Yes, it can work both ways. We admittedly have a slant towards 16th century sacred polyphony, and frequently perform in churches. We have had to shift between performing only sacred music appropriate to the particular feast day in some churches, to ensuring members of a certain other sect (who delight in earnestly singing hymns to nobody) that there will be no sacred music in the program. Public schools and libraries are another potentially tricky situation, particularly during the Christmas season, since institutions that receive government funds are restricted from featuring music that might seem religious in nature. RA > Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:23:18 +0100 > To: lu...@tiscali.co.uk; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > From: do...@tiscali.it > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Nazi rules for jazz performers > > Well, that makes me think of the Italian way to solve things , which is > in Italy you cannot play music in a concert in a church if it is not > tuned in with spirituality etc. Not sure if it changed in the last few > years, but I happened to have a concert and we had the song "Madonna > mia piet`a" and "Greensleeves". The first one was appreciated as it > contained the word "Madonna", a sure sign for "Our Lady", - of course > the meaning is different, it is about a lover asking for mercy- the > second one is about prostitutes, as everybody knows on this list, but > it had an English neutral title, so it was ok as well. > On another > occasion I sang in a choir at a marriage, and as the people in question > were quite well to do and the choir director did not want to lose the > money, though the repertoire was not yet complete, he had us sing > "Selig sind die Toten" ( Blessed are the Dead), with great success, the > song people liked best, they congratulated and said they were moved by > it, of course none of them spoke German. > > Italian inventive, I guess... > > > Donatella > > > > ----Messaggio originale---- > Da: lu...@tiscali.co.uk > Data: > 13/03/2012 17.01 > A: "Lute Net"<lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Ogg: [LUTE] Nazi > rules for jazz performers > > Dear Gary, > > Thank you for letting us see > this extraordinary list of dos and don'ts > compiled by a Nazi Gauleiter > with regard to jazz. State interference in > the performance of music is > a sure sign that something is seriously > wrong. > > In Great Britain you > are not allowed to play sacred music at a civil > wedding ceremony. On > one occasion, when the bride was very late > arriving, we musicians had > to keep playing for a long time to keep > everyone entertained. When I > announced that we would next play Bach's > Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, > the registrar stepped forward and told us > that we were not allowed to > play it, because it was sacred music. > > On another occasion, in a > different part of the country, I was required > to submit details of all > music to played at a civil ceremony weeks > beforehand, so that the > registrar could vet the music, and ensure that > the programme did not > include any sacred pieces. > > A couple getting married at a civil > ceremony cannot request music with > sacred connotations, whatever reason > they may have for wanting it > played. > > Ironically, the Anglican Church > allows any music, sacred or not, to be > played during wedding > ceremonies. > > Best wishes, > > Stewart McCoy. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > > Behalf Of Gary Digman > Sent: 13 March 2012 08:38 > To: lute@cs.dartmouth. > edu > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Nazi rules for jazz performers > > Famed Czech > radical Josef Skvorecky recently died at 87 in his > adopted > land of > Canada. > In the Atlantic, JJ Gould remembers Skvorecky through his > memoirs, > including a detailed list of the rules for jazz performers > during the > Nazi occupation. The Reich's Gauleiter for the Nazi > Protectorate of > Bohemia and Moravia issued a 10-point regulation > that Gould calls > "the > single most remarkable example of 20th-century > totalitarian invective > against jazz." > > > > > > To get on or off this > list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute- > admin/index.html > > > > > > E' nata indoona: chiama, videochiama e messaggia Gratis. Scarica indoona per iPhone, Android e PC: http://www.indoona.com/ > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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