I have an opinion on that as well, but that would hurt a lot of feelings out there. So I'll abstain. RT ______________ Roman M. Turovsky http://polyhymnion.org/swv
> Dear Roman, > There may be some truth in what you say, but it doesn't explain why > the guitar flourished, and the lute didn't. Both instruments are a > bit on the quiet side for large concert halls. > Best wishes, > Stewart McCoy. > > >>> And my question included the possibilty >>> that the preservation of the "lute third" location might have > doomed the >>> lute for the more modern play (like 19th C.). >> No, the sociology of music (i.e. concert hall) was responsible for > lute's >> demise. > >> RT To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
