sat 4/2/2005 5:39 AM > > To: lute net > > Subject: RE: mesmerization > > > > > > > > > > To the extent that guitarists only compare > themselves to other > > guitarists, they will have no bona fides as > musicians. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael Thames > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 8:53 PM > > To: lute net; Stuart LeBlanc > > Subject: Re: mesmerization > > > > > > I had dinner this evening with a couple of > guitarist's from Houston. > > They recently saw a concert in Houston of the > Brazilian guitar quartet. > > I asked > > them how it was. > > They were quite pived that they showed up on stage > with music. > > She said it was really no fun sitting there all > night watching four > > guys > > with their nose's buried in their music, and never > looked up once at the > > audience, the whole time. Ouch! > > Michael Thames > > www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Stuart LeBlanc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "lute net" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 1:28 PM > > Subject: RE: mesmerization > > > > > >> > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
