Although I simply can't bear to read historical fiction, and haven't seen the televised version of Mantel's popular book, I have to say that trivial details like historical facts are often purged from any story based on historical drama in favor of popular appeal during the process of adapting for the screen. Donna read the book and found it diverting, but I simply feel cheated when I read something lacking footnotes. We slogged through most of the Tudors series (on discs from the library because we have no TV), and were so incensed over the general abuse of historical fact and the particular choice of music, that we put together a series of concerts just to right the terrible wrongs committed by the music director. We saw one small bit of the Borgias only because they used a recording by Ronn McFarlane for a scene - of course it was a piece from Attaingnant (I think) played in the background behind a scene from the 1480s, and the music can be heard faintly while Jeremy Irons is subjected to some rather embarrassing ablutions or examination before a group Vatican onlookers, all depicted as drooling thugs. We haven't seen the televised series based on Mantel's novel but I understand Jacob Heringman's playing is featured in one or more episode. Whatever the producers do to adapt historical fact to suit current public taste, at least we have to congratulate any lutenist who manages to penetrate the closed circle of Hollywood or television music directors, who seldom make tasteful choices let alone observe historical accuracy. RA > Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 21:55:17 +0800 > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > From: edward.y...@gmail.com > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Spain vs. Italy > > Mantels about as historical as The Tudors or The Borgias > > Edward C. Yong > edward.y...@gmail.com > > > > On 6 May 2015, at 7:04 pm, Mathias Roesel <mathias.roe...@t-online.de> wrote: > > > > Read Hillary Mantel on that topic, you'll get another view. > > > > Mathias > > > > > > > > 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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