On 09/07/2011 02:54, Brian Lemin wrote:
I think lace was very much in vogue during the Baroque and early Romantic periods of music. Most of the paintings I see of the composers and some performers had some form of lace embellishment.
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I remember a professional pianist telling me that he had trouble playing the music of that period until someone explained to him that part of the style came from the way you had to hold your hands in order to keep those cuff flounces (name?) out of the way.
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