Thanks Mathias!
I just tried to solve one puzzle. Found something, but I am sure there
is also much that I did not get:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeM2IYAh0Cg
and the same also in
http://vimeo.com/39352252
Best,
Arto
On 26/03/12 16:49, Mathias Rösel wrote:
And just that solving - perhaps having different solutions that work - is
what
makes these pieces so interesting.
How about these amateurish videos with bad sound quality:
http://youtu.be/F5vTcjZGCrc
http://youtu.be/uoD1eRm1jWw
More polished versions:
http://youtu.be/XKMpNMMXgQ0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ_vNXUzrac
Best,
Mathias
Dear Arto,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts! I have always enjoyed your
contributions.
Unmeasured preludes IMO are not as mysterious or tricky as we've been
made believe. And if I may add, certainly not aleatoric. What I'm
looking for in a prelude non mesuré, are harmonic cadences first.
Cadences
imply caesuras.
After that, I look for phrases or figures of speech, that I'm familiar
with from other written music of the time, and imitation or repetitive
motives.
And that's it, mainly. Mouton once more comes out as the great
teacher, that he is, in that he supplied his free preludes with rhythm
signs.
Mathias
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Auftrag von Arto Wikla
Gesendet: Sonntag, 25. März 2012 21:14
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Betreff: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Unmeasured preludes are like puzzles or
enigmas.
Dear baroque musicians,
just a thought, no "tubings"! ;-)
Those unmeasured preludes of French baroque are interesting,
demanding, crazy and wonderful. You have to put your fingers so many
times to the
strings
to get any idea, what really is there. It is somehow like trying to
solve
a puzzle or
break the code of the enigma. Perhaps also like solving a crossword
or
sudoku (I
like crosswords and never touch sudoku's).
I have not always managed to solve the problem and have still kind of
"performed" the piece... Kind of aleatoric music then...
Anyhow, now I try to get into the music of Mouton. To me his music
seems
to be
even more difficult than many other French composers, also
technically,
not
only as music.
So, no message here, no question, just flow of thinking... :)
Best,
Arto
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