that is to say ... "consensus view" - sorry - ed. --- bill kilpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> a worth contributor to the list contacted me > privately > to say that "feelings" is actually a braziian song > called "dime" and takes on a different character > when > played in a "... HIP manner and placed in the > context > of Jobim and Charlie Byrd." > > couldn't agree more with him about the latter but > not > so sure about the stringency of HIP. taken as one > of > many influences it's wonderful but as an end in and > of > itself it's just plain dull (imho). sting's success > with his dowland recordings suggests that any artist > who acknowledges HIP but not be burdened with it - > takes something other than a concensus view of it - > can bring new life to the material. > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > All, > > > > With the possible exception of jazz, > classical > > music is confronted with a uniquely problematic > > practice right now that prevents it from becoming > a > > successful commercial item: its made up of the > same > > _exact_ stuff over and over. To use Pachelbel as > an > > example - outside of specialists, who knows any > > other > > piece of music by JP other than the infamous > > "Variations Over a Ground Bass in D Major?" Yet > > there > > is a whole body of work by this guy including > organ > > works, choral music, etc. Why is it that we don't > > hear more? There are a number of complex issues > > such > > as audience expectations and promotional issues, > but > > the core responsibility lies with the fact that > > performers themselves just don't play JP's other > > stuff > > very often. > > Look at pop music (I use it in a very broad > > sense > > of "not classical") on the other hand. Covers > exist > > but most acts are always presenting _new_ music. > > (This music is, of course, not new stylistically - > > it > > consistently follows rather narrow formulae.) If > > our > > genre is going to survive, classical musicians > need > > to > > at least delve into some of the great unknown > > repertoire out there more often. > > Discovering neglected gems was the operative > > philosophy of the Early Music movement when it > first > > began, but now we too have largely ossified into > > predictable patterns of the same pieces by the > same > > composers again and again. Just look to see how > > many > > different recordings of Dowland are out there. > Now > > look to see how many recordings of the music of, > > say, > > Buddy Holly, you'll find by people other than > Buddy > > Holly himself. Undoubtedly you'll find folks > > recording a Holly song here or there, but when its > > done it is rather like an added spice that makes > up > > the meal of one's career built on other, > previously > > unheard, songs. > > Yes, all of this concentration on a few items > > was > > at the urging of record companies who saw that it > > was > > easier to package, market, and sell classical > albums > > to the consumer if they were classified by > > recognizable-name composers and "greatest hit" > > repertoire. That was in the past. But now - look > > at > > the serious trouble that record companies are in > > today > > because of this narrow corporate mindset! > > Performers > > need to lead the charge into other modes. > > Here, I'm mainly talking about what already > > exists > > in the back-catalog. I haven't even mentioned the > > utterly unholy option of performers championing > > newly > > composed music. > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > --- David Rastall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Ho! Ho! > > > > > > Here comes the voice of the big elitist: the > > worst > > > possible thing > > > for classical music is for it to become > > popularized. > > > In the world of > > > pop culture, to loosely paraphrase Oscar Wilde, > > the > > > only thing worse > > > for classical music than *not* being talked > about > > is > > > for it to *be* > > > talked about. ;-) > > > > > > David R > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 20, 2007, at 9:54 AM, Daniel Shoskes > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 20, 2007, at 9:39 AM, EUGENE BRAIG IV > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> lushly lifeless interpretation of > Pachelbel's > > > Canon directly into > > > >> their brains. > > > > > > > > With the Canon's new fame?? > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list > information > > at > > > > > > > > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > www.rastallmusic.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Never miss an email again! > > Yahoo! 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