I am going to take a risk. There have been comments among us about specific religious associatians. And specifically a comment that M.O. insulted Sephardim. Well then, is M.O. an Ashkenazi conducting an internal confrontation? He says he has Sephardic family, but who knows what that is. Bear with me.
If you listen to the Christian Gospel singers you'll find that King David invented the harp, and I'm sure he did. But then there might be other claims. The lute is definitely a Christian instrument, as it was played in medieval times in Europe by the Trouveres and Troubadours. Never mind that it came from the "oud" of the Muslim middle east. And I'm not so damned sure what the music of the ancient Jews was, the current Israelis use a sort of a combination of middle eastern scale (but really a modality of the western, as currently executed) and the modern western. Is that music from the days of Moses or David, or is it from the interpretations by the central European enclaves of later years? So here is my statement. I don't give a damn about any internecine warfare between the Sephardim and the Ashkenazi, nor do I care about the warfare within the Anglican Church at the moment (it's on the TV). Or whether I can count the number of angels on the head of a pin. Music is music, and that is our topic. Some of the finest music written has been for one god or another, the particular choice doesn't change the music. I could write a piece honoring the seventh avenue subway, and if it were a good piece with lasting musical value it might last an eternity - and long after both the subway and the avenue were gone. Best, Jon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miles Dempster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Matanya Ophee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 5:28 PM Subject: Re: State of Lutenet (was Size of the lute world) > Matanya, > > Please address this issue privately with RT. > > Thanks > > > On Sunday, December 7, 2003, at 03:57 PM, Matanya Ophee wrote: > > > At 03:33 PM 12/7/2003 -0500, Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > >> Then MO proceeded to insult Sephardim, and I took an exception to that > > > > > > Interesting perception. Me insulting Sephardim. My brother in law is a > > Sephardi, my son in law is a Sephardi and my four grand children are > > Sephardi. So what it was I said about Sephardim that was insulting? do > > refresh my memory. > > > >> > > > > Matanya Ophee > > Editions Orphe'e, Inc., > > 1240 Clubview Blvd. N. > > Columbus, OH 43235-1226 > > Phone: 614-846-9517 > > Fax: 614-846-9794 > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.orphee.com > > > > > > > > > >
