However it would be a mistake to confuse or conflate these two notions. The second is not only infinitely worse than the first, but often acts in reverse fashion, alleging the inferiority of the superior (cf. Mark Wheeler). RT I don't quite understand that if I believe one music style is not superior to another, how I can be "alleging the inferiority of the superior". Please tell me which music style I have said is inferior ? My ALK quote simply said that he didn't like the extreme rubato that classical musicians often use and preffered the "tightness" of a rock band. That does not mean that he thinks classical music is bad, just that he prefers another way of performing renaissance music. It seems that you have a problem with rock music and accepting it as an artistic language. Do you view it as inferior ? Maybe inferior to baroque pastische ? Mark
> > I think beauty is truly in the eye (or ear) of the beholder. > > Gary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 7:19 AM > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Blackmore, was : A "normal" voyce ? > > > >> >> But to not make distinctions - decisions about which >> of things has more merit - is to go against deeply >> ingrained human desires and experiences. It is >> actually no less than denying one's own self. >> >> Do you have trouble making a decision between a >> well-cooked meal and a poorly cooked one? I'll bet >> you don't! (I've had more of the former.) Can you >> say that whole types of approaches to food preparation >> are much better than others - say, fast-food >> McDonald's vs. a slow-food gourmet restaurant? I >> _hope_ you can. And I'll bet you don't think highly >> of people who don't take the mental effort to >> appreciate the distinction between a Big Mac and a >> Beef Wellington. I know which I prefer. Still, I'll >> admit to eating (and even being able to swallow) >> McDonald's a couple of times a year. >> >> Yes indeed, Bach's music is better than Led >> Zeppelin's, _far_ better, in fact. But not just >> because it is more complex. (Otherwise, we'd have to >> give the award of "best music" to Boulez or Babbitt or >> some obscure logarithmist.) >> >> I would argue that Bach's music is among the best >> works of art that the human race has _ever_ produced, >> regardless of time, place, or society. But that >> doesn't mean that his music is the absolute best at >> everything, nor does it invalidate other types of >> music. I would doubt that a Bach fugue would relate >> to the specific everyday experieces of the inner-city >> street thug, for instance - that's where hip-hop came >> from. But beyond the banal accidents of day to day >> life, deep in the soul of that person, there is >> something in the music of Bach that speaks to the soul >> in ways that a hip-hop ditty never, ever can; now or >> in a million years. >> >> Yes, better. >> >> Chris >> >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.428 / Virus Database: 268.13.17/505 - Release Date: > 10/27/2006 3:15 PM >> >> > > > > ___________________________________________________________ $0 Web Hosting with up to 200MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. Signup at www.doteasy.com --
