Personally I have always thought that the Early music movement owed a
lot to modern technology, particularly recording techniques and
head-phones ( as well as modern printing techniques that made facsimile
reproductions cheaper and easier to produce). That goes against the
multi-century trend towards bigger music halls, and more decibels at a
higher pitch. According to contemporary accounts, Corelli's music was
known as particularly high on decibels... Ironically the same electronic
devices that account for locating the audience on a different planet
from the musicians - because of the noise ... - also account for a
restoration of the ideal sound space for the lute: i.e. a small room.
Then, unfortunately, mp3s happened...
On 07/09/2018 12:23 AM, Martin Shepherd wrote:
Hi All,
The latest blog is now at: http://luteshop.co.uk/the-great-silence/
I hope you enjoy it.
Martin
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