On Monday, January 5, 2004, at 04:58 PM, Thomas Schall wrote: > It's okay to feel free from historic forces but it's okay for me to > rely on the secure guidance of the historic.
Certainly, for us as lutenists history points the way. I agree with you about the "secure guidance" of history. It's like an artist who draws very, very good illustrations of castles. He has to know a lot about castles before he can do that, but the creativity and the art work is ultimately his own. He has to know a great deal about history, but he also has to know how to be an artist. So it is with lute playing. David Rastall
