On 06.09.2007 David W. Fenton wrote:
While I'm all for that, there is a major philosophical problem when
it comes to the issue of us not being authentic listeners. We simply
can't hear the music the same as they did, even when we replicate the
forces of performance as closely as possible. Every performance of
old music is metaphorically a transcription, I think, and this is
something we should keep in mind when evaluating historical
practices.
That is not to say that I don't want to hear the music with
historical instruments and using historically-informed practices,
it's just that I know we can never get the same meaning, however
closely we may try to replicate the mere sounds.
So what exactly are you saying? Historical instruments yes, but forces
no, because we are not hearing them in the candlelight? Your
argumentation makes no sense to me.
Johannes
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