critique Leopold Augustus Bach

[Spike]

Havn't posted anything here in a while, so here's something. Working on a sequence, the life and death of Leopold Augustus Bach. The players here are Sebastian (JS Bach, 33); his wife, Maria Barbara; (34) Maria Barbara's elder sister, part of the household, Friedelena (43); his daughter Catherina (10); the three sons, Friedemann (9), Gottfried (5), and Carl (4); Duke Earnst August of Weimar (30) and Dutchess Wilhelmene, (23); and Leopold, Prince of Anhault Köthen (25). And i needed a midwife, Frau . . . and the first name that came to mind was.. . . Blüchermann. (Blame Mel Brooks, lol.) anyway: four pages.

EDIT: Have re-uploaded this several times, tweaking and tweaking, and this final version (actually, "final version" 16 now) is different from the previous ones in a small but I think important way. I had wanted this birth scene to be quick and light-hearted, but hadn't really acknowledged the seriousness of giving bifth at this time, 1718, always potentially life-threatening for both mother and child. And so, in addition to the little bit of comedy around Sebastian's "schedule" a bit of fear, just a hint. Friedelena, instead of ending her line with "it is time." Says, instead, "It will go well. I know it.," deepening a little, I think, both of their characters, he primarily concerned for Barbara, and she for both parents.

https://www.keepandshare.com/doc30/116290/bb16-pdf-53k?da=y

 

[Spike]

but a hurdy-gurdy in experienced hands can produce an impressive range of sounds.

Wasn't sure i believed you, but just ran into this: Harmonious scrapings indeed

 

[Spike]

Dang, Ms. Tobie Miller--the baroque hurdy-gurdy master!. I have to post one more, a better quality recording of the famous Cello suite Prelude. I don't know if this is peculiar to Bach, but I always think it's cool that looking up any one piece of music on the you tube returns dozens of versions on dozens of different instruments and ensembles. Of course this is no great insight, is pretty obvious, but still, I think, worth noting--with Bach, I think, especially: the vehicle, the specific timbre, is inconsequential. The music exists in the architecture.

 

[CelticRambler]

Aw c'mon man : enough with these ancient compositions. Time to treat yourself to some modern music ...

Better still, treat yourself to a talk on the intricacies of making a hurdy-gurdy :

PASCAL CRANGA – Le Son Continu

www.lesoncontinu.fr

(that's on Day 2 of our festival in July)

 

[Spike]

Aw c'mon man : enough with these ancient compositions. Time to treat yourself to some modern music ...

OK. I admit. Pretty hekking cool. It reminds me some ancient music from my misspent youth--progressive rock from sometime in the last century.

And got a kick out of this google translate:

This conference aims to make you discover the specificity of the invoice of the old wheel and its "doers" in the Bresse countries.

Let me know when you discover the specificity of the invoice ; & thanks for the link.