The lute reminds me of what someone once said: The Baroque period could have been much shorter if the lute players did not have to tune their strings constantly. This music is sublime!
I dislike the word fashion regarding instruments, the lute repertoire is a bit limited that is why, i am a classical guitar student, i love the cg sound but when i reach a certain level i will jump to lute or oud... both of the are great instruments, you have to love renaissance baroque and classical music for playing a lute, guitar jumps to romantic, Latin and latest compositions...just more flexible than the lute, but in baroque repertoire lute is unbeatable.
I think its a combination of factors. Trends in music were shifting. One explanation could be technology. More powerful, effective and 'easier' instruments become more popular. If you ever try to play a lute, they are just egregiously difficult instruments to play. It takes a lot of effort just to make a basic, nice sound on a baroque lute. In other words, the learning curve is quite steep. People don't cope well with lots of frustration accompanied by little reward. I was playing licentiate level repertoire on classical guitar before switching focus to baroque lute and its taken about 4 years of practice to be vaguely competent. Though if I was practising 3-4 hours a day it probably would have taken much less time.
This makes me think of my days at University Berkeley. My apartment friends would get together for long dinners with lute music and we would talk for hours. For some reason we felt we were vastly changing the world with our discussions. We might have been deluded ... but the music is still a delight.
Berkeley (to me) was the chance to larp and think you're changing the world before actually having to go out into it and realize, alas, that most of what's there is there for a reason. Cheers, pal!
Contemplating a life full of wonders, I look up in awe at this night sky and sigh deeply... for in my moments of ignorance I doubted the divinity of my existence. -Tenny H. Fau
RIP Michael Schaeffer. His style was unique: a soft, almost melancholy touch. Bought an album of his back in 1980 released on the Vox label soon after he had died, also on French Lute Music. Thanks to TheGloryofMusic.
Michael Schäffer's recording of French music may have been equalled by Hopkinson Smith's recording of Mouton, but, it has never been surpassed, and is generally without peer. The only way to explain such a mastery is that he must have been a master of it in another life, for musical talent and general intellectual and educational analysises simply cannot explain this.
Beauté, raffinement, délicatesse. Que de tendres et douces émotions à l'écoute de ces airs d'un autre temps et pourtant si présent en mon coeur. De plus, c'est joué de main de maître. Merci beaucoup, Monsieur Schaeffer, vous me ravissez l'âme.
What more can one wish for ...but this music is divine and glorius without the pompous attack which one could fear....Here we enjoy the balance between an old soul from the renaissance and baroque area of time itself....So much enjoing the sensitive touch of the strings from the Lute...With no stress and no expectations....this is pure joy....Thank you for uploading....and thanks to the performer and the composer, and the Lute maker and thanks to the music studio...
This is far and away my favourite performance of Canarie des Castagnettes at 24:06. Schaeffer played it with such a light and playful touch, letting his technique shine instead of bogging the melody down with ornamentation. He makes other renditions of this piece sound overembellished and funereally slow by comparison. His work is a joy to listen to, I'm so glad it's has been uploaded for more people to appreciate.
And may I take this opportunity of praise you provide to spell the artist's name the proper way, so that he will not one day disappear completely from our memories because of all the variations that are around: his name is Michael Schäffer
This has been one of my favorite albums since adolescence. My mom had it on cassette and later I got it on CD. Now it’s shamefully out of print. Thanks for making it available to the world!
The lutenist Michael Shaffer was a great musician, artist of great sensitivity, expert in the executive praxis of the suites of French composers in accordance with the "style brise". In this CD version (already published in a vinyl edition by the RCA Red Seal label), listening to the beautiful Dufaut’s Sarabande, we can appreciate the great Michael Shaffer executive talent.
Yes, Michael Schaffer was extremely gifted in his approach to interpretation. well over 40 years have passed since this recording and not a single lutenist has surpassed this recording, and very few have made a recording that could be considered a peer of it. In my view, only Hopkinson Smith's recording of Vieux Gaultier is a kind of 'equal' to this.
One of my favorite albums. I keep coming back to this one. Such a resonant instrument and mindful playing of it. The compositions don't overwhelm. They leave space for the imagination to render the world they came from.
Certainly one of the most beautiful recording of lute music ... I feel happy to hear it now in a cd version ... My old LP is now too scratching . Sheaffer was surely one of the most talented lutenist . Thanks for sharing.
ESTA MÚSICA MARAVILLOSA ME RECONFORTA , ESTA PAGINA CON INSTRUMENTOS DE CUERDA, LAUD, GUITARRA....NOS RECONCILIA CON TODOS LOS HUMANOS, UNO SIENTE PAZ Y GOZOSA ALEGRÍA
@@shawnmendrek3544 i could never ever disagree with your statement . i know how difficult it is to be a world class lutenist such as the player performing now. being able to play at this very high level meant a decade or two of intense learning and practice , and having keen interest in luthier instruments since their early years. of learning . i just love this performance and appreciate it. takk skal du ha . skal..
Simply fabulous. Great for relaxing and doing necessary tasks sometimes requiring intense concentration. It is entirely pleasant and reassuring without the tedium of amorphous 'relaxation' music that makes riding in an elevator a chore. Tell Mike I said hello.
I heard michael playing together with Eugen Dombois at Queekhoven in the Netherlands in the early seventies. He was the best luteplayer that ever lived! He died much too soon.
The classical guitar must have gotten its sound from the lute. How I wish to see and touch one in the flesh and maybe play it too even if I cannot and do not know how to play any musical instrument. I love how it sounds like and the painting is sublime, though the colors are not as rich as Italian Renaissance paintings. They calm my nerves and thoughts each time I see something like them.
Wonderful! After several years of focusing on 20th century classical (starting with Debussy, speaking of French music) I'd forgotten how completely satisfying Baroque can be and had no particular knowledge of examples of French Baroque to refer to. So THANKS for the intro! A favor? Would yo u mind adding the times to the list of compositions so we can tell when pieces begin and end (so we can buy our faves!)?
Because of this video I ended up buying the CD and found out how rare and precious it was. It was shipped to me from New York...and learned the touching story of this great lute performer. Just love it!
mariaotxandio, if you have time, could you please tell some of the story from the liner notes. At least the lute and its maker. I am now looking for this album thanks to TheGloryofMusic. Thank you.
Michael Schäffer was a german lutenist and a founder of the modern lute school revival. He teached at the Schola Basiliensis in Switzerland. He was the teacher of Hopkinson Smith and Robert Barto. François Dufaut (ca1605? - ca 1670?) was one of the more representative lutenist of the french "style brisé" (broken style) school during the 17th c..
Michael Schäffer died in 1978, at the early age of 41. This excellent work here was his last record. The early music community deeply mourned his death.
frenchiecocorico1 Michael Schäffer was indeed a german lutenist and one of the founders of the modern lute school revival. He taught at the Musikhochschule in Cologne. His college and very good friend (and fellow student with Walter Gerwig) Eugen Müller-Dombois, who taught at the Scola Cantorum Basiliensis was the teacher of Robert Barto, Paul O'Dette, Anthony Bailes and Hopkinson Smith amongst others. Schäffer's most important pupils are Konrad Junghähnel, Leif Karlson, Nigel North and Robby Faverey. On this recording ( made 7 months before his untimely death of cancer) he plays an 11 course french lute made by Michael Lowe.
I like Musik of Barock more than all compositions later . I think in that Time , (it begann with. Monteverdi and Shut up with Mozart.) After them Musik didn‘reach such a Quality , Deepnes , melodischen Express Ohne step Lower follow sometimes like Schubert ,Chopin and so on . But Nobody was so un
Ich war leider nicht fertig mit meinem Kommentar. Was ich zum Ausdruck bringen wollte, die Musik der Barockzeit Ihre „Musikalität“hat mE. Nichts Später - res je erreicht . Mein letztes Wort sollte „ uncomparible ( oder so ähnlich, mein Englisch verlässt mich ) lauten .
felicidades al viejo continente. en verdad son unicos en interpretar estas piezas de la antigüedad. ponen en verdad todo su sentimiento y eso se percibe. gracias
...just a small musicology geek's footnote: the French scholars themselves refer to the period called "Baroque" by the rest of us as "Pre-Classic." The reason? the term "baroque" is synonymous with "grotesque" or "bizarre," which of course no self-respecting French music lover would find acceptable as terms to describe this transcendent music...
To my knowledge, in French, the term baroque is never used in the sense of grotesque but rather to designate only someone or something which surprises by its unexpected, bizarre character, or by its original, eccentric behaviour.
Avec Seon , Harmonia mundi Desmond Dupré , la collection Réflexe d'EMI , la collection Hopkinson Smith chez Astrée , luth , vihuela et guitare baroque m'ont guidés sur un chemin intime de la Renaissance et du baroque très apaisant par sa sobriété sonore .Merci infiniment à tous ces grands éditeurs de disques vinyles et CDS sans oublier les preneurs de son.
Bom dia. Antes que eu me formasse em violão no conservatório, meu professor demostrou interesse em aprender alaúde. Também me interessa, juntamente com vihuela. Forte abraço do Brasil.
The lute reminds me of what someone once said: The Baroque period could have been much shorter if the lute players did not have to tune their strings constantly. This music is sublime!
And,nothing sounds like a lute … I will gladly wait for the tuning …
@@MaiikaK
Totally agreed!!!😎☝🌍...
@@MaiikaKA well set-up instrument doesn't need 'that' much tuning, especially if left a few hours to acclimatise to a new venue.
I can't believe such a beautiful instrument went out of use / out of fashion..
the guitar 'came in '.
The instrument went out of use because of the change in compositional style.
I dislike the word fashion regarding instruments, the lute repertoire is a bit limited that is why, i am a classical guitar student, i love the cg sound but when i reach a certain level i will jump to lute or oud... both of the are great instruments, you have to love renaissance baroque and classical music for playing a lute, guitar jumps to romantic, Latin and latest compositions...just more flexible than the lute, but in baroque repertoire lute is unbeatable.
It's using quite much. But not as guitar of course ;)
I think its a combination of factors. Trends in music were shifting. One explanation could be technology. More powerful, effective and 'easier' instruments become more popular. If you ever try to play a lute, they are just egregiously difficult instruments to play. It takes a lot of effort just to make a basic, nice sound on a baroque lute. In other words, the learning curve is quite steep. People don't cope well with lots of frustration accompanied by little reward. I was playing licentiate level repertoire on classical guitar before switching focus to baroque lute and its taken about 4 years of practice to be vaguely competent. Though if I was practising 3-4 hours a day it probably would have taken much less time.
This makes me think of my days at University Berkeley. My apartment friends would get together for long dinners with lute music and we would talk for hours. For some reason we felt we were vastly changing the world with our discussions.
We might have been deluded ... but the music is still a delight.
Deluded? No, no, no... deLUTEd, maybe (;
Michael Anthony the more wine, the more meaningful the changes ☝🏻
you have no idea. I would have paid to be there..to be part of it. but..oh well..
Its Better than listening Madonna or Britney or Hillary anyhow...
Berkeley (to me) was the chance to larp and think you're changing the world before actually having to go out into it and realize, alas, that most of what's there is there for a reason. Cheers, pal!
We picked blackberries out in the field while listening to this beautiful music. Wonderful light hearted experience!
I do gardening with this music!
Baroque music is an expressions of the soul
The best music never dies...
Contemplating a life full of wonders, I look up in awe at this night sky and sigh deeply... for in my moments of ignorance I doubted the divinity of my existence.
-Tenny H. Fau
Love your appreciation of life! Cause it is indeed beautiful!
I can't find this anywhere even with the authors name.
Edit: is it your own?
@@fenrir2616 Hi Fen, I wrote that while listening to this on a night walk. I hope life is treating you well my friend.
@@NME10E Thank you, it's a wonderful piece. It really chimed with me.
RIP Michael Schaeffer. His style was unique: a soft, almost melancholy touch. Bought an album of his back in 1980 released on the Vox label soon after he had died, also on French Lute Music. Thanks to TheGloryofMusic.
Michael Schäffer's recording of French music may have been equalled by Hopkinson Smith's recording of Mouton, but, it has never been surpassed, and is generally without peer. The only way to explain such a mastery is that he must have been a master of it in another life, for musical talent and general intellectual and educational analysises simply cannot explain this.
@@beasheerhan4482 You mean never been surpassed? Good comment.
@@franklandsman3436 Yes, Dear Frank, 'surpasst' is what I meant to say! Thank you for your kind word to me.
Beauté, raffinement, délicatesse. Que de tendres et douces émotions à l'écoute de ces airs d'un autre temps et pourtant si présent en mon coeur. De plus, c'est joué de main de maître. Merci beaucoup, Monsieur Schaeffer, vous me ravissez l'âme.
Yes Sir! Oui Monsieur! Me2!
Agreed! Merci beaucoup!
@williamboussaton
@ lucmatte...
What more can one wish for ...but this music is divine and glorius without the pompous attack which one could fear....Here we enjoy the balance between an old soul from the renaissance and baroque area of time itself....So much enjoing the sensitive touch of the strings from the Lute...With no stress and no expectations....this is pure joy....Thank you for uploading....and thanks to the performer and the composer, and the Lute maker and thanks to the music studio...
This is far and away my favourite performance of Canarie des Castagnettes at 24:06. Schaeffer played it with such a light and playful touch, letting his technique shine instead of bogging the melody down with ornamentation. He makes other renditions of this piece sound overembellished and funereally slow by comparison. His work is a joy to listen to, I'm so glad it's has been uploaded for more people to appreciate.
......ok
And may I take this opportunity of praise you provide to spell the artist's name the proper way, so that he will not one day disappear completely from our memories because of all the variations that are around: his name is Michael Schäffer
It has the tonal palette of a piano.
Fucking phenomenal music.
What a superb lute player. A tragedy that he died so young.
This reminds me of when I was a minstrel in the apple orchards of Provence.
Aah them were days.
Lol
Pure sound. No bullshit!
This has been one of my favorite albums since adolescence. My mom had it on cassette and later I got it on CD. Now it’s shamefully out of print. Thanks for making it available to the world!
The lutenist Michael Shaffer was a great musician, artist of great sensitivity, expert in the executive praxis of the suites of French composers in accordance with the "style brise".
In this CD version (already published in a vinyl edition by the RCA Red Seal label), listening to the beautiful Dufaut’s Sarabande, we can appreciate the great Michael Shaffer executive talent.
Yes, Michael Schaffer was extremely gifted in his approach to interpretation. well over 40 years have passed since this recording and not a single lutenist has surpassed this recording, and very few have made a recording that could be considered a peer of it. In my view, only Hopkinson Smith's recording of Vieux Gaultier is a kind of 'equal' to this.
j'aime vraiment ces œuvres pour luth elles ont une dimension spirituel très profonde
Lovely music thanks. Great for listening to when we're writing about castles.
Jetzt weiß ich wieder, warum ich vor 40 Jahren mit dem Laute-Spielen anfing. Dieses ist eine fantastisch gute Aufnahme!
Wprowadza w błogi stan kontemplacji. Dziękuję Jaro
Beautiful Artistic Music! The French gave us so much
The Gauls gave us so much!
@Jack T less is more then.
@@jbscornerstore lol, that's your spin on it, ok.
I love the sound in this instrument ❤
Most beautiful music ever. I love the renaissance lute.
It's French baroque.
Superb.
Oh Lute, inside, i fell the passion in your music!
Beautiful I can't get enough of it.
One of my favorite albums. I keep coming back to this one. Such a resonant instrument and mindful playing of it. The compositions don't overwhelm. They leave space for the imagination to render the world they came from.
One of my favorite glories... music is the name.
Fantastic !
прекрасно ! давно такой прелести не слышал! :))
Such Wonderful Sounds !. So Beautifully Played. The Past Speaks.
soul calming
Oud (arabic Lute) is the main instrument in Oriental music till now
As I understand it, the word 'lute' comes from 'l'oud'. :)
It's as if by Muses Michael plays. What a Lutenist he was, outstanding.
Quel réveil musical exceptionnel Christophe vous m'aviez offert, la veille.
As for the music, Very Sweet Relaxing
Certainly one of the most beautiful recording of lute music ... I feel happy to hear it now in a cd version ... My old LP is now too scratching . Sheaffer was surely one of the most talented lutenist . Thanks for sharing.
wonderful
Yes, Dear 19, but, not only is the playing great, the lute, by Nico Van der Waals, is the deepest cavern of poetry.
Brilliant.
Juste magnifique.... Ces musiques paisibles font plaisir à entendre.
ESTA MÚSICA MARAVILLOSA ME RECONFORTA , ESTA PAGINA CON INSTRUMENTOS DE CUERDA, LAUD, GUITARRA....NOS RECONCILIA CON TODOS LOS HUMANOS, UNO SIENTE
PAZ Y GOZOSA ALEGRÍA
Uma música que expõe o recôndito da alma...parabéns ao gênero humano, capaz de, apesar de todas as vicissitudes, produzir algo assim...
we play not because its easy , but because its very ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, hard
@@shawnmendrek3544 i could never ever disagree with your statement . i know how difficult it is to be a world class lutenist such as the player performing now. being able to play at this very high level meant a decade or two of intense learning and practice , and having keen interest in luthier instruments since their early years. of learning . i just love this performance and appreciate it. takk skal du ha . skal..
Simply fabulous. Great for relaxing and doing necessary tasks sometimes requiring intense concentration. It is entirely pleasant and reassuring without the tedium of amorphous 'relaxation' music that makes riding in an elevator a chore. Tell Mike I said hello.
@@fancytalkingsoup96 of course van humpanstan and ty for the "tedium of amorphous relaxation music..... ` so true.. made me really laugh......
Beautiful.
Beautiful
la musica medieval es única ya que aún pasando más d medio siglo sigue me agrada maggie besos abrazos y un sin fin d felicidades con toque d dama
It is FANTASTIC! ILOVE IT! ALL DAY ALL NIGHT! QUE PAZ! QUE TRANQUILIDAD!
Beautiful, takes you to another world...
Браво !!!
Exceptional music, great for background music when playing fantasy games.
Caius I agree ! Great with Roleplay game to !
+Caius and great while studying physics!! (like me right now, feeling genius)
+Joan Sanmarti Video Editing Great when studying economics too lol
+Zhanna P No, the lute is definitely made for studying literature and anthropology :P
M E H Music literally suits everything, even for sociopaths "learning" and "preparing" for crazy stuff :P
Puur en supergoed!!! The Netherlands.
Katartikusan szép muzsika!
I heard michael playing together with Eugen Dombois at Queekhoven in the Netherlands in the early seventies. He was the best luteplayer that ever lived! He died much too soon.
I agree, Dear Baldwin - Michael Schaffer is irreplacebale. Very grateful to have his two recordings.
realy love this tnx for sharing!
The classical guitar must have gotten its sound from the lute. How I wish to see and touch one in the flesh and maybe play it too even if I cannot and do not know how to play any musical instrument. I love how it sounds like and the painting is sublime, though the colors are not as rich as Italian Renaissance paintings. They calm my nerves and thoughts each time I see something like them.
Thank you!
super love this music
Great composers, great works, excellent player. Thumbs up. Hats off...
Beautiful performance ! Thank you so much :)
Brings back memories when I was in Poitiers, France in 1532.
Love it...
you can almost feel him playing it in a way
ideal para relajarme. Gracias!
Love this pace
Superb stuff.
It’s still popularly used right up until today.
lovely
Wonderful! After several years of focusing on 20th century classical (starting with Debussy, speaking of French music) I'd forgotten how completely satisfying Baroque can be and had no particular knowledge of examples of French Baroque to refer to. So THANKS for the intro! A favor? Would yo u mind adding the times to the list of compositions so we can tell when pieces begin and end (so we can buy our faves!)?
Excelente 👍
Gracias y saludos cordiales desde Mallorca para vosotros thegloryofmusic
excelente, con el sentimiento a flor de piel y apacible y relajado....realmente sensitivo!!!!!!!!!
素晴らしい音色…✴️
見出しの絵のおかたが
日本のお笑いの小島よしおさんに似ていると思うのは私だけでしょうか？🤭💦
小島よしおさんが天使になって、リュート弾いたらこんな感じでしょうか？🤭🎵
God loves you. He has not forsaken you, nor has he forgotten you
sehr schön...
This is the perfect way to get around the dinning room table when the guests art a little too...... vacant.
beautiful - très joli!
Because of this video I ended up buying the CD and found out how rare and precious it was. It was shipped to me from New York...and learned the touching story of this great lute performer. Just love it!
mariaotxandio, if you have time, could you please tell some of the story from the liner notes. At least the lute and its maker. I am now looking for this album thanks to TheGloryofMusic. Thank you.
Michael Schäffer was a german lutenist and a founder of the modern lute school revival. He teached at the Schola Basiliensis in Switzerland. He was the teacher of Hopkinson Smith and Robert Barto.
François Dufaut (ca1605? - ca 1670?) was one of the more representative lutenist of the french "style brisé" (broken style) school during the 17th c..
Michael Schäffer died in 1978, at the early age of 41. This excellent work here was his last record. The early music community deeply mourned his death.
frenchiecocorico1 Michael Schäffer was indeed a german lutenist and one of the founders of the modern lute school revival. He taught at the Musikhochschule in Cologne. His college and very good friend (and fellow student with Walter Gerwig) Eugen Müller-Dombois, who taught at the Scola Cantorum Basiliensis was the teacher of Robert Barto, Paul O'Dette, Anthony Bailes and Hopkinson Smith amongst others. Schäffer's most important pupils are Konrad Junghähnel, Leif Karlson, Nigel North and Robby Faverey. On this recording ( made 7 months before his untimely death of cancer) he plays an 11 course french lute made by Michael Lowe.
Lex van Sante www.lute-academy.be/docstore/JVHPioneers.pdf
o lado bom da vida.
Thank's.
Beautiful and Relaxing :)
I like Musik of Barock more than all compositions later . I think in that Time , (it begann with. Monteverdi and Shut up with Mozart.) After them
Musik didn‘reach such a Quality , Deepnes , melodischen Express
Ohne step Lower follow sometimes like Schubert ,Chopin and so on .
But Nobody was so un
Ich war leider nicht fertig mit meinem Kommentar. Was ich zum Ausdruck bringen wollte, die Musik der Barockzeit Ihre „Musikalität“hat mE. Nichts Später -
res je erreicht .
Mein letztes Wort sollte „ uncomparible ( oder so ähnlich, mein Englisch verlässt mich ) lauten .
thinking about purchasing a lute....
Will you play for me ?
And?
Good luck buying strings
@@CesarSandoval024 a pack of lute strings is like $7
@@AcceleratingUniverse goat gut strings???7 bux???
Sound is good🥰 i like jazz ❤
felicidades al viejo continente. en verdad son unicos en interpretar estas piezas de la antigüedad. ponen en verdad todo su sentimiento y eso se percibe. gracias
The French Baroque lute is one of the best instruments to play Baroque music in D minor or F major...
Ancient excellent adaptation of former instruments, fluency at its prime.
...just a small musicology geek's footnote: the French scholars themselves refer to the period called "Baroque" by the rest of us as "Pre-Classic." The reason? the term "baroque" is synonymous with "grotesque" or "bizarre," which of course no self-respecting French music lover would find acceptable as terms to describe this transcendent music...
To my knowledge, in French, the term baroque is never used in the sense of grotesque but rather to designate only someone or something which surprises by its unexpected, bizarre character, or by its original, eccentric behaviour.
Avec Seon , Harmonia mundi Desmond Dupré , la collection Réflexe d'EMI , la collection Hopkinson Smith chez Astrée , luth , vihuela et guitare baroque m'ont guidés sur un chemin intime de la Renaissance et du baroque très apaisant par sa sobriété sonore .Merci infiniment à tous ces grands éditeurs de disques vinyles et CDS sans oublier les preneurs de son.
admirable, divin -
Good video
Imagine playing the call of ktulu on the lute.
Verri biutti!!
Bom dia. Antes que eu me formasse em violão no conservatório, meu professor demostrou interesse em aprender alaúde. Também me interessa, juntamente com vihuela. Forte abraço do Brasil.
Great work! :) Cecilia xo
Relaxing@_@
Reminds me of my former gcse days; he was my god of strings 👌
A EXAMPLE FOR THE WORLD. GOOD VELOCITY AND ORDER IN ALL.
If you like this try "Early Venetian Lute Music" with the duet of Wilson and Ramsey. It's sensational and livelier than this.
la musica medieval es única ya que aún pasando más d medio siglo sigue me agrada maggie besos abrazos y un sin fin d felicidades con toque d dama d m
I started with this kind of music when I hear a song called Foreverdark Woods from a Swedish black metal band Bathory ;)
47:33 me encanta esa parte ❤️
Muchas gracias, Lu Lein!