On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 04:59:44PM +0000, John Chambers wrote: > > And, of course, we'll have the objection to that, that much > of English music terminology is stolen from Italian and > French anyway, so what does it matter? > > There is the old rule among musicians: "If you hear a good > tune, steal it (and claim it's part of your tradition)."
Though, of course, it doesn't matter whether the tunes are traditional or not, because really the tradition is not a matter of which tunes you steal - just so long as some get stolen. -- Richard Robinson "The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
