Entry for June 28, 2007

Nếu các bạn đã đọc quyễn Hoàng tử bé của Saint Exupery, thìchắc các bạn phải đọc Con lừa và tôi.

Dưới đây là một trích đoạn nữa.

I. Platero

Platero is a small donkey, a soft, hairy donkey: so soft to the touch that he might be said to be made of cotton, with no bones. Only the jet mirrors of his eyes are hard like two black crystal scarabs.

I turn him loose, and he goes to the meadow, and, with his nose, he gently caresses the little flowers of rose and blue and gold.... I call him softly, "Platero?" and he comes to me at a gay little trot that is like laughter of a vague, idyllic, tinkling sound.

He eats whatever I give him. He likes mandarin oranges, amber-hued muscatel grapes, purple figs tipped with crystalline drops of honey.

He is as loving and tender as a child, but strong and sturdy as a rock. When on Sundays I ride him through the lanes in the outskirts of the town, slow-moving countrymen, dressed in their Sunday clean, watch him a while, speculatively:

"He is like steel," they say.

Steel, yes. Steel and moon silver at the same time.

Entry for June 28, 2007

Các bạn có xem quyển này chưa?

Ở VN có một bản dịch hình như của Bữu Ý.

Mario Castellnuove TEDESCO có sáng tác cả những suites để đệm guitar cho người đọc vừa nghe chuyện vừa nghe nhạc. Bạn nào muốn thưởng thức thơ xuôi thì hãy tìm đọc.

Mời các bạn thưởng thức một đoạn

P L A T E R O
A N D I

Copyright© Ellinore Ginn 1982

Entry for June 26, 2007

Enrique GRANADOS là người CATALAN. Nhạc của Catalan nghe dễ thương hơn Flamenco. Hình như phần lớn nhạc sĩ nỗi tiếng ở TâyBanNha là dânCatalan.

Life

He was born in Lleida (in Castillian Lérida), Catalonia (Spain). As a young man he studied piano in Barcelona, where his teachers included Francisco Jurnet and Joan Baptista Pujol. In 1887 he went to Paris to study with De Beriot and, most importantly, Felipe Pedrell. He returned to Barcelona in 1889. His first successes were at the end of the 1890s, with the zarzuela Maria del Carmen, which earned the attention of King Alfonso XIII.

In 1911 Granados premiered his suite for piano Goyescas, which became his most famous work. It is a set of six pieces based on paintings of Goya. Such was the success of this work that he was encouraged to expand it; he wrote an opera based on the subject in 1914, but unfortunately the outbreak of World War I forced the European premiere to be canceled. It was performed for the first time in New York City on January 28, 1916, and was very well received. Shortly afterward he was invited to perform a piano recital for President Woodrow Wilson.

Unfortunately the delay incurred by accepting the recital invitation caused him to miss his boat back to Spain. Instead, he took a ship to England, where he boarded the passenger ferry Sussex for Dieppe, France. On the way across the English Channel, the Sussex was torpedoed by a German U-boat, as part of the German unrestricted submarine warfare policy during World War I. In a failed attempt to save his wife Amparo, whom he saw flailing in the water some distance away, Granados jumped out of his lifeboat, and drowned. Ironically, he had a morbid fear of water for his entire life, and he was returning from his first-ever series of ocean voyages.

[edit] Music and influencehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Granados

Granados wrote piano music, chamber music (a piano quintet, music for violin and piano), songs, zarzuelas, and an orchestral tone poem based on Dante's Divine Comedy. Many of his piano compositions have been transcribed for the classical guitar and are generally considered as some of the most beautiful music in the guitar repertoire: examples include Dedicatoria, Danza No. 5, Goyescas.

Granados was an important influence on at least two other important Spanish composers and musicians, Manuel de Falla and Pablo Casals.

GRANADOS, ENRIQUE BIOGRAPHY (1867 - 1916) Enrique Granados was born 27 July 1867 in Lérida, near Barcelona. The son of an army captain, he began piano lessons in 1879, continuing in 1880 with Joan Baptista Pujol (1835-1898) at the Academia Pujol. Three years later he performed Schumann’s Sonata, Op. 22, in an academy-sponsored competition, for which one of the jury members was the noted composer Felipe Pedrell (1841-1922). The sixteen-year-old Granados won the competition and obviously impressed Pedrell, who began giving Granados lessons in harmony and composition in 1884. In 1887 Granados went to Paris, where he studied with Charles de Bériot (1833-1914). He was highly influenced by Bériot’s insistence on tone-production and pedal technique. In addition, Bériot emphasized improvisation in his teaching, reinforcing Granados’ natural ability. After returning to Barcelona in 1889, he published his Danzas españolas, which brought him international recognition. As a performer Granados gave many concerts in Spain, France and New York, collaborating with musicians such as Isaac Albéniz and Pablo Casals, violinists Eugène Ysäye and Jacques Thibaud, pianists Mieczyslaw Horszowski and Camille Saint-Saëns. As a composer, he wrote chamber music, vocal music, operas, symphonic poems and piano works. Granados was also a fine teacher and in 1901 he founded the Academia Granados, which produced many notable musicians, such as Paquita Madriguera, Conchita Badia and Frank Marshall. In 1912 Granados met the American pianist Ernest Schelling, who was the first pianist to perform Granados’ music outside Spain. Schelling arranged for Granados’s works to be published in New York and encouraged him in his plans to convert the piano suite Goyescas into an opera, later arranging for its première at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Terrified of the ocean, Granados nevertheless sailed to New York for the premiere of the opera on 28th January 1916. While in the United States he performed numerous concerts, made piano-roll recordings, and also performed at the White House in Washington. He and his wife set sail to Europe by way of England but while crossing the English Channel on board the Sussex, a German submarine torpedoed the ship and they both perished. Today, Granados is universally recognised as one of Spain’s most important composers. His music is multi-faceted, although it is essentially Romantic with some Nationalist characteristics. He has been variously described as "the Spanish Chopin", "the last Romantic", and by his compatriots as "our Schubert". No single characterisation adequately describes his personality. He had a distinctive voice that is instantly recognisable and entirely his own. Operas In addition to a number of zarzuelas, Granados's opera Goyescas, is derived from piano pieces after paintings by Goya. This was first performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1916. An Intermezzo from the opera, either in orchestral form or as a duet for cello and piano, has proved viable in the concert hall. Piano Music & Orchestral Arrangements The ten Danzas españolas ('Spanish Dances') are immensely effective, both in their original piano version and in various instrumental, and orchestral arrangements. The piano suite Goyescas of 1911 is more ambitious in its technical requirements. There are further compositions for piano including six pieces based on popular Spanish songs and seven Valses poeticos.

Romantic Piano Favourites, Vol. 7 8.570088 Instrumental GRANADOS: Danzas espanolas, Op. 37 (Excerpts) BIS-CD-1116 Instrumental GRANADOS: Goyescas / El Pelele (arr. for 3 guitars) 8.557709 Chamber Music GRANADOS: Maria del Carmen 8.225292-93 Opera / Operetta GRANADOS: Piano Music, Vol. 1 - 12 Spanish Dances 8.554313 Instrumental GRANADOS: Piano Music, Vol. 2 - Goyescas 8.554403 Instrumental GRANADOS: Piano Music, Vol. 3 - Escenas Romanticas / Allegro de concierto / Capricho espanol 8.554628 Instrumental GRANADOS: Piano Music, Vol. 4 - Romantic Waltzes / Poetic Waltzes / Aragonese Rhapsody 8.554629 Instrumental GRANADOS: Piano Music, Vol. 5 - Escenas Poeticas / Azulejos / Oriental 8.555325 Instrumental GRANADOS: Piano Music, Vol. 6 - Enchanted Palace in the Sea / Elisenda's Garden 8.555723 Instrumental GRANADOS: Piano Music, Vol. 7 - Sentimental Waltzes / 6 Expressive Studies 8.557141 Instrumental GRANADOS: Piano Music, Vol. 8 - Album of Melodies / Cardboard Soldiers / The Mermaid 8.557142 Instrumental GRANADOS: Spanish Dances (orch. Ferrer) 8.555956 Orchestral GRANADOS: Spanish Dances / Escenas Poeticas 8.553037 Orchestral BIZET- BREINER: Carmen Concerto / GRANADOS: Valses Poeticos 8.553114 Orchestral, Concertos RODRIGO : Concierto de Aranjuez 8.550220 Orchestral RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez / GRANADOS: Spanish Dances (excerpts) 7139 Orchestral, Concertos BJORLING, Jussi / BJORLING, Anna-Lisa: Arias and Duets (1949) 8.110142 Opera / Operetta GUITARRA! - The Guitar in Spain (NTSC) 102003 Classical Documentary MOZART / SIBELIUS / GRANADOS / DEBUSSY / SCHUBERT: Piano Music AR-0023-2 Instrumental BERG / EISLER / SCHOENBERG / RAVEL: Early Piano Music BIS-CD-23 Instrumental Guitar Recital: Jeffrey McFadden 8.553401 Instrumental THE ART OF NORBERT KRAFT 8.550147DX Instrumental KREISLER: Music for Violin and Piano BIS-CD-1196 Chamber Music MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - SEVILLE AND GRANADA (NTSC) 2.110510 Classical Documentary NISHIZAKI, Takako: Fritz Kreisler Edition, Vol. 4 8.557870 Chamber Music VERDI: Traviata (La) (La Scala) (1928) 8.110110-11 Vocal, Opera / Operetta, Film and TV Music ANDRES SEGOVIA IN PORTRAIT (PAL) OACN0931D Classical Documentary PIATIGORSKY, Gregor: Concertos and Encores (1934-1950) 8.111069 Concertos, Chamber Music PONTINEN, Roland: Evocation - Legendary Encores BIS-CD-661 Instrumental Ten Years Of Success 8.554103 Orchestral, Opera / Operetta, Instrumental, Concertos, Choral - Sacred, Chamber Music GUITAR FAVORITES 8.553999 Instrumental DELIUS: Piano Concerto / RAVEL: Jeux d'eau (Moiseiwitsch, Vol. 6) (1925-1950) 8.110689 Instrumental, Concertos VIOLIN MINIATURES 8.550306 Instrumental, Chamber Music VIOLIN MINIATURES 8.550306DX Instrumental Romantic Piano Favourites, Vol. 7 8.550216 Instrumental SAINT-SAENS / TCHAIKOVSKY / RACHMANINOV: Popular and Serious Music for Cello and Piano BIS-CD-72 Instrumental, Chamber Music Virtuoso Cello Encores (Kliegel) 8.223403 Chamber Music CASALS, Pablo: Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. 1 (1925-1928) 8.110972 Instrumental, Chamber Music CASALS, Pablo: Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. 4: Complete Acoustic Recordings, Part 2 (1916-1920) 8.110986 Orchestral, Concertos, Chamber Music VIRTUOSO CELLO ENCORES 8.557943 Chamber Music CASALS, Pablo: Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. 2 (1927-1930) 8.110976 Orchestral, Chamber Music SEGOVIA, Andres: 1944 American Recordings (The) (Segovia, Vol. 1) 8.111087 Instrumental CASALS, Pablo: Encores and Transcriptions, Vol. 5: Complete Acoustic Recordings, Part 3 (1920-1924) 8.110987 Orchestral, Instrumental, Concertos WOMEN AT THE PIANO - AN ANTHOLOGY OF HISTORIC PERFORMANCES, Vol. 3 (1928-1954) 8.111217 Instrumental

Entry for June 24, 2007

Và đây là một trang có những bài MP3. Cần thiết cho các bạn nào đang dợt Guitar.

Các bạnnghe thử các tác phẩm của GRANADOS coi.

Nếu muốn nghe tiếng đàn thiệt thìlúc nào đó tớ hầu cho.

http://www.classicalguitarmidi.com/g-l.html#GRANADOS

Entry for June 24, 2007

Tớ tìm lại trang có bài Danse espagnol N.5(Vũ khúc Tây BanNha số 5) đây.

http://classicalguitar.homeip.net/files/ENRIQUEGRANADOSSpanishDanceNR5.pdf

GRANADOS

Nói tiếp chuyện của GRANADOS nghen. Ông này chết lúc hơn 40 tuổi một chút (uổng quá). Những tác phẩm chuyển soạn cho guitar classique thì có GRANADOS và ALBENIZ là hay nhất. Hai tay này viết cho piano nhưng rõ ràng là chuyển lại cho guitar thì hợp hơn nhiều.

Các bạn mình nghe thử bài LEYANDA (còn gọi là ASTURIAS) coi. Hay bài DANSE ESPAGNOL N.5 của Granados mà coi.

Tớ thì ấn tượng bài này nhất. Nhớ lúc tầm sư học đạo đến nhà Hoàng Bửu, trong hẽm đường TR. Bình TRỌNG, đã nghe văng vẳng bài này. Khi vào tới nhà thì thấy H.Bửu đang dạy cho một học trò bài này.

Khi học được bài này, đàn hoài mà không biết nó là cái gì. Mãi sau này (khoảng 20 năm gì đó) mới biết có người cho rằng bài này là "Lời tự tình của Mỹ Nhân Ngư". Không biết có đúng không mà rõ ràng đoạn đàn bằng kỹ thuật HARMONIC thì đúng là lời thì thầm.

Ai có biết là SOUS LES PALMIERS (dưới bóng cây chà là) không. Bài này của ALBENIZ, nhưng tớ nghe qua bài tam tấu. A biết chỉ giùm, tớ sẽ tìm cách chuyển sang guitar thử.

Entry for June 24, 2007

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EPILOGY Granados

Lâu lắm rồi hình như mình chưa viết dòng nào cả. QUƠA TRỜA.\ Mà viết gì đây hè. Bạn bè thì khắp mọi nơi. Thôi thì kể chuyện âm nhạc nghen. Tớ mới bạo gan viết lại một bản nhạc cho GUITAR cổ điển. Số là tớ được nghe một bài của E.GRANADOS do một guitarist trẻ đàn.(Hình như trong số bạn quen biết không thấy có ai thích GRANADOS cả-Kể cả Grasshopper). Thích quá mà không biết làm sao. Sau khi lục hết mọi nơi mà không thấy. Thế là tớ tìm hoài thì thấy bài gốc dành cho PIANO viết ở MI giáng trưởng. Vậy thì tớ bèn chuyển cung sang RE trưởng. Đàn thử thì nghe cũng được. (Tới bây giờ vẫn chưa thuộc). Bạn nào có thích thì cứ đàn thử nghen. Còn muốn nghe thì tìm dĩa của Emmanuelle SEGRE (có bán ở tiệm CD). Bài này nguyên thuộc tác phẩm ESCENAS ROMANTICAS (Những khung cảnh thơ mộng) viết cho piano. Bài chuyển soạn cho guitar có mấy chỗ bè BASS lập lại 2 nốt giống nhau, đó là do trong nguyên tác, chỗ đó nhảy một octave, mà guitar thì chịu. Nhưng các bạn đổi âm sắc chỗ đó một chút là ngon lành. Có ý kiến gì thì FEEDBACK nghe. À quên, tớ viết bằng ENCORE, lúc chuyển sang PDF nó bị mất hày nên ra như vậy. Xin chư quân xí xoá cho.