David W. Fenton wrote:
On 12 Apr 2007 at 14:57, Raymond Horton wrote:
To me, when I visited in Spain, the difference was amplification.
That made it unwelcome. I like good acoustic music outdoors in most
situations, but the over-amped music from the other end of a plaza was
annoying.
Last night on the way to my viol consort rehearsal, I exited from the
West 4th Street subway station. I saw a black guy in huge dreds
playing a guitar up ahead and wondered what he was playing. When I
got close enough to hear (which was *very* close), it turned out he
was playing some early music that I identified as likely to be
Elizabethan lute music. It was *beautiful* and oh-so-very-quiet and
small-scale.
Unfortunately, I was late for rehearsal and couldn't stop and enjoy!
But I'd be thrilled to hear him play any time.
I sure hope there was nobody there watching you pass him by without
stopping or you'll be data in a study just like all those people in DC
whom we are all decrying as being humanoid drones without any cultural
awareness. ;-)
For all we know, the entire National Symphony may have been in those
crowds in the video, passing Bell by.
--
David H. Bailey
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