It seems to me that we often make the mistake of judging activities in other
cultures as though they were taking place in out own.
Remember, Elizabethan England was a police state - I think I would have
spent most of my time saying things like, "yes, Boss." A little toadying can
certainly be forgiven.
Joseph mayes
> From: Thomas Schall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: 12 Feb 2004 22:42:36 +0100
> To: Lautenliste <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Elizabethan pieces for gov. figures.
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> Am Don, 2004-02-12 um 21.33 schrieb Roman Turovsky:
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>>>> According to whose worldview? Just because it isn't done as frequently
>>>> since the days of John Phillip Sousa doesn't mean it's entirely beyond
>>>> the pale.
>>>
>>> We seem to agree that it's done less frequently today than in the past,
>>> and that is enough for my purposes.
>> You think dedicating a piece to the US President would be a good idea? He
>> wouldn' know a lute from a toilet bowl..........
>> RT
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> I wonder - he is such a clever person! No other american politician
> would be so popular giving the restrictions of freedom for the american
> people he achieved.
>
> Dedications may sound odd today but they are still in use. One wouldn't
> call a piece "Mr. Bush's Midnight" but would rather write a dedication
> as it was also popular in the renaissance. And it's rather unusual to
> adress a piece of music to a politician. Actually politicians doesn't
> seem to support music any longer ...
>
> Thomas
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