Re: Correction: "Going for Baroque"

["Dennis Moser" <sinsofmachaut@gmail.com>]

Per,

Funny "peculiar" or funny "ha-ha" (couldn't resist that one!).

Yes, Renaissance and Baroque music were much more socially "functional" than what we are used to today. In the case of Pantagruel and their choices of music, there is a LOT of intentional humor in it. Not all of it, but a lot of it is chosen for the amusement factor.

Best,

Dennis

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for the tip. I enjoyed the videos at their MySpace page. They
are good performers and know how to move withing the music, that's
always nice to see - even though I find the music a bit funny ;-)  But
maybe that's a bit of the point? Wasn't live music used as a sort of
funny spectacle at parties back in the original baroque days?

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
www.boysen.se
www.perboysen.com

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Dennis Moser <sinsofmachaut@gmail.com> wrote:
> Pantagruel is, in fact based out of Essen, Germany (Mark and Hannah are from
> the UK and the trio spends a fair bit of time there).
>
> And the "French" bit is a FREE performance in Paris, the Rabelaisian
> birthplace of the literary Pantagruel.
>
> Best to all,
>
> Dennis
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