Thanks for the suggestion!
DAve
-----Original Message----- From: Lloyd W. Hanson [mailto:lloyd.hanson@n...] Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 11:17 PM To: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com Subject: [vocalist] Re: ornamentation
Dear Dave:
Jeffrey Snider wrote in answer to your question of should one ornament the da capo of a Bach aria: >Unfortunately, there isn't a lot out there in terms of "rules" etc. >Even the "experts" can only take the handful of writings on the topic >and the few examples of contemporary ornamentation that survives n >notation and "extrapolate" some trends.
There is more you can explore. J. S. Bach included a multitude of theological concepts and references into his music. This is often ignored in the secular performances of his works but it is possible to discover what he attempted to include with some research within Lutheran church sources. Helmut Rilling, of the Oregon Bach Festival is a good resource of this kind of information.
-- Lloyd W. Hanson
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