I'm wondering: what is it that makes up the "French style" of Baroque music? I don't mean particularly stile brise, notes inegall etc. Those are obvious, and to me insufficient explanations to convey the French Baroque. It seems to me there's more to it than that. Are there, for example, considerations in the French style that have to do with the cadences and general kinds of rhythms of the French language itself? What things does one need to understand / appreciate in order to make effectively rhetorical music in the French style?
Anybody got any ideas on this? Best, David Rastall [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
