At 06:09 PM 4/10/06 -0400, Kim Patrick Clow wrote: >I cringe at the sheer amount of music lost from the baroque [...] >They wrote many many pieces of music, wouldn't it be grand >to hear what was played?
Absolutely *not*. There is more than enough over-tended old material. Contrast this: I have in my possession the entire life's work, in 14 sealed crates, of composer Gilles Yves Bonneau. He died in 2002. Would you like to take this music, catalog it, tend it, edit it, publish it, perform it? In fact, nobody will. I do what I can as his publisher when he was alive. Gilles was as good as (and better than) any competent Baroque composer, but who laments his work (most waiting for premiere) as much as some centuries-old pieces of questionable value to 21st century life? It's worth thinking about if you're hunting for music to preserve. Our own time is screaming for your attention. When I die, Gilles's work (and mine, too) goes to the dump. Pick a box. I'll pay shipping. Dennis (Founding member of the Laszlo Toth School of Art) -- Please participate in my latest project: http://maltedmedia.com/waam/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
