Giuliani Étude Op.51, numéro 7

Giuliani Étude Op.51, numéro 7

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• Starobin
• Giuliani

[LutenistDeMari]

If the early music people have done anything right, its to reject dogma, not embrace it, and to turn instead to questions rather than answers. A revival of the idea that a musician is learning until the day he dies, not until the day he finally gets a lesson from a 'Great'

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[LutenistDeMari]

@LutenistDeMari A Musician should always know how he wishes to interpret a piece in his/her next concert. But a musician who 'knows' how a piece 'must be played always' , to me is a boring musician, even if they play expressively. Dogmatism only leads to the kind of stagnation that made 'Historically Informed Performance' a breath of fresh air in the first place. To be a confident musician on the concert platform, but to always be questioning in the practice room: That is a good musician.

[LutenistDeMari]

@smithsherman I agree with you that this music is rarely understood. But I think you codify your ideas a bit too much. One should research all the expressive elements that Sor and Giuliani used (and not just those in guitar treatises either!).... But for me, once these techniques (the 'what') have been incorporated into one's technique, their actual use essentially comes down to the individual's fantasy, within an understanding of style (the 'why'). None of this 'thou shalt' pedagogy for me.

[Daan01]

@smithsherman

I completely disagree. In the 19th century block chording was the normal way of playing.

[mars7272]

great piece by Giuliani and Starobin is the master!