On Nov 6, 2006, at 5:50 PM, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: > ...I may be wrong, but too often "parlor" seems to imply "quaintly > obsolete" > to fans of the modern steel-string.
Okay, I can see that. Just as the idea of the parlor itself is quaintly absolete today. Sort of like "lounge music" or "barbershop music." Perhaps the term "garage band" will be quaintly obsolete 100 years from now. But I thought "parlor music" was a legitimate 19th-century musical genre. The sentimental popular/art songs of the 19th century, such as those by Stephen Foster, are termed "parlor songs," or at least that's what they're called by a great number of people. I don't know whether the term itself "parlor music" was used in the 19th century or not, but in the context of parlor songs, a guitar or piano used to accompany such songs could indeed be called a parlor instrument. Or so it seems to me anyway. David R [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rastallmusic.com -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
