Eugene C. Braig IV
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:25:24 -0700
At 07:33 AM 4/25/2008, Monica Hall wrote: >The reason why I get into scraps with people is because they think that >they can prove categorically that the way they want to play the music >themselves must be the way which the composer himself intended it to be >played - and that everyone who plays it differently is following the wrong >star. > >This is a falllacy from the start - it pre-supposes that composers >intended their music to be played in a very specific way, always played it >that way themselves, and would object to anyone playing it differently. > >This is certainly not the case in our own time, and it is unlikely that >it was the case in the 17th century. > >Enough for now (but thanks to those who seemed to support my position). I am fond of this position. Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html