20-plus years ago i saw nigel kennedy do the same
thing in a pedestrian passageway under hammersmith
circle in london. he was dressed up to look like the
character on the cover of the "aqualung" album by
jethro tull. i put some money in his hat and listened
for while but i'm sure very few others did.
reading a book about pius II (piccolomini) which
states that as a student in rome, the 15th cent.
humanist antonio beccadelli (13941471) called il
panormita, used to busk with his lyre while his
boyfriend, ergotele, sang.
i always give money to buskers - especially those
reserved enough to play on a take-it or leave-it
basis.
thanks for that - great article.
--- Chris Bolton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I had to admit to myself that I've been guilty of
> the same phenomenon as
> described in the following article, but I've decided
> to keep listening and
> plucking away in spite of the somewhat depressing
> state of affairs.
> Is it just a romantic notion that life as a lute
> player would have been
> easier under the patronage of the Medici?
>
>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html
>
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