> > Indeed, the issues you raise are fascinating and speak to situations > > and decisions I've had to make in my own attempts at intabulating. I've > > intabulated most of the secular music of Josquin trying to be as literal > as > > I can. I use these intabulations as bases for spontaneous lute > arrangements > > adding ornaments and divisions improvizationally as an exercise. I just > > couldn't figure out what in the discussion had sparked the heated > emotional > > exchange between Mr. Thames and Mr. Ness. To be precise: it all started when MT took a strong exception to my dislike (shared by many) of John Williams. To make his point MT said that RT is a bad artist and worse composer, right after he said that he'd never lowered himself to examine either part of RT's "cheesy" output. I was too busy to deal with these idiocies, so MT latched onto Arthur, either out of inertia, because of ineffectual marriage therapist, or some other equally uninteresting impetus, making our ears wilt (as we say in Russian) with each succeeding message. RT
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