bill kilpatrick
Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:25:39 -0800
as stated earlier, i've been dancing around the kitchen lately with the "ensamble continuo" and their new world baroque offerings. don't know what you prepare your evening's meal with but this has been "top of the pops" with me for un bel pò. it occurs to me - as i listen - that they (eloy et al.) are having fun. imagine that ... they are not exploring a musical tradition alien to a british or north american tradition; they are simply reveling in the music of their grandfathers ... their grandfather's grandfather and more. there are those, i'm sure, who will suggest that the son (sone) tradition is uniquely american and is only obliquely related to music tradition of the old(e) world. but if you will only place yourself in the position of a music loving émigré to the new found land (circa 1500 and something) who happens to influence those around you to the extent that they pass on that influence to succeeding generations ... it is not beyond the realms of probability that the music produced in subsequent modern times relates directly to the music that has passed before. this point ... this aspect, i suggest (sigh) relates to their instruments as well. what is it about a 4, 5 or 6 course new world instrument that (per forza) excludes it from the old world repertoire? - bill http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=billkilpatrick --------------------------------- Sent from Yahoo! - a smarter inbox. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html