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Menoizikul; Midweek Musicalisms
May birthday boys... and yes, it's all male again. Sigh. We begin with one William Lawes, born on the 1st of May, 1602, in Salisbury, England. Very much of the early Baroque style of composer, the few works I worked through all tended to the sonorous, one might even say, ponderous. This is the shortest item I found... entertaining for the instruments and earnestness of the players, giving some life to some otherwise rather lifeless music... or is that just me? There may be a reason Lawes is not widely known!
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Soothing.
ReplyDeleteLifeless is a good description but the music is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYEP you called that right lifeless. However, the musicians did a good job with what they had to work with
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Cecilia
Kopfhörer aufgesetzt, YouTube angeklickt und wunderschöne Musik gehört. Schwerfällig? Keineswegs, ich mag diese ruhigen Töne. Etwas lauter abgespielt kann sie mich in eine Trance gleiten lassen. Ich habe nachgelesen, warum Lawes in Vergessenheit geraten ist. Es waren wohl die Umstände der damaligen Zeit. Danke für die Vorstellung des Komponisten.
ReplyDeleteI like how the lead violin player was conducting with his head! As was his whole body, actually. That were all 'into ' this music working it together. I found it quite beautiful actually. I could easiy enjoy more of his music.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful, Thanks for this.
ReplyDeleteI have listened to it twice and I still can't decide whether I like it or not! As you say, the instrumentalists worked hard at it.
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