>> E.0748, >>> being the most obvious), this particular murder >> left >>> behind a most enlightening iconographical trail. >> The differences between E.0748 and Diaz seem to be >> similar to the >> differences between Hoffmann and Edlinger, one being >> wider than the other, >> while no one questions luteness of Hoffmann because >> it is narrower. >> Besides, isn't Dugot of opinion that Diaz is a >> vihuela? >> RT > The case for the lute on the one hand, and for the > vihuela and guitar on the other are not similar. It is A matter of perception.
> a rather deficient methodological approach to compare > oranges with apples. We are comparing pink and yellow grapefruits, I'm afraid. > And, no, Dugot has never made > such a categoric statement. But you did make a categoric one, while it is more customary among professional musicologists to use the noncommittal formula "this very well may/may not be so", especially considering that you are questioning the validity of Mr. Batov's efforts in a way that is reminiscent of MO's attack on Stephen Barber's E.0748 on the same grounds. If we give you a benefit of a doubt and agree that Diaz could be argued both ways, even that alone jeopardizes Batov's livelihood, and I don't like that. RT ______________ Roman M. Turovsky http://polyhymnion.org/swv To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
