Dear Goran, I just guess that both Lully and the King were even more unpleasant than we could guess in our times... Compared to their times, we live in a heaven... And as we know, we certainly are not there... So how miserable it must have been then im their times ...
Arto On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:40:51 +0200, "G. Crona" <kalei...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sean, > > you have to agree, they don't make many "early music" movies with 'that' > much focus on the music as Tlmdm anymore. I watched "Le Roi danse (2000)" > recently (why are all those EM movies french btw?) from the same director > as > "Farinelli". And was surprized at how extremely unpleasant the depiction of > > both Lully and the King's characters were. Was that historically correct > anyone, or just dramatic freedom? Lutes and Theorboes galore though and I > believe HIP costumes, music, dance etc. Vive la France! > > G. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sean Smith" <lutesm...@mac.com> > To: "lute-cs.dartmouth.edu" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 11:13 PM > Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute sighting > > >> >> I kept my eyes closed through half of that movies so I wouldn't have >> to watch Gerard D wringing that poor gamba's neck in time to some >> other piece of music! Tous les moments of that movie couldn't end soon >> enough. >> >> Nice music tho.... >> >> s >> >> >> On Jun 11, 2010, at 1:44 PM, wikla wrote: >> >>> One comment on lutes in movies: >>> >>> In a many ways quite well made a movie, "Tous les matins du monde", >>> there >>> anyhow is something that worries a theobo player: when the poor old >>> Sainte-Colombe is playing alone his "viola da gamba" (viol in >>> British, I >>> guess...;) in his tiny cottage, you can clearly hear the theorbo >>> playing >>> the continuo, while there clearly none is present... Perhaps that >>> was an >>> image of Sainte-Colombe's hopes or imaginations? ;-) >>> >>> who really knows, >>> >>> Arto >>> >>> >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.829 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2931 - Release Date: 06/11/10 > 08:35:00
