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Cantus Firmi Sources on the Net

Started by Kristofer Emerig Oct 11, 2010. 0 Replies 0 Likes

For Matt and the smattering of others who've inquired, and anyone else who might be interested, these are a couple of the most comprehensive internet resources I've found for cantus firmi. Don't…Continue

Electronic neumes

Started by Kristofer Emerig Aug 3, 2010. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Having followed the NEUMES project http://www.scribeserver.com/NEUMES//index.html for some time, eagerly awaiting its bearing of fruit…Continue

Computer modeled bust of Bach

Started by Kristofer Emerig. Last reply by Kristofer Emerig Feb 15, 2010. 2 Replies 0 Likes

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What should be adapted and what shouldn't when performing / recording Early Music?

Started by Yaiza Varona. Last reply by Yaiza Varona Jan 16, 2010. 13 Replies 0 Likes

Early Music recordings we can find today can be mostly divided into two groups: the ones that try to respect the historicism aspect of the piece and those that use it as a musical base on which an…Continue

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Comment by Kristofer Emerig on February 21, 2010 at 3:43am: Complete Bach Organ Works: James Kibbie, free MP3 download:

http://www.blockmrecords.org/bach/catalog.php?scope=all

Comment by Simon Godden on January 14, 2010 at 4:38am: "sung in this church.......played organ in that .......taught harmony and counterpoiint to the children of nobles.......worked as a court musician.....authored several treatises........acted as kapelmeister to Prince Leopold of such and such......composed for the court of Frederick the so-and-so etc.

Comment by Fredrick zinos on January 13, 2010 at 11:24pm: Thats a very good question about what should be adapted and what should not, when performing early music.

The simple, and I think wrong answer is that the performance should try to realize the sound the composer heard in his / her own time.

This begs the question, should wind and brass players play certain notes out of tune because they would probably have sounded a little out of tune on early instruments and thats what the composer heard? Things like chromatic stopping on the horns etc.

Rather, shouldn't a contemporary reading try to reach for the ideal sound that the composer might have had in mind? that means older instruments and techniques but with possible adaptations to preserve intonation etc.

Comment by Simon Godden on January 13, 2010 at 8:56pm: Nice going Kris. When I have the time, I'll throw up a discussion about modal imitative counterpoint (even though such a discussion could quite easily qualify for my harmony group....lol)

Comment by Fredrick zinos on January 13, 2010 at 7:23pm: No question. Music for it to be called that, requires performance, just as a painting, to be called that, requires light.

Comment by Martha Maria / Dogwood Daughter on January 12, 2010 at 6:39am: Okie dokie. Looking forward to hearing/learning more. MM

Comment by Kristofer Emerig on January 11, 2010 at 7:21pm: No, you were right Anne; Baroque does only mean Bach. Just kidding. Welcome.

Comment by Yaiza Varona on January 11, 2010 at 5:02pm: So good to have this group formed. Here is where everything began!
Thanks for the initiative Kristofer!