> At 04:17 PM 8/3/2005, Roman Turovsky wrote: > >Quirks don't make profound. > > > >Technical idiosyncrfasies are not musical substance. > > > I certainly wouldn't argue that they are, but they are important > considerations of instrumental composition and can amount to something > rather exciting. Or lack thereof.
> That's why Giuliani remains popular; it's fun and should > be enjoyed without shame for what it is, Fun to play, sure, but not to listen to. > even if it's not quite on par with > the sophistication of Mozart's Requiem or Beethoven's > Hammerklavier. Inspiration rather than sophistication. > Mozart, in writing for mandolin, barely glanced towards > profundity and wholly skirted technically advanced. Again, I doubt he > would have offered the guitar anything different. I might sound disrespectful of an entire instrument, but it would be impossible to make a small rodent roar like a large feline. The most profound lines given to squeaky voice would lose all impact. RT To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
