Thank You Ron for this very poignant post!
What can be read between the lines, and what also came up in many
discussions I had about music:
Many people forget that music in the 16th century was not made to please
a great mass of uneducated people, but highly educated patrons you would
even today hardly find amongst the rich and influential people.
Therefore, a musician's aim was to make the best music, not the common
denominator - because if he achieved this task, he would be greatly
rewarded with a fixed income and a highly regarded position, or as in
for example John Dowland's case, a neverending successful European tour,
being welcome wherever you go.
Thanks for quoting Anne Smith. Her book is very informative also on the
abilities expected from a professional musician.
Am 14.07.2018 um 17:29 schrieb Ron Andrico:
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