(November 9, 2019 at 11:18 pm)Grandizer Wrote: Back to the music, I was wondering: were you virtually born enjoying this type of music (I mean, Monteverdi and Gesualdo and such), or did you have to work hard at appreciating them? I find a lot of the music around the period we're currently covering in this thread to be quite boring, with a few exceptions of course.
As far as I am concerned, my dad is (a retired) conductor and choir leader who has performed the Monteverdi vespers many times as a young man. One of my dearest possessions is his score with markings from his first performance. So I grew up with these sounds. Whenever I am in Venice, I try to visit his grave at the Frari basilica.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition