Try to sing the lines! Than perhaps you feel the right tempo! W. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Im Auftrag von Sauvage Valéry Gesendet: Freitag, 12. März 2010 19:00 An: Lute List; Suzanne Angevine Betreff: [LUTE] Re: tempos in Francesco Fantasias
The only thing I have in mind when I play a fantasia is my own fantasy... No rules for tempo for such pieces (apart a few based on vocal models, where you can follow the original song tempo) My 2 cts... Val ----- Original Message ----- From: "Suzanne Angevine" <suzanne.angev...@gmail.com> To: "Lute List" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 6:26 PM Subject: [LUTE] tempos in Francesco Fantasias > > Yesterday I got out a Francesco Fantasia I hadn't played in awhile. > Its > one of the easier ones, since I'm not that advanced a player. But I > thoroughly enjoyed playing it - the counterpoint, the expressiveness of > it. Later in the day I listened to a CD of a big name player doing > Francesco pieces. What struck me most was the utter contrast between what > I had enjoyed about playing the music, and what I heard. Not just on the > same Fantasia, but almost the entire CD was BRIGHT, and very PERKY > sounding. In thinking about it, I felt that this effect was due almost > entirely to the fast tempos chosen. Now this player has exceptional > technique, and can play fast and cleanly. And it is to be admitted that > the CD is rather old, and may no longer represent the player's point of > view on Francesco exactly. But it got me thinking about tempos. Someone > on this list recently commented that folks generally try to play too fast. > Is there some actual musicological evidence somewhere that says what > tempos should be used? Or do moderns just play fast because we live in a > fast paced world, and playing well fast shows off our skill? A moderate > tempo on the Fantasia in question allows some time and space for > expression of the music to bloom, but a fast, perky tempo just makes it > sound like pyrotechnic display, not what would earn a player the name of > "il divino". So, any musicological evidence for proper tempos in > Francesco's music? > > Suzanne > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
