----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 10:37 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Blackmore, was : A "normal" voyce ?
> 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 ? That of Karamazov/Sting. > 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. Which sounds like BS, because L'Europa Galante or Il Giardino Armonico are certainly tighter than any R&R band. And besides, given the original context of the ALK quote, was there any indication that Karamazov and Sting were accompanying dances? >That does not mean that he thinks classical music is bad, just that he >prefers another way of > performing renaissance music. Which in his case is as arbitrary as anyone else's, ecpecially since ALK is not exactly known for depth of musical understanding or even scholarly appropriateness. He is a fabulous entertainer and a competent performer who uses the same manner from troubadours to Teddy Bear's Picnic. > It seems that you have a problem with rock music and accepting it as an > artistic language. > Do you view it as inferior ? Certainly not. KCrimson and Morphine most certainly not. > Maybe inferior to baroque pastische ? That is one thing that cannot be achieved by dress up and nail laquer. RT To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
