Wolf Molkentin Posted December 25, 2014 Posted December 25, 2014 My first attempt with this kind of music - two dance tunes, one by Gastoldi, the other by Hans Leo Hassler: https://soundcloud.com/blue-eyed-sailor/an-lieta-vita-tanzen-und-springen WIP! Season's Greetings, best wishes - Wolf
Frank Dudgeon Posted December 26, 2014 Posted December 26, 2014 Nicely done, sir. Thank you for the treat.
alex_holden Posted December 26, 2014 Posted December 26, 2014 That was rather different: I like it! Can you tell us some more about the composers and pieces you played?
Wolf Molkentin Posted December 26, 2014 Author Posted December 26, 2014 Frank and Alex, thank you very much for listening and commenting, glad you like it! These are two pieces originally set for five part singing AFAIK, the first having been written by one Giovanni Giacomi Gastoldi, whom I'm aware of just because of this song. In Germany it's sort of popular under the title "An Hellen Tagen", i.e. On Bright Days... The second tune is by the much better known Hans Leo Hassler, who had been quite influential in the process of transforming the renaissance into the baroque style I guess. The title says Dancing And Leaping. I always felt that these pieces have a certain renaissance feel with them, but (especially the Hassler tune) are being set in the functional harmonics of later ages, in particular prominently employing the secondary dominant (i.e. D7 in the key of Cmaj), which I then tried to avoid, at some points even replacing it with a Bb (resp., in the key of Gmaj, F) chord in order to create more of that renaissance (modal) ambiguity... Best wishes - Wolf
Wolf Molkentin Posted December 27, 2014 Author Posted December 27, 2014 (edited) If I knew the dances, I'd be dancing! Thanks a lot Mike! It's once again encouraging to have this reply from the dedicated and experienced dancer you are... Happy New Year - Wolf (edited to remove embarrassing typo) Edited December 28, 2014 by blue eyed sailor
Loikroh Posted December 28, 2014 Posted December 28, 2014 Very Nice - happy new year, Wolf. I've just added these to my playlist for NYE,
Wolf Molkentin Posted December 28, 2014 Author Posted December 28, 2014 Thank you so much for the encouragement, Mart! I'm very glad you find the recording appealing, and always happy to be giving a notion to a fellow musician by means of music-making! I wish you a Happy New Year too!
Anglo Enthusiast Posted January 8, 2015 Posted January 8, 2015 Wonderful arrangement and execution, Wolf.
Wolf Molkentin Posted January 9, 2015 Author Posted January 9, 2015 Wonderful arrangement and execution, Wolf. Thanks a lot for your feedback, I take encouragement from that! Best wishes - Wolf
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