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Friday, February 6, 2015

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2015

QUOTE:
"The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons
 unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just
 to make sure that one note follows another... and leaves us
 with the feeling that something is right in the world."
AUTHOR: Leonard Bernstein
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
"Artists devote their lives to the creation
 of beauty for the rest of us to enjoy."

CONCERTO FOR LUTE
Dewing: Lady with a Lute, 1886

Friedrich Wilhelm von Schadow: Mignon, 1828
CONCERTO FOR LUTE
in D MAJOR RV. 93
Julian Bream, Lute
The young Julian Bream
I. Allegro giusto
II. Largo
III. Allegro
Julian Bream: My Life in Music
This work was originally scored for
the lute (not guitar) as soloist wit
an accompaniment of two violins
(without violas) and continuo (a
keyboard part that fills in the harmony
implied by the bass line). During
Vivaldi's time the cumbersome to play
plucked lute, an instrument which had
been popular for three hundred years,
was starting to be replaced by more 
favored keyboard instruments like the
harpsichord,
An image of a painting of a woman sitting at a piano during the 17th century
Jan Steen: A Young Woman playing a Harpsichord
 to a Young Man (probably 1659)

which was, in effect, a mechanized lute
as pressing a key down on a harpsicord
initiated a plectrum to pluck a string of
the instrument's internal harp. 
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harpsichord_jack_action.svg
Today much of the lute repetoire is
performed by the guitar (its predecessor)
however in recent years some classical
in order to perform the music in its
original form.
There are three movements in this rather
short piece which are divided into the
conventional fast-slow-fast sequence
of Allegro giusto, Largo, and Allegro.
The slow movement has become
very well known.
John Williams, Guitar

Lionello Spada: Baroque Guitar
from "The Concert" (detail), 1615

MORE FAMOUS PAINTINGS WITH LUTES
Portrait of A Lutenist, c. Late 17th Century
Francois de Troy: Charles Mouton the Lutanist, 1690
Bernardo Strozzi: Lute Player, 1635
An image of a 17th century painting of a man playing a guitar
Hendrick ter Brugghen: A Man playing a Lute, 1624

Artemisia Gentileschi: Self Portrait with a Lute, 1615-17
Caravaggio: The Lute Player, 1595
Portrait of a Man Playing a Lute, 1576
Parrasio Micheli (1516-1578) - Young Woman playing a Lute, 16th century ca. 1570 - Venice
Parrasio Micheli: Young Woman playing a Lute, c.1570

Giovanni Gabrieli painting
Annibale Carracci: Portrait of a Lute Player
(Venetian 
composer Giovanni Gabrieli 1554~1557-1612), c.1593-94

John Dowland
John Dowland: Famous English Renaissance
Composer and Lutenist
 (1563-1626)

Lutenist: Amb. 317b.2° Folio 109 verso (Mendel II)
16th century lute-player Giovanni Cariani.
Giovanni Cariani: 16th Century Lute Player
Bartolomeo-Veneto-lute
Bartolomeo Veneto: Lady Playing Lute

File:Rosso Fiorentino - Musician Angel - WGA20116.jpg
Rosso Fiorentino: Musician Angel, c1520
Leonardo da Vinci:
Angel in Red With Lute, c1500

Garden of Pleasure, Roman de la Rose (detail), ca. 1490

A Concert  about 1485-95, Lorenzo Costa
Lorenzo Costa: A Concert c1485
Melozzo da Forli. Angel with lute. 1480. Museum of the Vatican
Melozzo da Forli: Angel with Lute, 1480
Piero della Francesca: Nativity (detail), c1470
, Angel, music-making, Flute, Musical Instrument, Fresco, Gothic (1150-1500), Italian, Lute, Musician
Musician Angels (Flute and Lute)Detail of fresco of the Assumption of the Virgin from the Chapel of the Virgin, 14th C
Minstrels with Rebec and Lute, 13th C
HEAR JULIAN BREAM and
JOHN WILLIAMS
PERFORM TOGETHER
Julian Bream and John Williams
Guitar Recital
Duo Classical Guitar