![]() ![]() (Womer holds to the former view, insisting that if the third President were to show up in the Live Music Capital today, "he could walk into a La Follia rehearsal, pick up his fine baroque violin, and play the most demanding parts expertly.")įranklin, being Franklin, of course, doesn't merely learn to play a number of musical instruments skillfully, he creates a new one of his own. They play duets at parties, and depending on who you believe, they're either a couple of very accomplished musicians or the two worst fiddlers in the colony. Patrick Henry shares his enthusiasm for the fiddle, and the two Virginians bond over the instrument, back when Jefferson is still a freckle-faced 17-year-old at the College of William and Mary. I mean, when Jefferson practices on the violin three hours a day for 12 years, you have to figure he's serious about his music-making. The concert Yankee Baroque, taking place this Saturday, unlocks the musical vault of early America, dusts off its unknown treasures, and pays tribute to the passion this nation's founders possessed for music. The artistic director of La Follia Austin Baroque, which typically concentrates on 17th and 18th century music created in Europe, has steered its gaze to our shores for the upcoming July 4 holiday. That's the news Keith Womer wants to break to you this Independence Day. Seriously, those guys who led the American revolution were into music. It's like: "Hello, colonies! Are you ready to ba- roque?" Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry on fiddle Benjamin Franklin on guitar, harp, viol da gamba, and, natch, glass armonica (he did, after all, invent the thing) Francis Hopkinson on harpsichord and frontman George Washington doing dance steps Mick couldn't match (no lie, the general is a wizard on the dance floor). Yeah, yeah, the Founding Fathers were rebels, patriots, philosopher-farmers. ![]() Glass music before Philip: Franklin rocks the armonica
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