I wholeheartedly agree! Thomas
Am Sam, 2004-08-28 um 19.09 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > In einer eMail vom 28.08.2004 15:07:43 Westeurop=E4ische Sommerzeit schreibt= > =20 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:=20 > > > These comments here touch on a what is for me a very crucial part of what=20 > > I, as a re-enactor wish to bring to the organization I work with, the SCA.= > =20 > > > I wish you luck in your endeavours, but expect a great deal of resentment=20 > from the musicians who play on these fairs.=20 > A couple of years ago, at the wedding reception of a friend of mine I met on= > e=20 > of these "bards" and his in his own words authentic medieval cittern called=20 > "nelly". Five courses, tuned to a C major chord, it was in fact an early 20t= > h=20 > century model.=20 > I had my renaissance guitar with me and after I opened the case, his first=20 > words were "good job, you don't play the lute, an awful instrument, it is so= > =20 > quiet".=20 > > A quote from the american renaissance faire magazine "Renaissance" about thi= > s=20 > subject=20 > > "Almost little music used on faires is actually period, but the music does=20 > not damage the illusion of living history, because it "seems" period. The ca= > se=20 > could even be made that music is an instance in which an anachronism is=20 > actually necessary, for if a faire presented only period music, the patrons=20= > would=20 > most likely be bored by it"=20 > > This is the attitude you will have to fight against.=20 > > I have the feeling that quiet instruments and the magick quality of "hip"=20 > renaissance music is what we need in these times of mass consumption and med= > ia=20 > brainwashing. > > best wishes > Mark Wheeler > > =20 > > > -- -- Thomas Schall Niederhofheimer Weg 3 D-65843 Sulzbach 06196/74519 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.lautenist.de / www.tslaute.de/weiss --
