I'm old fashioned, I guess; I think the old ways are better. I've no objection to musical freedom, I just advocate "try then decide". I also think one learns more form one note of a great player than a whole book of deconstructionist. dt
At 04:40 AM 2/2/2009, you wrote: >As you might expect - I advocate the same thing as Haynes, sans >balking. I'd rather deal with the last Tuesday's trills, than >anything by, say, Matteis. >RT > > > >From: "David Rastall" <[email protected]> >>On Feb 1, 2009, at 6:10 PM, Mark Wheeler wrote: >> >>>You should check out Bruce Haynes book "The end of early music" >> >>I couldn't agree more. It's a very good read. Although Haynes is a >>strong advocate for the writing of "new" music in the Baroque style, >>which makes me balk a little bit. I'd rather go to original 17th- or >>18th-Century sources than try to deal with French trills in something >>written last Tuesday. >> >>DR >>[email protected] >> >> >> >> >>-- >> >>To get on or off this list see list information at >>http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
