Comments for Semibrevity http://www.semibrevity.com A blog about early music pioneers Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:27:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Comment on The forgotten harpsichord teacher of Christopher Hogwood & Colin Tilney by arne richards http://www.semibrevity.com/2012/02/the-forgotten-harpsichord-teacher-of-christopher-hogwood-colin-tilney/#comment-19865 arne richards Fri, 25 Jan 2013 00:27:30 +0000 http://www.semibrevity.com/?p=816#comment-19865 I had the great privilege of studying with Mary in the 1970's after Dartington and after learning harpsichord with Chris Hogwood and Roy Truby. I remember Colin Tilney cooking potatoes as I received a lesson and the various cats presiding from the the top of the Shudi Broadwood [harpsichord]- I am sure they were trained to operate the Venetian Swell! Best Wishes, ARne Richards I had the great privilege of studying with Mary in the 1970′s after Dartington and after learning harpsichord with Chris Hogwood and Roy Truby. I remember Colin Tilney cooking potatoes as I received a lesson and the various cats presiding from the the top of the Shudi Broadwood [harpsichord]- I am sure they were trained to operate the Venetian Swell!

Best Wishes,
ARne Richards

]]> Comment on E.H. Fellowes, the scholar and performer who “found” the English composer, John Dowland, and rediscovered the lute song. Part 3 of 4 by Juliet Hounam http://www.semibrevity.com/2011/10/e-h-fellowes-the-scholar-and-performer-who-%e2%80%9cfound%e2%80%9d-the-english-composer-john-dowland-and-rediscovered-the-lute-song-part-3-of-4/#comment-17067 Juliet Hounam Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:34:37 +0000 http://www.semibrevity.com/?p=557#comment-17067 I find this fascinating. I have good reason to believe that he was my great grandfather but have found no evidence online. I have good memories of a great aunt Rosalind and great uncle William who were both of brilliant character, but of whom I was too young to appreciate. They would have been his children. Can anyone enlighten me of them? It seems that William wrote an article about growing up in Cloisters, but I cannot seem to find it online. I find this fascinating. I have good reason to believe that he was my great grandfather but have found no evidence online. I have good memories of a great aunt Rosalind and great uncle William who were both of brilliant character, but of whom I was too young to appreciate. They would have been his children. Can anyone enlighten me of them? It seems that William wrote an article about growing up in Cloisters, but I cannot seem to find it online.

]]> Comment on The Play of Daniel: the first early music blockbuster by leslie guinn http://www.semibrevity.com/2011/11/the-play-of-daniel-the-first-early-music-blockbuster/#comment-9513 leslie guinn Sun, 19 Aug 2012 01:38:23 +0000 http://www.semibrevity.com/?p=647#comment-9513 I was in the cast for the 1964 (?) Cloisters production which was filmed for one the NYC public television outlets. I have never been able to find a video copy or mention of it. I would love to know of any lead to pursue. We performed it and/or Herod in NYC and Washington, D.C around the same time but the Cloisters performance was the only one I know of that was filmed. Thanks, Leslie Guinn I was in the cast for the 1964 (?) Cloisters production which was filmed for one the NYC public television outlets. I have never been able to find a video copy or mention of it. I would love to know of any lead to pursue. We performed it and/or Herod in NYC and Washington, D.C around the same time but the Cloisters performance was the only one I know of that was filmed.
Thanks,
Leslie Guinn

]]> Comment on How famous is scholar, conductor and harpsichordist Thurston Dart, 40 years on?   Part 1  by Alan Cuckston http://www.semibrevity.com/2011/09/how-famous-is-scholar-conductor-and-harpsichordist-thurston-dart%c2%a040-years-on-%c2%a0-part-1%c2%a0/#comment-9399 Alan Cuckston Fri, 17 Aug 2012 09:48:58 +0000 http://www.semibrevity.com/?p=200#comment-9399 It was probably September 1961 when I was about to start my third year reading music at Cambridge and my first under Dart's supervision I listened to a fascinating talk he gave on the BBC Third Programme about a recently issued LP by Miles Davis, the jazz trumpeter. This album, entitled 'Kind of Blue', had attracted Dart's attention because the material and the 'Cool' improvisations around it was conceived in terms of Modality rather than the traditional major/minor Blues tonality of the idiom. Dart applauded what he recognised to be a fruitful new trend in this particular branch of World Music. Already a fan of Miles Davis myself, and his pianist Bill Evans, at that time, I have wondered sometimes whether Dart himself kept up with these trends, or if someone else brought this particular music to his attention. The discourse in his rooms at Jesus College together with my fellow supervisee, Jerome Roche, was more or less confined to historical and paleographical matters. On contemporary music I recall him only once referring to Shostakovitch rather fondly as 'Dmitri'. It was probably September 1961 when I was about to start my third year reading music at Cambridge and my first under Dart’s supervision I listened to a fascinating talk he gave on the BBC Third Programme about a recently issued LP by Miles Davis, the jazz trumpeter. This album, entitled ‘Kind of Blue’, had attracted Dart’s attention because the material and the ‘Cool’ improvisations around it was conceived in terms of Modality rather than the traditional major/minor Blues tonality of the idiom. Dart applauded what he recognised to be a fruitful new trend in this particular branch of World Music. Already a fan of Miles Davis myself, and his pianist Bill Evans, at that time, I have wondered sometimes whether Dart himself kept up with these trends, or if someone else brought this particular music to his attention. The discourse in his rooms at Jesus College together with my fellow supervisee, Jerome Roche, was more or less confined to historical and paleographical matters. On contemporary music I recall him only once referring to Shostakovitch rather fondly as ‘Dmitri’.

]]> Comment on The Early Music Pioneers Archive (TEMPAR) by Dr Chris Smith, Associate Professor, Texas Tech University School of Music http://www.semibrevity.com/the-early-music-pioneers-archive-tempar/#comment-6704 Dr Chris Smith, Associate Professor, Texas Tech University School of Music Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:49:23 +0000 http://test.brevenotes.org/?page_id=6#comment-6704 Splendid work you are doing here. May I suggest that, subject to whatever defines the era of "pioneers", you consider including Thomas Binkley and Der Studio der Fruhen Musik? Splendid work you are doing here. May I suggest that, subject to whatever defines the era of “pioneers”, you consider including Thomas Binkley and Der Studio der Fruhen Musik?

]]> Comment on In Early Music, how famous is “famous enough”? by bnadmin http://www.semibrevity.com/2012/03/in-early-music-how-famous-is-%e2%80%9cfamous-enough%e2%80%9d/#comment-2801 bnadmin Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:59:36 +0000 http://www.semibrevity.com/?p=960#comment-2801 Given the scarcity of material, I'm delighted that Frans Brüggen has given me permission to translate and publish extracts from an interview that he gave about Leonhardt. And the post that I've previously mentioned on Leonhardt's childhood, which I'm writing in cooperation with Leonhardt's sister, Trudelies, is also still in the pipeline. Given the scarcity of material, I’m delighted that Frans Brüggen has given me permission to translate and publish extracts from an interview that he gave about Leonhardt. And the post that I’ve previously mentioned on Leonhardt’s childhood, which I’m writing in cooperation with Leonhardt’s sister, Trudelies, is also still in the pipeline.

]]> Comment on In Early Music, how famous is “famous enough”? by bnadmin http://www.semibrevity.com/2012/03/in-early-music-how-famous-is-%e2%80%9cfamous-enough%e2%80%9d/#comment-2800 bnadmin Mon, 26 Mar 2012 23:48:50 +0000 http://www.semibrevity.com/?p=960#comment-2800 Symposium, in the sense of a collection of essays on a particular subject by a number of contributors, not an event, I'm afraid. I'll announce the publication when it's finally ready, likely with a post about Munrow. Symposium, in the sense of a collection of essays on a particular subject by a number of contributors, not an event, I’m afraid. I’ll announce the publication when it’s finally ready, likely with a post about Munrow.

]]> Comment on “A Long and Beautiful Life”: A tribute to Gustav Leonhardt by Ton Koopman by The Galaxy – a Tribute to Gustav Leonhardt « The Blogapus http://www.semibrevity.com/2012/03/a-long-and-beautiful-life-a-tribute-to-gustav-leonhardt-by-ton-koopman/#comment-2773 The Galaxy – a Tribute to Gustav Leonhardt « The Blogapus Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:33:39 +0000 http://www.semibrevity.com/?p=930#comment-2773 [...] “A Long and Beautiful Life”: A tribute to Gustav Leonhardt by Ton Koopman [...] [...] “A Long and Beautiful Life”: A tribute to Gustav Leonhardt by Ton Koopman [...]

]]> Comment on In Early Music, how famous is “famous enough”? by Andie Campbell http://www.semibrevity.com/2012/03/in-early-music-how-famous-is-%e2%80%9cfamous-enough%e2%80%9d/#comment-2703 Andie Campbell Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:27:02 +0000 http://www.semibrevity.com/?p=960#comment-2703 "David Munrow, more than 30 years after his death, still doesn’t have a biography – though there is quite an extensive website with a forum – and a symposium is now in the pipeline. " A David Munrow Symposium? This is news to me! Can you please post more details regarding the symposium or point your readers to the event coordinator? Will appreciate any info! :-) “David Munrow, more than 30 years after his death, still doesn’t have a biography – though there is quite an extensive website with a forum – and a symposium is now in the pipeline. ”

A David Munrow Symposium? This is news to me! Can you please post more details regarding the symposium or point your readers to the event coordinator? Will appreciate any info! :-)

]]> Comment on In Early Music, how famous is “famous enough”? by Douglas Amrine http://www.semibrevity.com/2012/03/in-early-music-how-famous-is-%e2%80%9cfamous-enough%e2%80%9d/#comment-2536 Douglas Amrine Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:54:27 +0000 http://www.semibrevity.com/?p=960#comment-2536 The reason why Leonhardt's live performances were not recorded is that he did not wish them to be and very rarely gave permission. He had very strong views on the difference between live performance and recordings; he did not think that these were interchangeable. He also did not want any books to be written about him, which made it difficult for any would-be biographer; his friends and close associates respected his privacy and were unlikely to give much information to a biographer. He was not particularly fond of being filmed either. But there were a few exceptions: Leonhardt conducting and explaining (in Dutch) the story of a Bach secular <a href="http://bit.ly/GSmUzl" rel="nofollow">cantata</a> Extensive <a href="http://bit.ly/H8f2bN" rel="nofollow">interview</a> given by Leonhardt for Dutch TV (in Dutch) Short <a href="http://bit.ly/H9gGxz" rel="nofollow">extracts</a> of an interview (in German) [I wonder what happened to the rest? Ed.] There is also a DVD set about the history of the organ which includes Leonhardt playing a wonderful Buxtehude praeludium on the organ of the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam. The reason why Leonhardt’s live performances were not recorded is that he did not wish them to be and very rarely gave permission. He had very strong views on the difference between live performance and recordings; he did not think that these were interchangeable. He also did not want any books to be written about him, which made it difficult for any would-be biographer; his friends and close associates respected his privacy and were unlikely to give much information to a biographer.

He was not particularly fond of being filmed either. But there were a few exceptions:

Leonhardt conducting and explaining (in Dutch) the story of a Bach secular cantata

Extensive interview given by Leonhardt for Dutch TV (in Dutch)

Short extracts of an interview (in German) [I wonder what happened to the rest? Ed.]

There is also a DVD set about the history of the organ which includes Leonhardt playing a wonderful Buxtehude praeludium on the organ of the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam.

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