Tafelmusik
March 10th, 2009One of the only baroque records that I truly love is a collection of tafelmusik by Johann Heinrich Schmeltzer. Back in those days the very wealthy and powerful would hire their favorite composer to make music to dine to. Thus tablemusic became a genre.
Recently we have begun recording some very cool music that I’m hoping will become an album of perfect modern tafelmusik. Somebody’s gotta do it. We have a lot of dinner parties so we’ll be able to take it for a lot of test runs. Fun. As we go, I’ll put little thirty second bits of it up that FatHead records live on his laptop microphone.
COURTNEY TAYLOR-TAYLOR
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Theron Trowbridge says: This is one of the more interesting ideas I’ve heard lately… background music that’s not typically ambient/atmospheric. I look forward to hearing the samples. Is this ultimately going to be a Dandy’s album?
martine says: i can’t figure out what it will sound like, but..you’re Genius anyway !
i’m just so so impatient to listen to your new songs… happy also that you have fun and dinners (drink only Bordeaux wine lol !)
and…. please include also Primary to your concerts !
merci.love.
sarah says: that sounds very … interesting ! I can’t wait to hear your new sounds ! thanks.
Ed says: Well put it up,man!
bart says: mr schmelzer must have know the music of my favorite compuser antionio vivaldi, who died in 1643 in vienna. so, the schmelzer-works of the dandys, i think i like them!
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