On Jan 28, 2009, at 4:19 PM, <dem...@suffolk.lib.ny.us> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009, Jean-Marie Poirier <jmpoiri...@wanadoo.fr> said: > >> I believe "feather" is a technical term in rowing and in this case >> would mean something like "dig". But I may be totally wrong of >> course ;-) ! > > rather the opposite, one feathers an oar by twisting the wrists > during the > recovery stroke making the blade parallel to the water so it wont > dig in.
So, erm...what's that got to do with Baroque ornamentation? David Taylor's expression "feathering them in," referring to certain kinds of ornaments, is a bit vague, but might have the connotation of touching the music very lightly with the ornaments. At least, "touching something very lightly" is one definition I read for "feathering" as a verb. Only DT knows for sure... David R dlu...@verizon.net -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
