"different strokes for different folks" - sly stone slow is good; the music sweeter.
- bill --- Arto Wikla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Stewart and all > > On Sat, 13 Aug 2005, Stewart McCoy wrote: > > > for music to speed up over the years, as to slow > down. However, the > > fact is that the tempo of musical genres in the > 16th, 17th, and 18th > > centuries tended to slow down. I gave the saraband > and galliard as > > examples. The same thing happened with the pavan > and almain. I can't > > think off hand of music from that period where the > opposite is the > > case, and the tempo of a particular genre of music > has gradually > > accelerated. > > > > One may offer any number of explanations for the > phenomenon I > > describe. My own view is that the slowing down > process is a result > > of musicians and dancers elaborating more and > more. I'm afraid I > > don't think it has anything to do with their > clothing. > > Years ago the dance teacher Madeleine Inglehearn had > an explanation that > is perhaps a little "poetic", but it really is > poetic: > > When the kings, queens and high nobility learned > dances, they were young > and brisk. Fast dances were their favorities. When > that gang became > older, it was necessary and politically wise to slow > down the tempos... > Who knows... ;-) > > Arto > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > "and thus i made...a small vihuela from the shell of a creepy crawly..." - Don Gonzalo de Guerrero (1512), "Historias de la Conquista del Mayab" by Fra Joseph of San Buenaventura. go to: http://www.charango.cl/paginas/quieninvento.htm ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com
