Not a bad film altogether, but not really a documentary either... ;-) More than a "symbol", the painful end of Giovanni Battista looks more like some sort of bad joke to me, ironical more than symbolic... Best, Jean-Marie
================================= == En réponse au message du 16-03-2011, 18:20:11 == >Here's the first scene of the film "Le Roi danse" where Lully hurts his >foot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTY9iIXO4R4 > > >> -----Mensaje original----- >> De: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] En nombre >de >> Peter Danner >> Enviado el: miércoles, 16 de marzo de 2011 09:00 >> Para: A. J. Ness >> CC: Jean-Marie Poirier; Lute List >> Asunto: [LUTE] Re: Beating time for Lully >> >> The "symbolism" can be found in Olivier Bernier's biography of Louis >> XIV. At the time he struck his foot, Lully was conducting a Te Deum >> written to celebrate Louis' recovery from a serious illness. The >> doctors had so botched the job on the king, which involved surgery >> (without anesthetic of course), that Lully wanted them no where near >> him. Even when gangrene set in. >> >> Peter Danner >> >> On Mar 16, 2011, at 3:07 AM, A. J. Ness wrote: >> >> I was referring to that tale told in U.S. music appreciation classes >> about Lully's death. But perhaps it is true. I decided to check >> with >> Nicolas Slonimsky (Baker's Biographical Dictionary): >> >> [Lully's] death resulted from a symbolic accident: while >> conducting, he >> >> vehemently struck his foot with a sharp-pointed cane used to pound >> >> out the beat; gangrene set in and he died of blood poisoning. >> >> >> >> What is a "symbolic accident"? >> >> >> -- >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > ========================================
